With egg prices climbing because of a bird virus that's sweeping the globe, Ed Huss has never seen demand higher for his free-range eggs that he's sold on Hankes Road in Aurora for 15 years.
Which is why the average price of a dozen eggs in December 2021 was $1.79 and is now $4.25 per dozen, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor. Locally - I can vouch for this personally - a dozen regular large eggs purchased a few days ago at discount grocer Aldi cost $4.99. The price of eggs has been rising all over the country due to what experts are describing as the worst outbreak of avian influenza on record.
The prices of eggs on shelves, of course, have to go up. However, “there’s only so much you can pass along to customers before they won’t buy it,” Sousanes told me. “Usually I’m doing half the business this time of year,” and ends up donating surplus to places like Wayside Cross Ministries and Hesed House homeless shelter, Huss told me.
Huss insists he and his right-hand man, Poncho Flores, are not concerned about their birds getting the flu because strict cleaning precautions are already in place.
The grinch stole Easter too.
$16.20 for two eggs, hash brows and toast at the Broken Yok Cafe $16.20
What a disastrous Biden regime
You really had to use the word “scramble” in the header didn’t you?
Don’t forget property taxes virus, rent virus, high grocery prices virus, heating gas virus, gasoline virus, electricity virus….etc….
The bird flu is taking a toll. 40 million egg-laying hens have been culled in US so far & b/c bird migration begins soon the potential for worsening conditions exist.
Who you vote for makes a difference. It's amazing how many cannot make the connection.
Welcome to reality, took you long enough