Though I bought other groceries this week, this was by far the “deal of the week”! Whenever I’ve at King Soopers, I glance at their dairy section to see if I can find anything marked down on manager’s special. It’s been pretty void of deals lately, but this week I almost squealed with joy when I saw several packages of eggs marked to $1.99.
$1.99 isn’t a great price, unless they happen to be organic and cage free eggs, and unless you happen to have $1 off coupons to bring the price down to 99¢ per dozen, or 89¢ per dozen for the non-organic but cage free ones!
“Normal” eggs haven’t even gone below 99¢/dozen for a long time, so I quickly snatched up six cartons of eggs and thanked God for His provision. Now I can make brownies, I thought! ;)
These eggs were a day or two from their sell-by date, but that makes no difference to me – even the experts say you can keep raw eggs in the refrigerator for about 3 weeks after you bring them home (4-5 weeks after their packing date).
‘Fess up – how long have you kept eggs in your frig? I think the longest for me has to be about a month. I don’t think I’ve ever thrown eggs away – we don’t usually have a problem using them before they go bad!
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Yippee! I’ve found these markdowns before when I had coupons & it’s so exciting!!! I always splurge for organic/cage free so it’s such a treat when I find them marked down!
I have kept eggs up to 3 weeks, I bake something if I have any I need to use up.
I admit that I usually don’t even check the dates on my eggs, lol. I just use them as needed. Weird since I am super picky about not using milk after its expiration date, and cooking everything through.
You sound like me. I don’t pay any attention to expiration dates on eggs. But if my milk, yogurt, or meat is past the date or smells even slightly off, I won’t use it.
Ahh, I am so jealous! Great find Carrie! We usually use eggs super quickly, so I don’t think they have ever made it to the use by date!
Every once in a while I overstock and have eggs for months…because the new ones get mixed with the old and they don’t get used in order. I’m talking 2 months, maybe 3 even, and we’ve not ever had issues. But I’m careful to keep them cold. They don’t sit out or get warm ever. If there is the slightest crack or oddity we don’t use them, but if they look good, we’ll use em!
Did you know that the Grade B eggs, that you can get for <$1.00 quite often at King's Sooper, are just eggs taken from cartons that contain broken eggs? When they repackage them, they have to put the grade B marking on them. I buy these quite often, sometimes that have medium, large combined etc. but that doesn't bother me.
My neighbors have chickens that they share the eggs from. Sometimes I don’t remember how old they are so I test them for freshness by dropping them into a cup of water. If they lie flat on the bottom they are really fresh, as they get older they will start tipping up and eventually floating to the top as the air pocket expands. If you have an egg that is starting to float, don’t use it. Otherwise, if it is just standing on end, I have no issues using it.
As everyone else has been saying, we keep eggs almost indefinitely, however, just for the record I was made aware by a local farmer that the eggs you get in the store from faraway locations are usually already a month or more old…never had any issues, but I have found several LOCAL people who sell fresh eggs, which taste so amazing compared to old ones. Just search Craigslist…
I recently bought some of the eggs at Safeway that were on a similar markdown. I ate them for 2 days and got violently sick —in the hospital and everything. It very well could have been something else – a bug or something, but my dr said that it would probably be best to get rid of the eggs since they were the only suspicious thing i’d eaten before getting sick. So be careful with them!
They are a great buy though!
I keep my eggs a while… since I use all mine for recipes in baking and they’re just going to cook in the oven. I’m curious what your thoughts are on organic/cage free….those are the only kind I buy and I find the shells to be firmer and the yolks a bit bigger. mostly, though, we’re big believers in cage free so that’s our reason. i’m thrilled you found such an excellent deal!
We have our own hens, so I know our eggs are fresh, but y’all are right – if they are kept cold, they keep a long, long time. In fact, if you get really, really fresh eggs, they don’t peel well if you try to hard cook them – they need to sit a few days before they ‘work’.
-Laura at TenThingsFarm
I’m with Tacy. I keep my eggs up to 6-weeks, 2-months and have never had a problem with them. I love knowing that Grade B eggs are just repackaged-I’ve never know that and now I’ll shop for those price reductions for sure! Thanks for the info.
Sunflower Farmer’s Market has been having a lot of dairy markdowns lately .. organic eggs were $1.19 yesterday. You can even use coupons on markdown items so some people were getting the eggs for $.19 .. practically free!
I found a great deal about a month ago at Target in Westminster where 1/2 dozen eggs were $0.17. So I bought 10–(60 eggs) for $1.70. I just finished them up last week. I loved it!!
The commissary had a dozen eggs for 59 cents today!
I won’t eat eggs past the expiration date on the carton. It took me getting sick once and I won’t try that trick again.
As someone who has chickens/eggs, it’s amazing how long they stay fresh…plus most countries don’t even refrigerate them and they stay just fine, but I won’t go there…..i do. :) hee hee