The digital creator Armando Caos, known on social media as Mandy Caos, shared a video on his Facebook profile this Saturday, showing a long line of people waiting to buy eggs at a fair in the Playa municipality of Havana.
“A queue for eggs, at 900 pesos per carton at the Playa fair. Isn’t that the State’s truck? Ah, it must be a state-owned mipyme,” wrote sarcastically while sharing the images, which show dozens of people lined up behind the vehicle selling the product.
The post provoked numerous reactions from users who, rather than celebrating the price, expressed skepticism towards what they considered an unusually low cost in the current context of the Cuban market.
“I’m suspicious, so cheap? They must be almost spoiled; there’s something strange going on,” remarked Cecil Ramos Lameda.
In the same vein, Perla Sureña quipped, “At a minimum of 900, they have salmonella; I wouldn’t buy it.”
Other users pointed to the structural scarcity of the product and the limited amount that is typically put up for sale at this type of fair.
"They only bring 100 or 150 cartons for about a thousand customers. A thousand in line and two thousand that have left," wrote Julio Miguel Cruz Brito.
There were also references to the size of the line. "They say the line stretched from 13th Street to 19th," noted Rudys Joaquín Baños Chávez, to which Mandy Caos himself replied that when he passed by the area, the line extended to a nearby school.
Some comments interpreted the scene as yet another example of food insecurity in the country. "Misery disguised as crumbs," wrote Yedlan Rosabal.
The reaction on social media comes amid a significant crisis regarding the availability of eggs in Cuba.
National production has significantly declined in recent years, worsened by the so-called economic ordering of 2021, which has drastically reduced the availability of one of the staple foods in the Cuban diet.
Official data has acknowledged that the country has decreased its production from between four and five million eggs daily to around 1,200,000 when it manages to feed its poultry population, a drop that has necessitated an increase in imports from countries such as the Dominican Republic, the United States, and Colombia.
In February 2025, for example, at the Carlos III store in Havana, long lines were recorded to buy eggs at 6 MLC (1,800 CUP), while in the informal market the cost rose to 2,600 CUP. In other areas, prices have been reported to be much higher.
Meanwhile, in various territories, the distribution of the product remains limited or regulated.
In the Isle of Youth, for example, local authorities announced days ago the distribution of four eggs per person at 50 CUP each as part of the basic basket, subject to availability.
In Artemisa, it was established that a carton of 30 units per household will be sold for 1,500 CUP through the bodegas, also using the ration book.
In that context of scarcity, inflation, and irregular distribution, the price of 900 pesos for a carton at a state or semi-state fair ended up generating more suspicion than relief among the consumers themselves.
For many, in the current Cuban market, even what seems cheap can raise doubts.
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