Staple Watch · this week
Eggs· hēki
The headline pair is the cheapest valid pack at each supermarket — and that cheapest pack is almost always a cage-laid dozen, not free-range. Worth knowing: the cheapest free-range dozen is a separate story we'll surface as its own column in a future issue once the data plumbing is in. Pack sizes vary — 10-pack, dozen, 15-pack, 20-pack — and we put them on the same per-each scale below.
Cheapest this week
$0.61/each
at PAK'nSAVE
What we measured
The two SKUs behind the headline.
PAK'nSAVE
Size 7 12 Pack Colony Eggs
Rise N Shine
$0.61/each
pack $7.29
Measured at PAK'nSAVE on .
SKU 5281163-EA-000
Woolworths
macro eggs free range mixed grade
macro
$0.74/each
as a 12pack pack, $10.80
Measured at Woolworths on .
SKU 253877
We measure the cheapest valid SKU per category at each store every Friday. These are the actual products that drive the prices on this page. How we choose →
Price history
Eggs prices since 20 April 2026
Our weekly price record goes back to 20 April 2026. The chart fills out as the corpus grows.
NZ-Made breakdown
What’s labelled NZ on the shelf this week.
Woolworths: 9 of 10 dozens of eggs we measure here carry the NZ-made marker on packaging. The cheapest pack labelled NZ-made comes in at $0.74/each (macro eggs free range mixed grade, 12pack pack at $10.80). The cheapest pack without the marker comes in at $0.79/each (woodland eggs free range size 6, 10pack pack at $10.49).
PAK'nSAVE: 8 of 15 dozens of eggs we measure here carry the NZ-made marker on packaging. The cheapest pack labelled NZ-made comes in at $0.61/each (Size 7 12 Pack Colony Eggs, $7.29). The cheapest pack without the marker comes in at $0.72/each (Fresh Colony Size 7 Eggs, 18pk pack at $12.99).