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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by M137@lemmy.world to c/funny@sh.itjust.works
 

That's $3 for 15 eggs. Sadly not free-range, only cage-free.

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[–] otto@sh.itjust.works 67 points 10 months ago (5 children)

I think I’m more bothered by the fact that it’s 15 eggs rather than a dozen or 18. I’m used to seeing eggs in multiples of six. This is weirding me out.

[–] anarchrist@lemmy.dbzer0.com 75 points 10 months ago (3 children)
[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 34 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] M137@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago
[–] otto@sh.itjust.works 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

This gave me a good laugh

[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Oh wow, their chickens don’t pop 6 at a time ehh.

/s

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

Slacker chickens.

[–] SwordInStone@lemmy.world 35 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Boi, do I have an abomination for you

[–] thebigslime@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This seems inconvenient for retailers.

[–] 000999@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It takes up more space than the traditional cuboid

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It wouldn’t if they’d make the sides flat. Hexagons pack nicely. Except the edges I guess.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Solution: hexagonal stores. Hexagons are the bestagons.

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

Delivered in hexagonal truck, trains, and ships.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] sit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 10 months ago

Bonus bysphenols A-Z

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

Baker's... half dozen?

[–] njordomir@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

I don't like it and don't even care to understand why. Thank you for sharing this unholy curiosity.

[–] M137@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I haven't thought about that, haven't bought eggs for almost a decade so I generally don't look at them. I think it's a brand thing now that I looked at different store sites, some are 6, 12 or 24, others are 10, 15 or 30.

[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 months ago

Shrinkflation is brutal.

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 3 points 10 months ago

I'm a weirdo that likes to make myself 4 eggs at a time. WHERE DO I GET THE LAST EGG??

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

They sell eggs in packages of 6, 10, 12 and 15 in Tesco here in the UK.

Only 15 confuses me. Why not make it an even number every time?

[–] Slovene@feddit.nl 3 points 10 months ago

UK is a mess. Some things are measured in metric, some in imperial, and others are measured in stones and sticks and whatnot.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Why 10 and 12? Just pick one...

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

At least those are even numbers. 15 doesn't even make sense to me from a packaging perspective. I would think a square 4x4 carton of 16 would be more efficient to pack in a truck than a 3x5 carton of 15.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

Why? We generally get 3x6 or 4x6 cartons in my area, which aren't too different from 3x5 dimension-wise. Longer cartons are better IMO since they make better use of fridge space. I would hate a 4x4 carton BTW.