China News Network, March 3 Comprehensive Taiwan media reports, many supermarkets in Taiwan have successively opened to sell room temperature imported eggs on the 30th, with supermarkets selling 29 pieces per box priced at 10 yuan (New Taiwan dollars, the same below), and each person is limited to 68 boxes, while stocks last. Consumers came to the supermarket to queue up early in the morning in order to "grab eggs", and some supermarkets were robbed of imported eggs about 2 minutes after they were put on the shelves. Some consumers complained that "all eggs are imported, why should they be robbed", and some consumers bought imported eggs that had become moldy or even damaged.
Imported eggs have been put on the shelves of many supermarkets in Taiwan, due to the limited quantity, they were snatched up as soon as they were put on the shelves, and the people still looked at the empty shelves and sighed, and the stores posted "apology notices". Photo source: Photo by Lin Junliang, Taiwan's Lianhe Pao
On the morning of the 29th, the Quanlian Nangang flagship store put imported eggs on the shelves at about 10:30, and many consumers came to "grab eggs" early in the morning, and about 20 people lined up on the scene, and more than 70 boxes of imported eggs on the shelves were robbed in about 10 minutes. Quanlian said that at this stage, stores in the Shuangbei area (Taipei City and New Taipei City) will be the mainstay, and each store will be put on the shelves in batches when they arrive, so that consumers can buy them as much as possible.
Miss Xie, who was queuing to buy eggs, said that her family had not been able to buy eggs for almost a month, and after seeing the news report, she came to the queue early in the morning to snap up, and felt that the price of 10 pieces for 68 yuan was quite cheap.
The average imported egg is less than 7 yuan per egg, and some people call it much cheaper than Taiwanese eggs, but because of the limited quantity, many people can't help but complain that "all imported eggs, why should they rob them".
Quanlian Nangang flagship store opened selling room temperature American imported eggs on the 29th, attracting many consumers to queue up to "grab eggs". Photo source: Photo by Chen Liyi, Taiwan's Lianhe Pao
A reporter went to the streets of Taipei City to interview people, and the people said that although they all bought eggs, the price was more expensive than before, and one person who did not buy eggs said that he had not bought eggs for two weeks.
A snack bar owner bluntly said in an interview that the shortage of eggs this time is a matter of policy, because bird flu occurs every year, and the experts of the "Agricultural Committee" do not improve the environment of the chicken coop, but only take the people's money to subsidize chicken farmers, there is still a shortage of eggs on the market, and the people are really wronged, "What is the use of choosing these people?" In addition, the snack bar owner also mentioned that he now costs 20,1500 yuan for 300 pounds of eggs, compared with 400-<> yuan in the past.
The imported eggs were swept away in a short time, but there were reports of mold or even damage in the boxed eggs. In this regard, the "Committee of Agriculture" said that if consumers buy damaged eggs, they can go to the original buyer to replace them.
Some Taiwan media commented that imported eggs may be able to alleviate the problem of egg shortage a little, but the import quantity is limited, and it is not a long-term solution, and the egg market still needs to return to the market mechanism. A correct and transparent egg information system should be established as soon as possible to reduce information asymmetry; and build a sound production and marketing system, so that the underwriting system and group pricing mechanism are gradually withdrawn; It is also necessary to avoid interfering with price operations, etc., in order to implement the law of market supply and demand.