Locating eggs

stefanovich

It drives me nuts. Every time I'm in the supermarket. The location of nearly every other everyday item is obvious except eggs. What the **** is wrong with supermarkets and why do they hide their eggs? Anyone else share my pain?

nullzero

Did you try looking under the chickens?

uck51js9zml2yt

Same spot in aldi and lidl every week.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

They are usually on the eggs shelf in my supermarket. Never had a problem finding them to be honest.

Hande hoche!

Tis quite annoying.

The_Valeyard

Wren Prickly Tango wrote: »

Same spot in aldi and lidl every week.

Eggsactly.

lakesider

Its a catch 22 situation OP..eggs are an excellent way to curtail blindnesshttp://www.saudereggs.com/umlstudy.htm, but your inability to findthen is gonna feck that plan:(

stefanovich

Jurnee Flat Birch wrote: »

They are usually on the eggs shelf in my supermarket. Never had a problem finding them to be honest.

Yeah, where's the egg shelf? It's usually in some completely obscure location. Like today for instance, finally located them between the wine and bread.

vicwatson

stefanovich wrote: »

Yeah, where's the egg shelf? It's usually in some completely obscure location. Like today for instance, finally located them between the wine and bread.

Change supermarket

TheNobleKipper

stefanovich wrote: »

Yeah, where's the egg shelf? It's usually in some completely obscure location. Like today for instance, finally located them between the wine and bread.

I often have the same problem, but in general they tend to be close to the bread...i think.

RayM

stefanovich wrote: »

It drives me nuts. Every time I'm in the supermarket. The location of nearly every other everyday item is obvious except eggs. What the **** is wrong with supermarkets and why do they hide their eggs? Anyone else share my pain?

Yes, and frankly I've had un oeuf.

stefanovich

vicwatson wrote: »

Change supermarket

It happens in every supermarket. I go to one of 4 Dunnes or 2 Tescos depending on my mood.

Lidl ain't happening due to bad memories of student life and 7 pence cans of tomatoes.

Subcomandante Marcos

The Dunnes near me have started putting them in a fridge unit beside the dairy products. Took me a fecking age to find them the other day. What a stupid waste of electricity and fridge space.

kneemos

They tend to be hidden in weird locations alright.
Can never remember where they are,even when they haven't been moved three times this month.

stefanovich

Yeah, the grotty Dunnes in the parkway had them in the fridge for a while.

MilesMorales1

I swear dunnes moves the eggs every time I go in there. Sometimes they're in or near the refrigerated stuff, then they're moved to by the bread, or by the cakes, its so weird.

dotsman

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

The Dunnes near me have started putting them in a fridge unit beside the dairy products. Took me a fecking age to find them the other day. What a stupid waste of electricity and fridge space.

stefanovich wrote: »

Yeah, the grotty Dunnes in the parkway had them in the fridge for a while.

MilesMorales1 wrote: »

I swear dunnes moves the eggs every time I go in there. Sometimes they're in or near the refrigerated stuff, then they're moved to by the bread, or by the cakes, its so weird.

The next time you are in there you should point out that the this is a serious health risk. In the EU, eggs should never be refrigerated until purchased by the consumer. I would assume there are even health regulations/laws that Dunnes are breaking by doing this, but I wouldn't be an expert in this field.


In the EU, eggs should always be kept in a cool, dry place until their final destination (where they can be refrigerated), and stores typically display them next to the baking section.

Fleawuss

Hiding eggs is an evolutionary adaptation to avoid predators and advance the species.

not yet

Check beside the sausages, rashers and pudding next to the mug of tae..

Strumms

Sure isn't it good practise for you for when Easter comes around.

Subcomandante Marcos

dotsman wrote: »

The next time you are in there you should point out that the this is a serious health risk. In the EU, eggs should never be refrigerated until purchased by the consumer. I would assume there are even health regulations/laws that Dunnes are breaking by doing this, but I wouldn't be an expert in this field.


In the EU, eggs should always be kept in a cool, dry place until their final destination (where they can be refrigerated), and stores typically display them next to the baking section.

Whether they are in the fridge or not doesn't make a difference here because we don't wash our eggs like they do in the US. They last 28 days from laying either way. Putting them in a fridge and then taking them out doesn't harm them at all.

Steppenwolfe

If you are having problems with eggs try finding the sugar. Staples that most people have to buy are never prominently shelved. It's basic marketing.

dotsman

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

Whether they are in the fridge or not doesn't make a difference here because we don't wash our eggs like they do in the US. They last 28 days from laying either way. Putting them in a fridge and then taking them out doesn't harm them at all.

It's not just washing, there are serious health issues associated with refrigerated eggs. Basically, once chilled, they must stay chilled. If they return to room temperature (or warmer, such as the boot of a car on a hot day), they can sweat, leading to critical contamination.

Salmonella due to eggs used to be a big thing in Europe, but not so much any more due to these practises (much cleaner manufacturing processes, no "cleaning" prior to sale and no refrigeration until final destination). Salmonella from eggs is still a big thing in the States.

BMJD

Eggs are disgusting nuggets of menstrual gunk.

Also, my local Dunnes moved all the oils into a fridge so they now resemble bottles of butter.

RobertKK

Supermarkets hide their eggs so people won't put all their eggs in one basket.

MadDog76

First world problem ............

I never worry where the eggs (or anything else for that matter) are in a supermarket, I just saunter up and down the aisles and take the items I need/want/like the look of as I see them ......... I've never gotten to the last aisle and thought "Where the f*ck are the eggs!?!!".

Jen Pigs Fly

Can't sympathise really ... I don't buy eggs In Supermarkets. Even "free range" are not as free as they'd like you to imagine.

I get my eggs fresh from my ex battery hens. Tastes 1000 times better than anything you'll buy from A supermarket.

MadDog76

MadDog76 wrote: »

First world problem ............

I never worry where the eggs (or anything else for that matter) are in a supermarket, I just saunter up and down the aisles and take the items I need/want/like the look of as I see them ......... I've never gotten to the last aisle and thought "Where the f*ck are the eggs!?!!".

See I don't really go down the aisles in the supermarket on a weekly shop.

I do a once off shop of dry and tinned stuff - Tomatoes/coconut milk/rice/deed fruit - every so often but on a weekly shop I got around the edges. I know where they are now in superquinn and it's a nice logical place at the end of an aisle facing the sausages. But there's no continuity with eggs like there is with other products.

Yes, I did just say continuity with eggs.

Azalea

They're in the fridge - where else would they be? Just stick with the same supermarket.

corner of hells

xxxJennyxxx wrote: »

Can't sympathise really ... I don't buy eggs In Supermarkets. Even "free range" are not as free as they'd like you to imagine.

I get my eggs fresh from my ex battery hens. Tastes 1000 times better than anything you'll buy from A supermarket.

These ex battery hens , you talk of ?
How do you charge them up ?

MadDog76

Hatless wrote: »

They're in the fridge - where else would they be? Just stick with the same supermarket.

On an ambient shelf no where near a fridge .......

Jen Pigs Fly

corner of hells wrote: »

These ex battery hens , you talk of ?
How do you charge them up ?

Take away the negative and add some positive :pac:

kneemos

The eggs are where the eggs are.

KungPao

I agree with the OP. Every supermarket seems to put eggs in different locations. I shop around in many different places and finding eggs (and sugar too sometimes) can be most distressing!

I hope to hear some official announcement on this problem from our elected representatives.

Menas

Our local superquinn are all over the place with eggs. I am convinced it is a conspiracy to get us to wander the aisles and impulse buy other stuff.
Local farmer delivers fresh eggs to my mum down the country...one of the advantages of rural living!

Annasopra

Hatless wrote: »

They're in the fridge - where else would they be? Just stick with the same supermarket.

Why would they be in the fridge. Eggs in the EU are generally never stored in retail outlets fridges.

KungPao

Menas wrote: »

Our local superquinn are all over the place with eggs. I am convinced it is a conspiracy to get us to wander the aisles and impulse buy other stuff.
Local farmer delivers fresh eggs to my mum down the country...one of the advantages of rural living!

The big supermarkets actually do take shop layouts very seriously. The likes of Tesco probably have psychologists on the payroll.

MadDog76

I notice a couple of posters are having trouble finding eggs in Superquinn and I think I know why .......... there are no Superquinns anymore!

Where should the eggs be anyway???

Menas

MadDog76 wrote: »

Where should the eggs be anyway???

Beside the rashers!

Eugene Norman

They are generally close to the bread. You don't get an egg aisle because there's not that much variety.

They used to be refrigerated near the dairy and breakfast produce but a previous poster pointed out that's dangerous.

Ruu

Cluck off!

Eugene Norman

MadDog76 wrote: »

First world problem ............

I never worry where the eggs (or anything else for that matter) are in a supermarket, I just saunter up and down the aisles and take the items I need/want/like the look of as I see them ......... I've never gotten to the last aisle and thought "Where the f*ck are the eggs!?!!".

That's not the best way to shop

MadDog76

Eugene Norman wrote: »

That's not the best way to shop

It is the best way actually

Azalea

I don't buy eggs often - and when I do it's from the local shop rather than the supermarket. Come to think of it, they're on a shelf near the fridge rather than in the fridge.

Never thought it through much but assumed it was a space issue and that eggs would be in the fridge section in supermarket.

OhDearyMe

I think eggs are egg-shell-ent! :pac:;):pac:


They're inexplicably kept beside the fresh seafood counter in my supermarket.

Dial Hard

BMJD wrote:

Also, my local Dunnes moved all the oils into a fridge so they now resemble bottles of butter.

Whuuuut???

Your Face

Are they near the clitoris?

Azalea

dotsman wrote: »

In the EU, eggs should never be refrigerated until purchased by the consumer.

Oh yeah, never thought of the whole changing temperature from cold to warmer, back to cold.
Although - and I ask this purely out of curiosity and not to be smart, but wouldn't cooking the egg well sort out any nasty bugs? Chicken and fish and pork are cold-stored in retailers yet they'll be in the car/your shopping bag for a bit before they're brought home to the fridge/freezer.

Notavirus.exe

Eggs = Hen shit

Why would you eat feces?

Dial Hard

Notavirus.exe wrote:

Eggs = Hen ****

Why would you eat feces?

Actually they're more like hens' periods.

You're familiar with the difference between a vagina and an anus, no?

Notavirus.exe

Dial Hard wrote: »

Actually they're more like hens' periods.

You're familiar with the difference between a vagina and an anus, no?

Pics? I might need a few just to be sure...