The economy is going to the dumps and with cost of living sjy rocketing more and more people are finding it difficult to make ends meet. But why is prices going to the roof and what can we consumers do to try keep the prices low? A friend of mine sent me this good story that gives you a idea how you can help keep the price low and how everyone has a part to play.

A man eats two eggs each morning for breakfast. When he goes to the grocery store he pays 60 cents a dozen. Since a dozen eggs won’t last a week he normally buys two dozen at a time. One day while buying eggs he notices that the price has risen to 72 cents. The next time he buys groceries, eggs are 76 cents a dozen.

When asked to explain the price of eggs the store owner says, ‘The price has gone up and I have to raise my price accordingly’. This store buys 100 dozen eggs a day. He checked around for a better price and all the distributors have raised their prices. The distributors have begun to buy from the huge egg farms. The small egg farms have been driven out of business. The huge egg farms sell 100,000 dozen eggs a day to distributors. With no competition, they can set the price as they see fit. The distributors then have to raise their prices to t he grocery stores. And on and on and on. [Read more...]