Egg prices at a low

Consumers are now paying less than last year

The purchase of eggs has become increasingly cheaper for German consumers in recent weeks, and the Easter date has not changed that. Unlike in previous years, suppliers were unable to gain any price advantages from the holiday business when there was ample supply and weak demand; On the contrary: Even before Easter, egg prices continued to fall. After the holidays, the declining interest in buying was no longer sufficient for the large supply, because production was also pushing for sales, which had accumulated over the holidays. This led to further price declines, also at the store level.

Consumers now pay a national average of just EUR 1,01 for a pack of ten eggs in weight class M (mainly cage products), which is 30 cents less than at the beginning of this year and three cents less than at the same time last year. The prices for conventional free-range eggs of the same size developed somewhat more stably. In the week after Easter, retailers demanded an average of EUR 1,83 per ten pieces for this, which was ten cents less than at the beginning of January this year, but ten cents more than a year ago.

Source: Bonn [ZmP]