Egg Prices

@ninalanyon

Sounds like the same ol' "American Greed" to me, and it's not farmers getting rich.

@ninalanyon I think the problem has gotten a little better. A friend in the UK and I have been comparing prices of grocery items. They are very similar. I don't know the way good is taxed in UK, if at all, in my state, good staples, like eggs, are not taxed.

@calicuz I bet that people who own lots of farms get rich though. Anyway, large scale egg production isn't really farming, it's more like a continuous process industry.

@ninalanyon @samueltyler2

Well, at these prices someone is getting rich.

@samueltyler2 I think that essential foods are not taxed (zero rated for VAT). But I'm not sure. They are certainly not taxed as high as luxury foods.

@calicuz everyone in the supply chain puts a little extra cost into the egg sales. It is always interesting how quickly they do that, and how slowly they remove the extra charges. The consumer suffers the most.

@samueltyler2

You're right about that!!!

@ninalanyon the luxury foods are probably imported from other countries and VAT taxed. Probably why Carrefour stores are being allowed to build in some of these VAT tax countries. Most of the things they sell are imported so the country’s govt. gets more tax money.

@cherokeepatti Carrefour isn't a luxury store. It's just a French supermarket chain. Luxury foods as far as VAT are concerned in Europe are just any non-essentials. Ice cream and similar products, alcohol, savoury snacks including any prepared nuts, and confectionery are taxed at the standard VAT rate in the UK, most other food is zero rated. Other European countries have similar rules but differ in the details.

@ninalanyon Might not be luxury but locals don’t want to pay any higher prices for imports. I am talking about North Africa and other surrounding countries. I have known people in those countries who want to boycott them. The foreigners living and working there will shop there because it’s convenient to get everything in one place and they don’t have to hassle with crowds in the open markets and pickpockets etc.

@cherokeepatti Ah, I see what you mean. Luxury is relative. And the convenience is why the supermarkets won in first world countries too.