I’m in Denver as well, you can’t find regular eggs in stock. The only thing I can find is the cage-free/brown egg stuff. So this price isn’t too far off (especially for King Soopers (Kroger). I’ve seen price tags for as low as $5.50, but never in stock (this was at Trader Joe’s).
I go to a local grocery store, end of last year a dozen eggs could be had on special (pretty regularly) for $1. I spent $4.50 for a half-dozen on sale… ($9/dozen). It came with a card that said Jubilant Julie is the bird of the month, LMAO. This was the cheapest option, including sold-out stuff.
My recommendation to OP is stop shopping at King Soopers and Safeway. Shop around, try out Sprouts, Trader Joe’s, Target, etc. Or, better yet, find a local grocery store (Brother’s Market, Max Market, Clark’s Market, Sun Market, Syracuse Market to name a few). Not only will it probably be a better product for the same/less price, but you’ll support a local business and you won’t have to wait in line for 10+ soul-crushing minutes.
I live next to a park and saw a fire underneath some pine trees, after putting it out, it was started by one of these stupid vapes. Pretty sure some asshole littered that thing there, the impact on the ground punctured the battery and it started a fire. These disposable vapes need to be illegal.