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I'm a woman and I absolutely love eggs, if someone gifted me a dozen I would get excited.
Now, I kept seeing references about egg prices being ridiculous here on Lemmy. I live in Australia and free range eggs here are rather expensive, around $6 - $9 a dozen. For some perspective for Americans, here with $8.90 you can get a Big Mac (no fries, no drinks), or for $7.95 a regular size popcorn chicken at KFC. Personally the average cost of groceries if I am cooking myself is around $15 to $20 per day, but I don't eat a lot.
How do egg prices stack against other things in the States?
Saw a dozen eggs for $15 or so, a big mac at the McD's 2 blocks away is $6.49. Granted this is downtown in a big city so everything is expensive, but I still had to laugh at how much eggs cost