Egg Watch

The press is reporting that stores like Costco and Trader Joe's are putting limits on how many dozens of eggs one can purchase. That's what I'd do if I were them. And I don't know what Trader Joe's is charging but Costco seems to have not (not!) raised its prices because of the shortage. They upped the prices on eggs a few months ago but the prices I see on their online ordering page right now are exactly where they were before the current egg panic set in — two dozen for eight and a half bucks, five dozen for twenty dollars. If they doubled those prices, they'd sell just as many eggs but make a lot more money. I'm impressed that Costco has chosen to not make a lot more money.