Workers placed signs in local grocery stores saying there is a shortage of high quality eggs due to the bird flu.
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“I do worry that the increased price is maybe going to affect how that factors in my budget,” Alex Loree who lives in Kettering said. “I, usually about once a month, buy in bulk from places like Costco. But even then, the availability has not quite been there.”
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For weeks, egg prices have been steadily rising.
“With the production of eggs going down, down, down, unless demand just evaporates, prices will continue to climb,” News Center 7′s consumer advisor Clark Howard said.
News Center 7 checked egg prices at near-by grocery stores. The average price for eggs was around $5.
The egg section at the local Aldi had a note restricting customers to two cartons per person. Kroger and Trader Joe’s signs claimed they are short on eggs due to a limited supply.
Howard says if prices don’t drop soon, people may have to get creative.
“You’ll start to see recipes pop up that used to call for eggs that will have a substitute on how you make a particular item,” Howard said.
Loree, however, doesn’t plan on curbing his egg consumption, but says things could change.
“I’ve always looked at them as a cheaply available source of protein, a staple food,” Loree said. “No one likes to change their lifestyle too much, but all this uncertainty going on, you just don’t know. We’re all going to have to maybe make changes.”
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