Restaurants are Dealing with a National Egg Shortage and Steep Price Increase. Here’s How Some are Fighting Back
Nationwide consumers and restaurants alike are having difficulty finding eggs, and when they can find them they’re facing insane prices. According to the USDA, the price of eggs has more than tripled in the last year. This is due to fewer birds producing eggs right now in part due to a severe bird flu epidemic. About 57 million fewer birds to be exact, worse than the last outbreak in 2015, and the count keeps climbing. …