Regarding that last point, if it wasn't for the relentless media coverage, I wouldn't even have noticed that prices went up. The price that the milk-and-eggs home delivery service charges hasn't changed (organic, free-range, access to outdoors), and the pasture-raised certified humane eggs at Costco still cost the same.
You’re buying the top end and are not price sensitive. This isn’t a criticism, but I would wager you dont feel a $1 increase in most groceries at all, compared to someone who has to choose between that item and heating their homes.
My free range eggs just plain didn't go up in price. In fact, I couldn't get them for a while because they were the same price as the low quality battery hen eggs and everyone just bought the good ones.
Have they not? I buy pasture raised eggs which at my local Whole Foods used to be $5.99/dozen and lately have been $7.99/dozen. Granted, the $5.99 was cheaper than my other local grocery store, where they've been $7.99 all along (and I'm not sure what they've been charging recently).
