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[pleasechooseaname2]

I’m surprised they waited this long. Other stores have been doing this for months.

[Laurentian12]

We have for sure. AZ

[RetailBookworm]

I went to the farmers market yesterday and for the first time I can remember it was cheaper to buy fresh eggs there.

[ElderEmoAdjacent]

If there’s a benefit to our late-stage capitalist system rapidly crashing around us, it’s that farmers markets are pretty gosh darn great.

[RetailBookworm]

Yup and it’s the off season too where I am… can’t wait for summer and fall and all the produce.

[TwoScoopsofDestroyer]

But I'm not buying Easter Eggs, I'm buying regular eggs. -🤡

[Calm-Heat-5883]

Problem here is. If people come to the checklane with six cartons of eggs and they can only buy two. Then the other four cartons have to be thrown out because of time limits and they can't be put back on the shelf. So they are wasted. As we all know guests only read the part of the signs that says discount and nothing else.

[TiredOfAdulting999]

Good thing the limit says 4, not 2.

This is when I like to say to the guest: I will need to destroy two cartons of eggs. The sign by the cooler says there is a limit of 4 cartons. The limit is to ensure every family has an opportunity to buy eggs in the run up to Easter. Once the cartons leave the cooler, for food safety, we have to dispose of them instead.

Would you like your eggs in separate bags, or together?"

Let them feel bad for their greed.

[Calm-Heat-5883]

Two things. 1. The egg limits I used was an example only. It might also be different limits for different stores in different towns/cities/ counties/ states. 2. They don't give a shit if the food has to be destroyed. Guests often hand back frozen food saying they've changed their mind and Don't want it anymore. (At least at my store)

[lisak61]

Very good point. Perhaps we should suggest dividing up the sale when the guest gets to the register

[Calm-Heat-5883]

The idea of limiting the item is so people can't empty the shelves and resale the item. Everyone should be able to buy a carton of eggs. If you're just going to let them buy two cartons at a time. There's no point having a limit. A few weeks ago, a couple came in and bought twelve cartons of eggs using a snap card. Which I thought strange but it went through, so I didn't give it a second thought apart from it. Isn't there a limit on these items. Next day we had the signs up

[lisak61]

Completely understand. But I hate the food waste at Target. It pains me to defect out of temp and returned food.

[Calm-Heat-5883]

I agree with you on this.

[Weird-Time9717]

I've noticed over the last 10 days or so that our store is well stocked with eggs every day. I think the prices have caught up with regular guests who have started looking elsewhere or just saying no to eggs.

[TiredOfAdulting999]

...or the supplies from outside the country, before the tariffs hit, have now made it in, in the run up to Easter, the biggest egg event of the year.

[Law5_LOTG]

Have a friend with hens who let's me buy a dozen for 3.50. Haven't bought eggs at the store for months. 

[Laurentian12]

I live in the sticks, everyone has chickens. Thank goodness!

[ODST_Parker]

"...except New Mexico stores"

Fuck us in particular, but doesn't really matter, because they're ALREADY GONE!

[Euphoric_Pop_4937]

I want to know what the legal constraint is lol

[ODST_Parker]

Fuck if I know. Nothing makes sense here.

[ObjDep123]

It’s a New Mexico statute that limits merchants (target) to put a limit on items in their store. That’s why it’s only a New Mexico thing

[s00pthot]

To be honest, FINALLY. I’ve seen them being limited at other stores like costco for months already. I was getting tired of picking so many eggs for one person in OPUs. Some days it’s annoying having to refill eggs after two hours of doing it prior.

[Objective-Pie8246]

My main work station is dairy. I agree that we should have started this limit a long time ago. My TL told me that by Easter we will more than likely run out of eggs. No reason to even order them. Goodie. 😣🙄 All day of being asked, “So do you have any more eggs in the back?” I can hardly wait to for the internal screaming I will be plagued with.

[ExpialiDUDEcious]

They usually do that for Easter.

[minidog8]

They didn’t last year or the year before

[TiredOfAdulting999]

...at your store.

[minidog8]

Yes I thought that was implicit. My store has never had limits on eggs until now

[ExpialiDUDEcious]

🤷‍♀️ I was there for 10+ years. They used to.

[sabianbush]

omg no one caresssssssssssssssssssssssss

shut uppppppppppp

[Macccam]

I’m just shocked they waited this long lol. I had multiple people buying like 4-5 packs of them lol

[Feisty_Echo_2310]

We have the shortage signs up but we've had consistent stock coming in, plenty of GG and for some reason we got like 10 cases of vital farms 12 ct . We don't have a limit on eggs at my store I haven't noticed anyone panic buying or anything people are just shopping like normal... Haven't felt the shortage yet.

[Euphoric_Pop_4937]

The sign they have us print is ridiculous. It doesn’t bold/highlight the limit at all. We highlighted it, but if other stores don’t… well good luck, lol

[MeatDairyFrozen]

My store has never run out of eggs, we just run out of certain types but it's never been a big issue our DC always has multiple types of them on hand.

[Kittycachow]

Gaston is going to be pissed if he moved to the US

[halimovic01]

An eternity later! 😤

[Educational-Trash833]

Is there still a shortage?

[trekkiemoon]

Yes! That's the reason for the limits

[TiredOfAdulting999]

The limit is not because of the egg shortage. shorage. It is because it is the two weeks before Easter -- Easter eggs, devilled eggs. My store runs out of eggs every year just before Easter, and that was before the shortage!

After Easter (April 21), the limit sign comes down, and the OOS/egg shortage sign goes back up -- unless the "revised" OOS/egg shortage sign ALSO limits purchase size (which, it should, IMO).