Here are the Cheapest Places to Buy Eggs in Evansville

Americans are feeling the squeeze when it comes to egg prices, including our friends and neighbors right here in Indiana. We've done some digging to find you the cheapest place to buy eggs in Evansville.

How Much Have Egg Prices Increased This Month?

In the month of January, the wholesale cost of eggs skyrocketed. Prices climbed with the eggs index seeing a 15.2% increase from December 2024 to January 2025, according to the U.S. Department of Labor's Consumer Price Index (CPI). They say this is the largest increase since June 2015.

How Much Have Egg Prices Increased This Year?

Perhaps even more staggering is the year over year increase for eggs. According the CPI, egg prices have climbed 53% from January 2024 to January 2025. This has left many Americans with sticker shock at the grocery store.

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What Exactly Is the Consumer Price Index?

If you're wondering what exactly the Consumer Price Index is or how the Department of Labor determines these calculations, you are not alone. The Consumer Price Index details changes in the cost of goods and services that we, as the consumer are spending. The Department of Labor uses analytical data based on urban consumer spending.

The all urban consumer group represents about 93 percent of the total U.S. population. It is based on the expenditures of almost all residents of urban or metropolitan areas, including professionals, the self-employed, the poor, the unemployed, and retired people, as well as urban wage earners and clerical workers

The spending habits of farm families, and US residents that live in non-metropolitan or rural areas, are not included in the calculations for the Consumer Price Index. Other groups excluded from the calculations include members of the Armed Forces, and those who are institutionalized in either prisons or mental hospital facilities.

What's Driving Up the Cost of Eggs?

The laws of basic economics are at play here, particularly supply and demand. While the demand seems to have stayed the same, the supply has been reduced. What's to blame? The H5N1 Avian Flu has wreaked havoc on US poultry producers forcing them to have to kill off large numbers of their flocks in attempts to prevent the disease from spreading. The reduction in flocks has caused a significant drop in egg production.

Where to Find the Cheapest Eggs in Evansville

Despite increasing prices, many of our grocery budgets have gotten any larger. So, where do we go if we need to buy eggs without breaking the bank? After scouring the internet, here are the current prices at a number of Evansville grocery stores for one dozen Grade A large eggs:

• Schnucks: $5.99
• Meijer: $5.99
• Walmart: $5.97
• Simpsons Supermarket/IGA: $5.69 (currently on sale through 12/25; Reg: $7.85
• The Fresh Market: $5.59**
• Aldi: $4.95
• Target: $4.29**
• Fresh Thyme Market: $3.99**
• Ruler Foods: $3.79

**cage free eggs

These are the current prices in Evansville, Indiana as of February 24, 2025.  As of this writing, Ruler Foods currently has the lowest price for Grade A Large eggs in Evansville at $3.79 a dozen.

If you find them cheaper, please feel free to send an email to let us know: kat@103gbfrocks.com