Should eggs be kept in the fridge? and if yes why arent they in the fridge at the supermarket???!
Should eggs be kept in the fridge? and if yes why arent they in the fridge at the supermarket???
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9 hours ago
I work at sainsburys and the eggs are NOT in the fridge they are on a shelf next to the refridgerated aisle :)
Answers:
It's more a question of how long the eggs are kept in a particular environment.
The eggs in your store probably spend on average a few hours on the shelf. For that amount of time why waste the valuable and limited refrigerator case space on a high volume and relatively inexpensive commodity item like eggs. The eggs are probably kept in cool conditions through much of the delivery and storage chain before being put on that shelf.
If you plan on using them within no more than a few days there may even be advantages to keeping them at room temperature.
Otherwise I'd keep them in fridge, where they will usually remain good for a month. That's what I do because I don't use many eggs, but I when I do I don't have time to make a special trip to get some.
In the retail food business there are lots of items like that. Many items in the produce department (especially fruit) are sold on room temperature tables. You may even keep them on the counter to soften or ripen for several days yourself. But almost all of them are stored cold before being put out for sale, and if not sold are gathered and put back in the walk in cooler overnight.
There's even the beer that made a big deal in its advertising that was brewed cold, filtered cold, stored cold, and shipped cold, yet at almost every retailed it was sold warm in a pile on the floor or shelf right next to all other beers.