Can you just go with the flow regarding grocery prices and scarcity?

Americans are complaining about high egg prices. The price is up partly because chicken farms had to cull their flock because of bird flu. Several years ago there was a spike in egg prices because of a fire.

Beef was very expensive for a while, it seems to have come down some.

The beginning of Covid19 it was difficult to get some products and some food items.

Do you have to have eggs? Can you just not eat them for a few weeks and wait it out? If you can’t get a fruit or veg you like can you just deal with it in stride?

What about for a holiday tradition? Would you spend double? I’m thinking about eggs for Easter and Passover. Might you at least cut back?

I have some friends who seem very freaked out if they can’t have exactly what they want all of the time. I’m thinking that sounds very spoiled. As far as fruits, I tend to prefer to buy them “in season” anyway.

I realize businesses it’s a different story, I’m just talking about individuals. When I say scarcity I mean just a product here and there, not some sort of prolonged situation where it’s difficult to get enough food to eat.