A neighbor of mine told me that he bought 4 lbs of hand matzos. From the 4 lbs, he had a total of 5 matzos that were whole. He had to borrow matzos from someone else just to have enough for lechem mishna during the days and for the sedorim. That’s not ok, not at $40 per lb.
I tried some of the matzos from Ukraine this year. They were significantly cheaper, which was a big draw, as I try to only use hand matzos the entire Yom Tov. They were really thin, nice and crispy, and almost all of them were whole. Next year I’ll likely try to get all my matzos from that brand.