The national egg shortage that has resulted in sticker-shock for millions of shoppers in supermarkets is even more bizarre in New York City, where organic, cage-free boxes, usually more expensive, now cost less than a normal dozen in some stores.
At the Morton Williams Grocery Chain, a dozen white, ordinary eggs from a brand in the store this week went for $ 9.99, the New York Post reported. In the meantime, a box of Land O’Lakes costs brown eggs, which are produced “without hormones, steroids or antibiotics”, only $ 5.59.
The Midtown location of the chain had other organic and cage-free varieties that were sold for less than $ 10, including $ 5.69 for a dozen best of Eggland “Vegetarian fed chickens“Eggs.
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A dozen eggs in a box. (Istock)
One reason for the strange prices is that biological, free-range egg farms, which have also been affected by the Aviaire flu, according to Joe Viscomi, assistant director operations for Morton Williams, have honored cheaper distribution contracts.
It is expected that many of those contracts will end in the coming weeks, means prices Soon a dozen could shoot up for a dozen for a dozen, he said.
The Morton Williams Supermarket located at the intersection between Laguardia Place and Bleecker Street in New York City. (Luiz C. Ribeiro for NY Daily News via Getty Images)
“The inequality of the costs of organic brown and cage-free eggs versus conventional eggs closes quickly,” Viscomi said.
The outbreak has resulted in the slaughter of millions of chickens in an attempt to curb distribution, resulting in higher egg prices.
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A sign lets shoppers be aware of possible egg shortages in a supermarket in Glendale, California, January 6, 2025. (Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty images)
“I would not bet on a recovery from May”, as some experts predicted, Matt Sutton-Vermeulen, director of the agricultural and food practice at the Kearney consultancy, told the newspaper.
In New York, many bodegas have increased the prices for eggs. Some NYC -Shoppers are looking for a deal. The Bryant Park Whole Foods in Midtown is selling a dozen premium eggs for $ 4.69, this week, The post reported.
Some companies take other steps to compensate for the price increases.
The Waffle houseA southern breakfast food chain, started a temporary surcharge of 50 cents per egg for all his menus Monday.
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The company blamed the current egg deficit caused by bird flu and said, “Consumers and restaurants are forced to make difficult decisions.”
It is planning to check the egg prices and “will adjust or remove the surcharge as the market conditions allow it.”
