Alaric wrote:TheMotorcycleBoy wrote:I knew this would happen. Putting aside the "economics theorems" the reality for everyday folk, is "stuff costs more now".
If supermarkets can sell all that can be delivered to them, subject only to the low density of shoppers, they will presumably be holding back on special offers and deals of x% off when spending £ Y with a loyalty card.
Incidentally what is the explanation behind the egg shortage? I can understand a run on yeast and bread flour if people have taken to baking their own, but why eggs? You might even expect a glut as the catering trade won't be taking any.
Well you use eggs in lots of cake and biscuit recipes. My kids (what with being off school) and wife (what with being furloughed) have been doing a lot cookie and cake making. I think eggs get used there. Fortunately we have a free free range supply from mad father-in-law (which is good cos the eldest kid is now a crazy vegan who will only eat ethically sourced eggs). I personally eat boats of hard boiled eggs mainly cos I hate cooking and they are so easy and you can do a pan of 12 of them and have 1 or 2 a day for lunch (they are incredibly dense and therefore filling).
Anyway perhaps the shortage comes about cos packing the eggs is human labour intensive. But I'm just guessing here.
Matt