An aggressive strain of avian flu is hurting supply and causing prices to rise โ with no relief in sight. Avian flu has been plaguing farmers and the egg supply since January , resulting in million birds since then โ 75 million of those were laying eggs โ being slaughtered, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation.
However, the outbreak has gotten worse in late because of a resurgence of the virus. Roughly 17 million egg-laying hens were killed in in November and December, which is nearly half of all birds killed by the virus in , according to the USDA. Live Now. Press enter to search Type to Search. Waffle House adds surcharge as egg prices soar Share. Copy Link. Waffle House adds surcharge as egg prices soar.
Restaurants are having to find ways to balance out the soaring increase in prices. Saturday we'll go through 4 or eggs with no problem at all. Uh, in my eyes, I mean breakfast is eggs. This is the first time the owners who took the business over in have ever seen egg prices this high.
The increase is forcing the owners to discuss slightly increasing prices. We have to go up on eggs because. The exact reason behind the increase could be hard to crack, but we do know the recent spread in bird flu is partly to blame. Some of them say bird flu, some of them say they just don't know why and but they do tell us that the egg prices are gonna continue to go up. Which is, you know, it's hard for small businesses like us. Top Picks. How an ancient asteroid strike carved out 2 grand canyons on the moon.
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