The other day my wife and I were in the Target superstore shopping, and at the last minute I asked her to grab eggs. She returned to the checkout register and said, “Eggs shelves are empty.” She then questioned an associate who said, “Sorry we are out.”
Most grocery stores either have limited quantities or sell at unbelievably high prices while some put out signs reading, “Sorry!”
Another shopper who chatted with me said, it looks like we are buying golden eggs in the Golden state (California), and it is true that we are paying high prices for them and they are unavailable in some grocery stores.
And now is the right time to check out regular gasoline prices in the City of Fremont. Chevron is selling at $5.39 per gallon this week, while last week the price was set to $4.59 per gallon. An 80 cent increase is too much.
There is no snow here in California and of course, our freeways are clear from any hazardous weather conditions while trucking business is as usual.
The fact of the matter is the Trump administration and his team promised that they are looking into why the essentials/grocery prices are shooting up on a priority basis, but no actions yet.
At this juncture, I want to see eggs and gasoline prices go down to where they were in the month of December 2024.
Zafar Yousufzai
Fremont
