Eggs are 10.99 in denver.

[piranhaconda@mander.xyz]

I was wondering how many of my Denver neighbors were on lemmy. This is not the way I wanted to find them...

[comicalmayhem@lemmy.world]

Do you have any sources for this? Also the songs that mention it? I'd like to read more about this

[someguy3@lemmy.world]

It's less about gas and more about cars. They mandated new cars run on unleaded gas in 1975. While it was technically possible to convert a leaded car to run on unleaded gas, it wasn't done in any substantial numbers. So we had to wait for leaded cars to wear out and be replaced with new cars that ran on unleaded.

Backyard chickens depends a lot on local laws, most cities ban them just because. But if a city allows them, afaik you don't need much room.

[gayhitler@lemmy.ml]

Hey, in a different egg thread I wrote a long comment about why eggs matter. You can read it here.

It’s hard to get people to grasp the meaning of inflation, and even if a person has partial understanding it’s easy to obfuscate it with other measures, but the meaning of expensive eggs is clear to everyone.

[rampantparanoia2365@lemmy.world]

"SLOW THE TEATING DOWN, PLEASE."

[socialmediarefugee@lemmy.world]

$4-6/doz in NC.

[giddygap@lemm.ee]

Anecdote: My Trumpster in-laws could not stop yacking about "Biden's high eggs prices" just last month. Haven't heard a peep about the price of eggs since Trump came back. Now it's just "God's will."

[sorryquick@lemmy.ca]

That’s still expensive, they’re 4.5$ CAD where I’m at, they were 3.5$ pre-covid.

[aa5b@lemmy.world]

Most groceries here don’t post prices online, but …..

Boston Metro West - Amazon Fresh eggs from “Whole Foods”, not the cheapest grocery, $4.49/doz grade a large brown. My regular grocery is much cheaper than “Whole Paycheck” for most things.

[noxypaws@pawb.social]

I wanna say five or six bucks for a bottle that probably makes about the same as a dozen eggs, might be a little more now tho

[deceptichum@quokk.au]

Nows your chance to return the favour. Complain to her about how expensive eggs are now under Trump.

[manomorphos@lemmy.world]

In my state, prepared foods are generally taxed while produce, canned goods, dairy, and many others are not. The system is confusing enough that hardly anyone knows what's taxable or not, so they rely on the store systems to do it for them.

[shortrounddev@lemmy.world]

Is it truly your belief that corporations were not greedy over the last 15 years, but somehow got really greedy at the same time that there were major supply chain shocks across the planet? Or is it more likely that "corporate greed" is a more enticing answer to a complex economic problem?

[shortrounddev@lemmy.world]

So it's your opinion that corporations were not greedy before 2020?

[uis@lemm.ee]

Maud Pie: "Synopsis, this is my pet Boulder. Boulder, meet Synopsis."

[tsesejuer@lemmy.world]

na all the true Americans will just snatch up those jobs and prices will drop

[irelephant@lemm.ee]

Sorry to disappoint, i'm not from Denver. I stole the image from reddit. https://old.reddit.com/r/FluentInFinance/comments/1ibgmua/today_in_denver_1099_for_one_dozen_eggs_eggs_used/

[thermonuclearcactus@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

I can't believe buying chickens is actually saving me money, I just did it because I wanted chickens.

[p00ptart@lemmy.world]

Or you live in a red state where they don't bother checking?

[frog_brawler@lemmy.world]

Sources for my claim?

That's asking for a lot of sources and a compilation of research as to how I came to my inference on an internet comment. I don't have the time to accommodate all of that, but this article touches on the corporate greed aspect somewhat concisely: https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/finance/price-of-food

https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/COST/costco/revenue - is a good way to look at profits at a high level for the 4 major grocers (Walmart, Kroger, Costco, Albertsons) - https://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/IB_2111_FoodMonoSeries1-SUPERMARKETS-V2FINAL.pdf. This touches more on the aspect of food monopolies specifically: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2021/jul/14/food-monopoly-meals-profits-data-investigation - the monopolies go beyond just food.

Songs regarding what I'm talking about... off the top of my head the one I think of first is Propaghandi - "A People’s History of the World." The last lyrics:

*"Yeah, you can vote however the fuck you want
But power still calls all the shots
And believe it or not

Even if democracy broke loose
They'll just make the economy scream
Until we vote responsibly"*

I also think of Fugazi - "Merchandise"
*
"Merchandise, it keeps us in line
Common sense says it's by design
What could a businessman ever want more
Than to have us sucking in his store"*