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• ms_lane@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Before this post, I’ve never seen egg cartons that weren’t just some sort of cardboard.

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  • YerbaYerba@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    The cheapest eggs at my US grocery store are almost always in that awful styrofoam. Clear plastic egg cartons are really common too.

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    • ms_lane@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Just… why?

      Surely it costs more than the cardboard, it’s not like egg cartons are made from quality board, it’s reconstituted ‘crap’ that’s just enough to hold together supporting a dozen eggs.

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      • Venator@lemmy.nz ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Maybe it allows them to stack more eggs on top of each other without shelves without as many breaking or something?

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      • over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        OP here. Yeah, I don’t know why either, but it seems most eggs in my area come in these plastic/styrofoam cartons. Not in 2 packs like my post though, I cut that out of what was an 18 pack, as a wallet to protect my money, obviously.

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      • Spookyghost@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Plastic and Styrofoam are cheaper.

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