In our Central Illinois community, both Kroger and Walmart are selling eggs below $3.00/dozen.  It is difficult to believe that this is news.  However in 2025, the retail price of a dozen eggs was high enough to drive the nation’s food prices upward.

Biomass Rules made the point in February that even at $5 per dozen, eggs were a good value. Because one dozen large eggs weighs 24 ounces, and 11 percent of that weight is egg shell, a dozen eggs weighs 1.34 pounds.  This makes a $5 per dozen cost of eggs only $3.71 per pound.

In the same relationship, $3 per dozen eggs, are actually only $2.24 per pound.  Because our Kroger eggs only cost $2.69 per dozen, that value is $2.00 per pound!!!  Such a good value.

For multiple statistical rules and local retail food marketing strategies, one grocery store price – like this one today – does not a solid food price data reference make.  For instance, this year our Kroger Ruler store never sold eggs above $4 per dozen, while most other local stores sold one dozen large eggs for over $7.

• This store rationed egg purchases with a 2-dozen limit per customer.  But this below average price brought customers from miles around to purchase other groceries at Kroger with their eggs.
• This Kroger Ruler store is 20 miles from home.  Finding deals in rural America requires leveraging shopping experience over 20 to 30 mile radius from home.

There is good economic news!  Plus I got to use ‘breaking eggs’ in the title.