Why some grocery prices are up and others are down

What BBN said about it

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorGood news for your grocery cart: a dozen eggs dropped to two dollars and twenty-seven cents last month, according to NPR.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorAnd beef and veal prices are forecast to rise nine point four percent this year, says the Agriculture Department.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThe cattle herd is at its lowest in seventy-five years.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorBut eggs are down twenty-three percent from last August! That's a win for every breakfast in America.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorA Michigan State economist says the average family spends about five times more on beef than on eggs.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSo the savings are real, they're just in the wrong aisle.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorFive times?

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorFive. You've saved on the cheap thing and paid more for the expensive thing, and I find that deeply satisfying.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWell, chocolate chip cookies hit a record five dollars and thirty-five cents a pound in January.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorLast month they were twenty cents cheaper, so that's progress.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorEggs are down, beef is up, cookies are a record, so dinner is an omelet with a cookie on top.