The Lines For Eggs At Costco Are Mental!

Posted • February 14, 2025: You might want to allocate some extra time for your next grocery run… especially if you’re searching for the hottest commodity in the refrigerated section. As industry-wide supply shortages restrict retailers’ stock, customers are waiting in very lengthy lines to pick up cartons of eggs at bulk retailer Costco. Social videos from users across the country — depicting locations from Southern California to the East Coast — pan over long stretches of shoppers waiting to pick up their allocated three packages of eggs, following the superstore’s decision to limit the number of eggs each customer can buy. Other major grocery chains, including Whole Foods and Trader Joe’s, have instituted their own strict purchase limits on eggs.

As footage shows, the line to get eggs at some Costco locations is so long that customers are even waiting outside the store. The queues haven’t formed at checkout, but instead are for individuals merely waiting to put their eggs in a cart. It’s unclear exactly why the limitation on purchases has caused such long lines, but it’s possible that people are concerned about being able to buy eggs at a later date.