In article >,
Wayne Boatwright > wrote:

> Oh pshaw, on Tue 11 Dec 2007 08:28:01p, Miche meant to say...
>
> > In article 4>,
> > Wayne Boatwright > wrote:
> >
> >> Oh pshaw, on Tue 11 Dec 2007 07:27:24p, Miche meant to say...
> >>
> >> > In article
> >> > >,
> >> > pamjd > wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Went to the store to get bread and milk and man did I get some
> sticker
> >> >> shock when I went by the egg section of the dairy aisle. All of a
> >> >> suddeen 18 eggs are $3.15. Wow, a dozen are now over $2, the same
> >> >> eggs that a couple months ago were 99 cents. I am in Wisconsin. How
> >> >> are egg prices where you are?
> >> >
> >> > $6/doz for free-range eggs. I have no idea what the prices are for
> >> > battery-farm eggs.
> >
> >> Where in the hell are they free-ranging?
> >
> > New Zealand.
> >
> >> That's highway robbery.
> >
> > Not for this country. Eggs here are expensive by US standards.
>
> Wow, that's still highway robbery. Eggs are probably one our cheapest
> nutritious foods here.

Not necessarily. Different production costs, smaller market (NZ has
four million people in the whole entire country), etc etc.

Battery-farm eggs cost less (I'll check how much the next time I'm in le
supermarchet) but I refuse to buy 'em.

Miche

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