Costco Reader Find: 7 1/2 Dozen Large Eggs Only $3.89 (Just 52¢ Per Dozen)
Need to pick up eggs?
Costco members! Keep a look out for Nearby Eggs 7 1/2 Dozen Large Eggs case (90 Eggs) possibly priced at just $3.89! That’s only 52¢ per dozen eggs! WOW!
Be sure to let us know if you find the same deal at your store!
(Thanks, Melody!)
Any ideas of what to do with all those eggs?
Hatch all of them, then you have a farm!
Best thing you can do is boil all or most of them and keep in refrigerator. Your family can have one egg each day. 🙂
I am wondering the same. Could you crack open some of them, blend, then freeze them?
My family can easily go thru 1 dozen/day. Of course, there are 7 of us. 👨🏼👩🏼👦🏼👧🏼👦🏼👧🏾👦🏾
Here’s egg storage info from The American Egg Board (AEB):
“Freezer Storage: If you have more eggs than you can use within a few weeks, you can freeze them, out of their shells. Freeze only clean, fresh eggs. Place them in freezer containers, seal tightly and label with the number of eggs, whites or yolks and the date. Defrost frozen eggs overnight in the refrigerator.”
You’ll find more info and storage guidelines here: https://www.incredibleegg.org/cooking-school/tips-tricks/egg-storage/
Eat them!!! My family of 5 goes through 3-4 dozen each week. 🙂
If you have an Aldis near you- they are .49 a dozen.
My Houston area Aldi has a dozen for 59 cents this week.
My Aldi has 59¢ per dzn eggs in ad. Personally, 7.5 dozen eggs are a lot, but I would share with family members so I can totally see us using these many in 2 weeks.
Our Aldi’s are 99 but its still a great price.
Our family of 5 (4 on regular food one still on formula) goes through 10 a day for breakfast not including boiled for salads.
We’re the same, family of 5 with a baby. Of the 4 of us, 1 is allergic, 2 of my boys eat only egg whites = mommy having to eat lots of eggs lol
I would make breakfast sandwiches, breakfast casseroles baked & cut into serving sizes, and breakfast burritos to freeze ahead of time for busy school mornings. You just reheat and go! Delish!!!
Also, you could hard boil for a quick protein snack, egg salad sandwiches, deviled eggs, etc.
Eggs are typically good for at LEAST 2 weeks past the expiration date printed on the carton. I talked to a lady once who’s father worked for some warehouse refrigeration company… She said they would get eggs shipped in, and they would sit in the refrigerated warehouse for a couple months before being shipped to the stores! I think the US is one of very few countries that even refrigerates their eggs, so under cold storage conditions they last for a really long time. Also, I have heard that if you put a egg with questionable freshness in a glass or bowl full of cold water, it will sink if it is still good, and float if it has gone bad due to the gas/air inside the egg. HTH! 🙂
Funny you mention this because I work with a lot of Asian women. This lady drops off boxes of 5 dozen eggs for each of them every few weeks. They all just take the boxes to their cars and put them in the trunk. Originally I was appalled, I’m like “don’t those need to be refrigerated” they all looked at me like I was the crazy one.
Think about it this way – say you left a chicken and a rooster to do their thing. The hen will lay a little less than 1 egg per day. A brood of chicks starts at about a dozen eggs, so say 2 weeks to lay enough eggs to be worth getting broody over. Chicks are born in the late spring but I’ve seen a hen escape and sit on eggs through August. So even after 2 weeks in the high summer, they’re still good enough to put out live babies once mom starts the process! Hence why I never throw out refrigerated eggs!!
In other countries, the eggs are not processed the way they are in the United States. By using a rinse before shipping to the store, the US eggs are stripped of some of the shell’s protectiveness… So, refrigeration is better. If you get free range eggs from a neighbor, it’s probably going to stay fresher longer.
https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2014/09/11/336330502/why-the-u-s-chills-its-eggs-and-most-of-the-world-doesnt
Our Costco in northern Virginia has 3 dozen for $1.75 ($0.58/doz.) right now as well.
At winco 5 dozen were 2.70. We go thru tons of eggs!!
You can preserve eggs in mineral oil, just look it up online. It says they are good for a year on the counter, but I refused to do that. I bought a bunch last March and finished them in Feb, but kept them in the refrigerator. They were perfectly fine preserved. Just make sure you wear gloves with the mineral oil.
If you do more research, you’ll find that they say first that farm processed eggs should never be left on the counter. It’s not the same as farm fresh eggs that haven’t been washed. Processed Grocery eggs will have been washed, so the “bloom” is gone, opening them up to bacteria. And they say once eggs have been refrigerated, you should keep them refrigerated (even farm-fresh).
And someone mentioned “hatch them and start your own flock”. That’s funny. Again- basic animal science and commercial farms = NO ROOSTERS so unfertilized eggs. They will never hatch. Chickens don’t need a rooster to lay eggs. They only need the rooster to make baby chicks from those eggs.
eggs typically last a week or two after their expiration date, once an egg starts going bad the albumen (the white part) will start to thin out, and also the air cell, will begin to increase in the egg. You can tell the difference if you crack a really fresh egg on a flat surface it should sit in a nice pile, an older egg will spread out much further. hth! Not sure they have that much difference of a taste but for a nice fluff you’ll want a much fresher egg!
Same price in CO! Loving it considering they were $13 a flat for a time last year😬. We go through a flat every 2.5 weeks with a family of 6!!
2.29 for 5 dozens at my costco
Anybody know if the Costco eggs are organic, hormone-free, cage-free??
Our Costco sells organic eggs. They’re $6.99 for 2 dozen.
$0.89 at our Costco for 1.5 dozen
Make homemade angel food cake!! And lemon curd with the yokes.
Aldi is where I get my eggs for .59 cents a dozen. I buy as much as I need and don’t have to worry about them going bad.
I highly recommend you look up some YouTube videos of how chickens are treated in our egg industry. This kind of mass consumption of eggs has led to the scary and heart breaking reality of what this industry looks like today.
How about organic eggs
$2.79 for 5 dozen local eggs here in Phoenix Costco
Anyone know if CA prices are this low? Our eggs seem to be ridiculously expensive here
3.99 for 5 dozen in Orange County (la habra) Costco!
And the 18 pack was $1.35
I am from Ukraine. We never through away any refrigerated eggs. They last for months. That “expiration date” you see on a carton is just to trick you into buying more eggs more frequently.
I buy eggs from a local farm $3 for a dozen and i buy 10 dozen at a time. I just love fresh eggs. I boil two dozen every other day so we always have eggs on hand for quick snack.
Aldi in my area has eggs for $0.49 for dozen.
To check if eggs are too old, just float test them. Put them in plain water – no salt (with plenty to cover). If they bob and float, they are probably too old. If they sink, they are fresher. Somewhere in between, they will stand on end. We have chickens and guineas. I’ll have eggs for months before they float….but I toss them when they float. Not worth it. I try to keep hard boiled on hand for quick snacks (use the older eggs…the ones that stand up in the water…they’ll peel easier). (Quick tip to perfectly hard-boiled: Method 1- If boiling in water, add baking soda to the water. Bring to a hard boil, and then cover/turn off the heat. Leave it ON the burner though. Set a timer for 15 minutes. Then drain and put in cool/cold water to stop the cooking. Method 2 – STEAM them! I use a veggie steamer. Put enough water in your pot to steam. No need for baking soda. Put the lid on and then when the water is boiling and steaming nicely, set your timer for 15 minutes, keep the heat going on this one. After 15 minutes, remove from heat, and run cool/cold water over the eggs to stop the cooking. Both methods, work really well, even better with the older eggs. And you don’t get the gray egg-yolk.
Enjoy.