Phew, are you OK over there? For comparison in Germany it's 2€ for 10 eggs, or 2,40€ for cage free. Eggs from the farmer start at 3,50€. In my area anyway.

[–] stiephelando@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 22 hours ago

They're fighting the bird flu

[–] PolyLlamaRous@lemmy.world 3 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

Jein. It's not as bad as OP makes it sound, and I've never seen a 10 let alone 12 organic eggs in Germany for 2€ but I also live in the city.

What you're looking at here look like organic (bio) eggs, likely from a very expensive bio-store. Typical prices for eggs in Denver for organic eggs are 7.49 for 12 or .62¢ a egg at a store comparable to REWE. - Non-bio eggs get down to 4.99 on sale for 12 or .41 an egg.

Here at my REWE in Köln organic eggs are 3.39 for 10 or .33 an egg. So they are actually only twice the price for organic which is due to the killing of millions of chickens because of bird flue.

[–] boonhet@lemm.ee 11 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Is the bottom image with or without sales tax? Usually in the US prices are shown without it (as it depends on state, county, etc), whereas in most EU countries and I'm assuming Germany as well, prices for consumer goods are generally shown with taxes included

[–] MistakenBear32@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 hours ago

It's without but food products in Colorado are taxed at a very low rate around 3 percent unless you're on SNAP ("food stamps"), in which case food isn't taxed.

So, worst case scenario (in Colorado, specifically) on a $4.99 egg purchase you may also see an additional 15 cents in tax.

Some states do not differentiate in the tax percentage applied to foods versus other products so in those places it's not out of the question to see sales tax of 10 percent or so...

[–] Bestaa@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago

Everywhere I've lived, most groceries aren't taxed, so what's showing would be the final price.

Things that might be taxed are things like pre-prepared food or soda.