US egg producers see profits soar as bird flu crisis rages
While the food item is scarce on supermarket shelves, investors have seen gains of up to 120% in a year. Across the country, 15% of the laying hen population has already been culled to contain the contagion
Laura Saade, 27, hasn’t bought eggs for two weeks. First, they became more expensive. And then, there were none available. The woman of Colombian origin — who shops at the Walmart at 200 Otis Street, in Northborough, Massachusetts — says that “a dozen [eggs] went up to $8.00.” She used to pay $4.00.
