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A comment on Record-Breaking Egg Profits Prompt Accusation of Price Gouging. Parent comment

Re:Record-Breaking Egg Profits Prompt Accusation of Price Go... by voisin on Wednesday February 22, 2023 @12:21PM (#34899041)
Eggs don’t just get 5x more expensive on their own. Competition should keep gross margins in a mean-reverting band over periods of time.
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Re:Record-Breaking Egg Profits Prompt Accusation of Price Go... by johngladtj on Wednesday February 22, 2023 @12:24PM (#34899102)
You're right, sometimes a bird flu kills off a lot of egg producing hens, which results in less eggs around
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Re:Record-Breaking Egg Profits Prompt Accusation of Price Go... by azinman2 on Wednesday February 22, 2023 @12:29PM (#34899218)
Except the article pointed to a previous outbreak where prices didn’t go up as much.
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