As a starting point, I chose one of the nearby supermarkets. The price suggested by the grid will be the point of reversal and price direction. I go to the shelf with chicken eggs and cheap … I think it was already. The price of 10 eggs is PLN 10, and a pallet of 20 eggs costs at least PLN 18.
Armed with knowledge of market prices, I go to the nearby market called “Bazaar” in Starogard. I choose the booths where the people are most crowded. It is known that the seller has the cheapest or the best product. They meekly stand in line and I ask the woman in front of me what the price of Christmas is.
– What should I do? I complain a bit that it’s expensive, but I would buy it anyway, because I have to. In the past, you could get a dozen eggs for 10 zlotys. Now it’s barely enough for ten days, but it’s only two days before Christmas, which I must regret – I hear from the buyer.
Suddenly, her husband intervened and said that everything is getting more and more expensive now. – They are known to have cheaper eggs in the supermarket, but we always come here to buy. When you cook up such a fresh rustic egg, you can almost feel this hen poking around in her heart. What about the market? They sit on top of each other. They can’t even see the light of day – adds the man.
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Customers come to us after 50 km.
I wait a few minutes and it’s my turn. There is a secret question – how many eggs In response, I hear that large blocks cost PLN 1.2, and medium ones – 1 PLN, and quite small – Polish zloty 0.9. The saleswoman sees that I’m “sniffing” and quickly explains why.
– We have a family farm for 30 years. My sister in Gdańsk sells the largest chicken eggs for PLN 1.8 each and people take them right away. Not only this, sometimes customers prefer to drive 50 km to us and buy cheaper eggs, butter, cold cuts or fruits here. – says the saleswoman.
He adds that prices were forced to rise due to the high prices of electricity, grain and chicken feed. – And where is life? Nobody wants to work for free, and at the end of the month it turns out you’re working for pay anyway – says the saleswoman. – People buy eggs all the time. Sometimes they complain, but you know they are needed. And Easter is an “egg holiday” and no one is restricted to shopping – Another merchant joins her.
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Why such prices for eggs on store shelves – we explain
According to data published by the Ministry of Agriculture, at the end of March, an L-size egg from a cage farm cost about PLN 0.81, a barn egg worth PLN 0.90, and a free-range egg up to PLN 0.94. A year ago, it was PLN 0.55, PLN 0.61 and PLN 0.65 per item, respectively. A simple calculation shows that the price of eggs has increased by more than 45 percent.
Why this price jump? As experts point out, eggs are becoming more expensive due to increasing production costs, particularly for feed and energy. To this must be added the growing demand for Western European markets caused by the decimation of poultry flocks, bird flu. However, we have good news for chicken egg aficionados, and analysts note that their prices are about to start dropping soon.
– I think within the next month, because the cost of egg production will probably start to come down. It is getting warmer, so less energy will be required to heat the chicken coops. Grain prices are also declining, which after a while will translate into lower feed prices – Andrzej Gantner, general director of the Polish Federation of Food Producers, says in an interview with Interia.
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Source: Business Insider, Interia
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