Egg

Pricing Eggs, and New Egg Products

Posted April 17, 2008 - 10:30 by Thursday Bram

Food and Drink

Eggs

During my last trip to the grocery market, there was a sign in the egg case announcing that, yes, the price of eggs are rising. I’m guessing that there have been a few complaints. There are several reasons for that rise, with consumers blaming everything from the Atkins diet to ethanol — Atkins because of a higher demand for beef, eggs and other food high in protein and ethanol because of the use of corn (also used for chicken feed) in ethanol production and an upwards trend in corn prices. One key issue is actually the rapidly rising cost of transporting eggs from the chicken to your kitchen; that is to say rising gas prices mean rising food prices.

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UK banks are blocking customers' credit cards. Will the USA be next?

Posted February 1, 2008 - 21:56 by Paul Michael

Personal Finance, Consumer Affairs

Axe the card

It was bound to happen. I just thought it would happen over here first. Today BECKY BARROW and JAMES CONEY of The Daily Mail broke the story that banking giant Egg, a household name in Britain, will block over 160,000 customers from using their credit cards. Is this a sign of things to come?

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