"Tony P." > wrote in message
. ..

> > OK, but that's based on an incorrect assumption - there is zero
> > reason to believe that just because an egg is brown, it's "local."
> > Brown chickens tend to produce brown eggs, just as white chickens
> > tend to produce white eggs, and they do not care at all where they
> > are when they do that. As Alton Brown is fond of pointing out, ALL
> > of the inherent difference between a brown egg and a white egg can
> > be removed by subjecting the former to a light sandpapering. (This
> > is not to say that a given brown egg won't taste different from a given
> > white egg, but the difference is NOT correlated to the color.)
>
> Stop & Shop and until recently Shaw's were strictly New England concerns
> so it's entirely likely they drew their eggs from sources local to their
> distribution centers.

Fine, but please note that wasn't the point - I was questioning
only the apparent assumption that because the egg was BROWN,
it was "local." Now, if the eggs are brown and the carton says
"Rhode Island," then you may have at least some reason for
believing they're local...but then, you'd have exactly the same
reason for believing that if the eggs were pink with green spots
and carried the same label...:-)

Bob M.