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Costco, Kroger and Whole Foods Among the growing list of grocers who put an egg purchase limit as the supply shortages persist.
Companies have started to impose limits on the product such as the shortage caused by highly pathogenic avian flu epidemics (HPAI), or bird flu, persists, causing a frenzy among buyers. Mass of viral videos have surfaced in recent weeks, showing that buyers store eggs. A published video On Tiktok, said that a whole section of eggs from a costco had disappeared in less than 10 minutes.
Whole Foods, belonging to Amazon, posted panels on its shelves by informing customers that customers can only buy three egg boxes at the same time.
“We are currently having difficulty looking for eggs that meet our strict animal welfare standards,” said a panel displayed in one of its stores in New York.
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Kroger confirmed to Fox Business that certain banner divisions also limit egg sales. In stores where limits are in place, the company asks customers to buy only two dozen eggs per travel, a spokesman for Fox Business said.
Trader Joe said Renard business Monday, he limits egg purchases to a dozen per customer, per day. The limit applies to each Joe commerce grocery store in the United States, according to the company.
A panel in a Whole Foods store in New York, telling customers that they must limit their egg purchases. (Fox Business / Fox News)
Costco also confirmed to CNN that it limited customers to three egg packets.
Experts warned that egg shortages would continue while the epidemics of the bird flu continue to have an impact on the flock of peanhors.
Speaking with Fox Business, Bernt Nelson, an economist of the American Farm Bureau Foundation, estimated that more than 136 million birds have been affected by avian flu since 2022. In December, more than 18 million birds were been affected, which, according to him, have led “the naked grocery shelves in certain places and higher prices.”
| Teleprinter | Security | Last | Change | Change % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amzn | Amazon.com inc. | 229.14 | -3.62 |
-1.56% |
| COST | Costco Wholesale Corp. | 1,062.65 | +4.31 |
+ 0.41% |
| Krot | The Kroger Co. | 65.64 | +0.58 |
+ 0.90% |
Egg prices increased by 53% in January on an annual basis, the Department of Labor reported Wednesday. Prices increased by 15.2% compared to the previous month.
In 2025, the USDA predicted that egg prices, which can vary considerably from month to month, will increase by more than 20%.
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The shelves normally filled with egg boxes in a Whole Foods store in New York are in vain. (Fox Business)
Not only consumers feel the effects of high prices of eggs at the grocery store, but they face Overloads in restaurants.
In particular, Waffle House, a southern breakfast food chain, added an additional 50 cents per egg to all its menus last week. The company blamed the current egg shortage for the spectacular increase in egg prices, saying that “consumers and restaurants are forced to make difficult decisions”.
The signs on a store shelf inform customers that eggs without cage soon come back. (Fox News Digital / Fox News)
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Small restaurants, such as Mexican coffee and New York -based bakery, are affected. Ursula owner and chief of chief Eric, told Fox Business that whole egg prices have doubled, while the cost of liquid eggs had increased by around 25%.