Soaring egg prices have US consumers squawking
In Washington and its suburbs, supermarket egg shelves are now often empty, or sparsely stocked.
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A menu in a Waffle House restaurant displays a sticker advising customers of a 50 cent price hike per egg "due to the nationwide rise in cost of eggs," in Houston, Texas, on February 6, 2025. (Photos by AFP)
By NewVision Reporter
Journalists @NewVision
A resurgence of avian flu, which first struck the United States in 2022, is hitting chicken farms hard, sending egg prices soaring and rattling consumers accustomed to buying