Are egg cartons really in such huge demand?

BarnyardEngineering · Mar 6, 2023

A couple of ads on Craigslist lately caught my eye.

One goober has saved up a few old egg cartons from the grocery store and is trying to exchange them for fresh eggs.

Another goober has REALLY saved up their old egg cartons from the grocery store. They have a big pile of them, and they're FOR SALE. Buy so many for $X. Get a price break if you by more. Price is FIRM!

Do you roadside egg producers buy new cartons or depend on the kindness of hoarders to provide you with the ones they saved up from the grocery store?

psimmer · Mar 6, 2023

No idea, but on our local Craigslist I have seen an add where they will trade a dozen eggs for an amount of the cardboard egg cartons. Can't remember how many empties they wanted in exchange, but it seems not
all that many. Maybe 10? I was wondering the same thing, have they gotten expensive or hard to get?

cjunrau · Mar 6, 2023

I dont know what they cost new but we take every free
one from all the relatives we can. Sometimes we must
buy some used ones. When you have people pick up 20
dozen and may live 75-100 miles away dont expect to
see the cartons again. Natives see a sign, pull in and buy
a case anytime.

flying belgian · Mar 6, 2023

I sell eggs in roadside stand. My regular
customers return more than they take so I
save up on the extras. However half block
down the road I have a campground and a
golf course. When they are open in summer
they take cartons home with them and by
end of season I am running pretty low.

Stephen Newell · Mar 6, 2023

I don't know but I think the government would frown on used cartons, especially after all the health issues going on it this country. How could you certify they were clean?

dlbuck · Mar 6, 2023

My buddy bought some laying hens and was giving me eggs. He needed cartons, I bought a pack of 24 from amazon for $21.36.

NY 986 · Mar 6, 2023

Road side eggs are getting to be a big thing here.

Rich'sToys · Mar 6, 2023

We buy a lot of our eggs at the store, but my brother next door has some hens and they bring us some also. I believe he also sells some to people at his work.
Whenever he brings us eggs, we always send along the cartons we have accumulated. He is happy to take them.

sandcastle1 · Mar 6, 2023

clean is just a visual inspection, they must have the sellers information and date on the label. we accept cartons back and sort them, get as many uses out of a carton before it is discarded. if it is carton from a store all of that information is supposed to be covered over and not be visible.

flying belgian · Mar 6, 2023

Eggs are individually wrapped so it doesn't matter if you carry them home in a used box.
At Aldi's they set their used boxes out for you to carry your groceries home with. Wife uses some tote bags over and over to bring home groceries.

flying belgian · Mar 6, 2023

I would think the store would love for you to keep their info showing. Free advertising. No different then wearing a seed corn cap.

sandcastle1 · Mar 6, 2023

The store does not have the rule it came to us from an inspection of Ohio for selling farm produce.

rustred · Mar 6, 2023

nothing wrong with that. i return my cartons all the time plus extra's when i have. other wise they have to go out and buy new cartons. a
darn egg carton should be good for a few rounds of eggs not just throw it away. i am paying 5.00 for a dozen eggs and think thats high but
sooner give it to the neighbor than them old store eggs that spread all over the frying pan. i also think that the eggs should be one dollar
cheaper if you use your own cartons.

Tim in New York · Mar 6, 2023

I use mine (the paper fiber ones) to kindle the fire in my wood stove. Best thing I have ever used to start the fire - just a few sticks of kindling on top of a carton and away it goes.

Tim

Russ from MN · Mar 6, 2023

I noticed today that eggs were only 2.49, that's an improvement!

Leroy · Mar 6, 2023

Local store here in Ohio when they can get eggs are in used cartons with nothing marked out and sold as ungraded. May get white and brown eggs in same carton.

Leroy · Mar 6, 2023

Just bought eggs from Walmart 2 days ago and $1.66 per dozen.

Jim in NC · Mar 6, 2023

I wonder how many hands touched the cartons before one brings the eggs home from the grocer? We gladly give out cartons to neighbors that have chickens, and we occasionally are given some eggs. Works for us.

DoubleR · Mar 6, 2023

I brought a box of 150 egg cartons 3 years ago. I sell about 2 or 3 dozen a day of eggs and tell my customer's I am
more than happy to take mty cartons, just leave them on the porch where they pick up their eggs. I also have people
that don't even buy from me and leaving their cartons their or just giving them to me when they see me. I have a
stack of cartons and of yet to open the box of them I brought. I tell my custermers it helps me keep my cost down so
they are more than happy to give them to me.

I think they were about 75 cents a piece at the Farm store the last I looked. I beleive I paid about 20 cents a piece
when I brought the box of them on line 3 years ago.

hd6gtom · Mar 6, 2023

Before the wife died in 2021, she bought a whole case of them. I've still got 75% of them left. I tried
giving them away, but have no takers.

Are egg cartons really in such huge demand?

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