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Eggs Down 37 Percent. The Grocery Bill Is Not.

Published September 28, 20265 min read

Close-up of brown and white eggs in an open paperboard carton in a wire shopping basket — Eggs fell 36.7 percent year over year; the rest of the basket did not follow. Illustration: MarketIntelLabs

A dozen large Grade A eggs cost an average of $2.27 at American grocery counters in August, down 36.7 percent from $3.59 a year earlier, per the BLS average price series published with the September 11 CPI report. It is the cheapest eggs have been since February 2024, and it is the single biggest decline of any item in the food basket. If your total grocery receipt has not fallen 37 percent, that is because eggs were never your problem. Food at home prices rose 2.2 percent over the same twelve months, and the average pound of ground beef now costs $6.92, up 9.6 percent.

Key Takeaways Average egg prices fell 23.0 percent year over year in the CPI weighting and 36.7 percent on the $3.59 to $2.2…

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