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5-6, and eggs aren’t expensive yet. I guess wherever we get eggs from don’t have avian flu yet …. Although it’s here in the wild

I have a bowl of cereal (yogurt and fruit) during the week, but usually make something with eggs on the weekend.

Cause eggs are in fucking everything.

About 12 every 2 days on my keto diet. I buy 18packs for like $5

I haven't eaten eggs in a decade, they're surprisingly easy to avoid.

8-12. They ~~are~~ were inexpensive, versatile protein.

Six; 42 a week! Easy way to hit my protein goals everyday and maintain those gains :D

I just don't really like the taste, so about 1 per week in my fried rice.

Somewhere between 4 to 8, depending on how productive we are in the morning.

8 per day so 56 per week; please keep them cheap

Almost none. Allergies.

Whatever gets put in pad Thai once a week.

Because eggs are seen as a very reasonable weekly purchase that a consumer can see a price delta in over a short period of time.

I eat 3 eggs every morning. 21 a week.

Eggs are too expensive.

Probably about 6 to 8. Poached eggs on toast drizzled with sriracha and baked beans with a dollop of chipotle paste is my go to lunch.

As many as possible. It's one of the perks of my new job, free eggs.

Zero after I went vegan 3 years ago.

And honestly, when you know your way around a little and stick mostly to whole foods, it gets dirt cheap if you try. 💚

As many as I feel like.

Don’t forget that most baked goods and other foods rely heavily on the eggs in their recipes. Most food sectors are affected.

Family of four. We probably go through 10 to-12 eggs a day much of the time. Scrambled eggs, French toast, homemade bread, cookies, pancakes, frittatas, huevos rancheros tacos... It adds up. I recently started buying the 18-egg packs because it's more cost-effective.

42 a week, or 6 a day.

However, 30 eggs is only $3 where I live.

It's not inflation, it's bird flu reducing supply.

https://unitedegg.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Facts-and-Stats-Summary.pdf

According to this, as of 2019 -- which is a couple years back, though probably good if you want a pre-avian-flu number -- Americans had a per-capita rate of 279 eggs consumed a year, up 16 percent over the twenty years prior.

EDIT: according to this, numbers are about the same in 2023, dipped a little bit over the past couple years, but looks like there's a pretty low price elasticity of demand.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/183678/per-capita-consumption-of-eggs-in-the-us-since-2000/

In 2023, consumption of eggs in the United States was estimated at 281.3 per person. This figure was projected to reach 284.4 eggs per capita by 2024.

EDIT2: On a non-statistical note, eggs are goddamn delicious.