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March 29, 2024

What's keeping egg prices high for Easter? It's not just inflation

  • The cost of filling a basket or completing a Seder plate reflect a market scrambled by disease, high demand and growing costs for farmers.
    • By DEE-ANN DURBIN
    AP Business Writer

    In the United States, the average price of a dozen eggs was $2.99 in February, down from $4.21 last year, according to government data. Still, that's significantly more than the $1.59 cents per dozen consumers were paying in February 2021.

    Egg prices are at near-historic highs in many parts of the world as the spring holidays approach, reflecting a market scrambled by disease, high demand and growing costs for farmers.


     
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