By Walt Hickey Eggs The price of eggs has exploded in the past several weeks, with the prices for grocers averaging $3.01 per dozen at the end of last week compared to the $0.94 per dozen they were selling for at the beginning of March. Supermarkets are ordering anywhere from four to six times their typical amount, but a key issue is that last year the egg producers lost money and actually shrank their flock. It takes up to five months to raise a hen to an age where you can get eggs, so there’s not a lot of incentive for farmers to react to The Great American Improvisational Omelette Festival with new production that will be useless come September.
That egg story had me scrambling to find another egg-splanation for why prices are going up. Clearly, people feel cooped up, and they feel that the yolk is on them. So, they are moving on to the nest subject and winging it by baking up a storm!
That egg story had me scrambling to find another egg-splanation for why prices are going up. Clearly, people feel cooped up, and they feel that the yolk is on them. So, they are moving on to the nest subject and winging it by baking up a storm!
(I'll show myself out, thank you)