A nationwide egg shortage has led to strange pricing at checkout counters in the New York area. Regular egg cartons are significantly higher than organic, free range varieties.
Big Apple grocery store Morton Williams has produced a whopping $9.99 this week 12 white eggs from the store brand, and a carton of brown eggs from the lake “has been produced without hormones, steroids or antibiotics.” – cost only $5.59.
Other organic and cage-free varieties from the supermarket West 57th Avenue were also available for sale for under $10. This includes a dozen eggs from the best “vegetarian-fed chicken” eggs in eggs, $7.49 for organic brown eggs and $8.49 for eco meals. Large cage-free brown eggs.
The main reason for Topsitterbee's pricing is that organic, free-range egg farms celebrate low-cost distribution contracts despite being hit as hard as other avian flu. Run by Morton Williams.
However, many of these contracts are expected to expire in the coming weeks. As a result, he added, organic and cageless eggs could blow over the $10 mark.
“The cost gap between organic brown and cageless eggs and traditional eggs is closing quickly,” Viscomi says.
At a chain of Stew Leonards outside New York, supermarkets charge $10.39 per dozen for regular private label brands, while organic cage-free eggs cost $5.
“Our customers are now asking us how long the eggs last,” owner Stew Leonard told the Post.
The reappearance of avian flu has humiliated 110 million egg-selling chickens since 2022.
Egg prices are expected to plague shoppers for the coming months, according to Matt Sutton-Vermeulen, principal of agriculture and food practice at Kearney's consulting firm.
“This outbreak is accelerating and not predictable,” Sutton-Vermeulen said, adding that 14 million chickens have been slaughtered over the past four weeks.
As some experts have predicted, “I won't bet on a recovery in May,” he said.
Shoppers raiding around town for cheaper eggs were able to find some bargains. Bryant Park Whole Foods in Midtown is selling dozens of premium eggs for $4.69 this week, as reported by the Post.
According to a note posted at the entrance, the popularity of sales forced stores to limit purchases to three cartons per customer.
As reported this week, many bodegas in the city have already raised prices for sandwiches containing eggs.
Stew Leonard also sells around 100 bacon, egg and cheese sandwiches a day for around $4.49 at each of its eight stores, and is also paying attention to rising prices.
“If egg prices continue to rise, we have to see everything we do,” Leonard said.
This week, Waffle House announced an additional 50 cents per egg fee at 2,000 locations across 25 states.
The Georgia-based chain described the fee as a “temporary targeted surcharge” that led to an “unprecedented” rise in egg prices.
