Is Switzerland really the most expensive country to buy eggs in?

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  1. I don’t know about the other countries, but for Switzerland it’s fairly accurate – a bit varying of course, dependent on the egg size and which type of livestock farming

  2. Import eggs are around 15 eggs per 4.25 CHF right now. A 10 egg pack of free range Swiss eggs is around 6.20. Super fancy bio Swiss eggs are 8.40 per 10 eggs.

  3. 50 Rappen an egg seems about right… at least from my “price feeling”.

    Might be totally off tho.

  4. They usually come in packs of 10, from what I’ve seen. And if they’re Swiss eggs there are standards for the animals which may make the price higher. But they’re SO much better here compared to the eggs I used to buy when I lived in the US. It’s still a very expensive place, though.

  5. The cost listed for the US is an inflated price, likely based on recent increases, that have now gone back down. I would say average price for a dozen eggs in the United States is $3. But I can regularly get a dozen for $2.50 USD or less (Chicago).

  6. Bio eggs or Freilandeier are possibliy the only things I look for how they are labeled when I’m buying them and I don’t mind paying a little more.

  7. We should look how much it takes to produce eggs in Switzerland. Also if the farmers earn enough. Before we compare with other countries

  8. What is a “regular” egg? I usually buy a ten pack, local Freiland, IP-Suisse, 10 for like 5.20 at Migros. You can also go lower and higher in price. 7.70 for 10, or 4.95 for 15 imported.

  9. Switzerland is the most expensive country to buy *anything* in.

    We’ve topped the Economist’s [Big Mac Index](https://www.economist.com/big-mac-index) pretty much since its inception, and we regularly distinguish ourselves as the [Most Expensive Country on Earth](https://www.thelocal.ch/20200204/switzerland-officially-the-most-expensive-country-in-the-world) (as do Monaco and the Cayman Islands).

    Fret not, though, adjusted for buying power, the prices don’t look quite so steep.

    Our [purchasing power index](https://www.numbeo.com/quality-of-life/rankings_by_country.jsp?title=2022-mid&displayColumn=1) is at 115 give or take (we head those global charts, too), so taking purchasing power into account, our eggs are actually cheaper for us than yours are to you in the US.

  10. Yeah.
    I don’t think even twice about spending $20 for McDonald’s or KFC.

    Why?
    Because I can afford it…even with a simple job.

  11. Coop prix garantie 15 pack is 4.25, so 3.36 for a 12 pack. While being the cheapest so least ethical, them being “élevage au sol” is probably still a bit less dystopian than the American factory farms. So not the most expensive in the world no.

  12. There are big eggs and small eggs… It’s a bit hard to compare. My local farmer specialises in egg production, bio and free range, large eggs, sometimes still warm when I get them: 5 CHF for 6 and happy to pay that.

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