Eggs and Egg Products
Buying eggs—considerations and strategies
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- Category: Eggs and Egg Products
- Published on Thursday, 28 November 2013 10:57
- Written by Joseph F. Schmidt
Buying eggs—considerations and strategies—
There are two buying strategies used to buy eggs:
1. The traditional method contracts a set quantity of eggs for a set period of time (a month, a quarter, etc.) at a fixed price. Most egg requirements are contracted this way.
2. Grain Based—is considerably more complicated, but might make sense to a large industrial user under certain conditions. I’ll explain grain based egg strategy in more detail below.