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If you can even find eggs at your local store, you may not be allowed to stockpile them. Consumers are reporting that, in addition to skyrocketing egg prices, many major retailers have posted signs limiting the number of cartons of eggs each person can buy.\n<\/p>\n
The reason eggs are limited right now has to do with the outbreak of avian flu.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cAs avian flu spreads, farmers with infected chickens must cull their flocks,\u201d explains Sara Bratager, Senior Food Safety & Traceability Scientist at the Institute of Food Technologists\u2019 Global Food Traceability Center. \u201cFewer chickens means fewer eggs, which in turn reduces availability and drives up prices for consumers.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
Egg prices hit a record high in the U.S. in January, reaching an average of $4.95 per dozen, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The previous high was in January of 2023, when eggs averaged $4.82 per dozen.\n<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n Some stores have posted notes of apology about the egg supply and the higher prices. Others are telling customers there\u2019s a limit to what they can buy.\n<\/p>\n If you\u2019re a big fan of Trader Joe\u2019s, for example, you can only put one package of eggs in your cart right now.\n<\/p>\n \u201cDue to ongoing issues with the supply of eggs, we are currently limiting egg purchases to one dozen per customer per day in all Trader Joe\u2019s stores across the country,\u201d Nakia Rohde, Trader Joe\u2019s Public Relations Manager, tells Simply Recipes. \u201cWe hope these limits will help to ensure that as many of our customers who need eggs are able to purchase them when they visit Trader Joe\u2019s.\u201d\n<\/p>\n Costco is limiting consumers to three packages of eggs per purchase, a spokesperson confirmed to CNN. Signs on the refrigerated egg case say, \u201cDue to limited supply please: Limit 3 eggs.\u201d Sam\u2019s Club is restricting shoppers to two packages of each kind of egg on the shelves, reports NBC, and Walmart is limiting bulk buyers to two packs of 60-count eggs.\n<\/p>\n At some chains, only certain locations are limiting eggs. Customers can only buy three cartons at Whole Food Stores in New York City and Miami, according to CNBC. Other chains, like Kroger and Aldi, have a two-dozen limit in some locales.\n<\/p>\n Simply Recipes \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n <\/span> <\/p>\n It\u2019s not just stores that have felt the impact of the egg crisis. Recently, Waffle House restaurants announced a 50-cent surcharge per egg. The added cost applies to any egg-related item on its menu. There are signs on Waffle House doors that read: \u201cDue to the nationwide rise in cost of eggs, we\u2019ve added a temporary 50\u00a2 per egg surcharge. Thank you for understanding.\u201d\n<\/p>\n \u201cWhile we hope these price fluctuations will be short-lived, we cannot predict how long this shortage will last,\u201d the company said in a statement.\n<\/p>\n <\/p>\n As egg prices remain high and supplies low, demand for eggs is set to increase in the coming months. Egg sales typically skyrocket around Easter, which falls on April 20 this year. Yet, relief is not yet in sight. “It’s hard to predict how long egg shortages will be an issue,\u201d Bratager says. \u201cAs long as the avian flu continues to spread, consumers will face difficulties finding eggs.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n #Costco #Trader #Joes #Limit #Egg #Purchases #Due #Avian #FluRelated #Shortages<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If you can even find eggs at your local store, you may not be allowed to stockpile them. Consumers are reporting that, in addition to skyrocketing egg prices, many major retailers have posted signs limiting the number of cartons of eggs each person can buy. The reason eggs are limited right now has to do […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":696,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[570,430,297,152,631,133,629,630,632,157],"class_list":["post-695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dinner","tag-avian","tag-costco","tag-due","tag-egg","tag-flurelated","tag-joes","tag-limit","tag-purchases","tag-shortages","tag-trader"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artoz.xyz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artoz.xyz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artoz.xyz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artoz.xyz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artoz.xyz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artoz.xyz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artoz.xyz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artoz.xyz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artoz.xyz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artoz.xyz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}} Egg Restrictions at Grocery Stores <\/span> <\/h2>\n
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