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I was hoping that they would be trending downwards by now but a dozen boiled eggs in a bag that were $6.99 last week are now $9.29 at a certain store. I guess I will never buy those again.

really think these corporations would lowers the prices? Reducing prices will mean reduced profits for the CEO's and shareholders. Have to make sure those quarterly reports always show a profit.

I understand making a profit but that’s just gouging. Are we short of eggs? Does it cost extra fuel to deliver them? Almost $10 for a dozen boiled eggs is just plain ridiculous. Just another item off my list that I won’t be buying from that store!

GOUGING CORPORATE BASTARDS. Ahhhhh feeling a little better now. But also feel so sad for the people that have to chose between either the jug of milk or the loaf of bread because they can't afford both.  
**Sorry for the swearing but that's how I feel, I'm sure others won't disagree.**  
 
Edited by CatManDo, 2025-01-07 22:05:36

I didn't know you could buy already boiled eggs LOL.  
Why not buy them raw and cook them yourself? Only $4.99 a dozen at Sobeys/ Safeway.

It's actually well-documented that prices tend to stablize in November-Decemberish, and then resume going up in January or February. That's why the "price freeze" some grocery chains had at about that time of year a year or two ago was pretty disingenuous - normally prices would hold about that time of year anyway.  
 
https://retail-insider.com/retail-insider/2024/02/why-food-prices-at-grocery-stores-in-canada-are-rising-in-february-op-ed/#:~:text=Every%20year%2C%20between%20November%201may%20not%20ultimately%20benefit%20consumers.  
 
https://financialpost.com/news/retail-marketing/loblaw-no-name-price-freeze-routine  
 
I had noticed that a lot of shelf-stable staples had come down in recent months (pasta being one of them, although higher than they were a couple years ago), but some things are starting to creep up again.  
 
Also, while I'm aware of the existence of pre-boiled eggs, they somewhat flummoxed me too. lol

in Deli section - I was not aware either until I saw a person buying a bagful of them at Coop this past summer

Boiled eggs in a bag have been around for a long, long time. I have been buying them because I don’t wanna boil them myself and then peel them. I can just reach in to the fridge and I have a protein snack right there right now. I won’t be buying them anymore for $9.29 a bag!

Yup... people like Galen Weston need ANOTHER $3,000,000/year raise... He hasn't had one in almost 3 years... poor boy... and someone's gotta pay for it.  
 
(For this, and many other reasons, I no longer shop at ANY Loblaws Co. companies & affiliates)

I find Sobeys worse than Loblaws.

Saw on CBC that some supermarkets are shorting on weights (meat) or weighing with the packaging (not legal)

So in a way, the price increase will actually end up saving you money - because you can buy the dozen eggs for $5 and boil them yourself now!  
Convenience is always more expensive. If we want to keep our grocery prices down in this time of general increasing grocery prices, I think there are a number of things we can all do to decrease what we spend. Doing more of the 'prep' work for meals and snacks is one of the ways we can do that.  
I could never get my hard boiled eggs quite right, until I used my oven rather than boiling. Put a dozen eggs in muffin tins, then bake at 325 for 20 mins. I usually do this after I have already used the oven for something else, so I don't heat it just for that. I have also done a half dozen in a toaster oven. The keep them back in the egg carton in the fridge.