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By MICHELE MAY
Rappahannock Sava SUIT Writer
A coupon in a recent Fauquier Democrat advertised large grade A at 59 cents a dozen, but by Saturday, the display in the Warrenton A&P looked as though a cyclone had hit a hen house. A few cracked shells on the top shelf, several cartons of 2'A dozen in a different size at the bottom, and miles and miles of open space.
In Culpeper and Front Royal people were paying close to $1.50 for a dozen large eggs and either liking it or doing without. Country corner stores in Rappahannock found they weren’t so far apart from the supermarkets.
Skippy Giles at the Washington Cash Store says eggs are $1.44 a dozen there. He hasn’t noticed any increase in local business, he says, he just knows “they’re high priced.” Even though his price was within cents of that at the larger stores, he said last week his price had risen from $1.09 in Vh months.
Randolph Clater at the Sperryville Corner Store says he has the “everyday cheap price” of $1.39 dozen. Clater says he hasn’t added on the last three raises or his eggs would be about 10 cents a dozen more.
At Settle’s in Flint Hill, eggs are still $1.45 and Tammy points out that the
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