Organic egg sales in the US

As UK pint prices have risen, American organic egg sales have grown, a transatlantic correlation of 0.987 that connects British beer inflation to American poultry premiumization with the economic precision of two countries simultaneously deciding that their traditional products should cost more. The pint gets dearer, the egg gets organic, and both consumers pay more for essentially the same thing their grandparents got for less.

UK pint prices grew from about £3.00 to over £4.60 between 2010 and 2022. Organic egg sales grew as health-conscious Americans paid premiums for cage-free, pasture-raised eggs. Both are smooth upward curves in the same inflationary period, driven by different but parallel premiumization forces: pubs charge more because costs rise, eggs charge more because organic certification commands a premium. The shared variable is the global trend toward more expensive consumer goods in developed economies.

Eleven years of pint prices and organic eggs is inflation in two registers: one British and alcoholic, the other American and ovarian, both rising because the global economy makes everything more expensive every year. The pint pours, the egg cracks, and the chart runs through both price increases without noticing the ocean between them.