Easter and Passover are just around the corner. But if dying eggs for an Easter egg hunt is an annual tradition, egg gatherers may be in for a shock when it comes to egg prices. Egg prices are setting new records in 2025. The combination of inflation and highly pathogenic avian influenza has caused egg prices to increase more than 350 percent per dozen compared to this time a year ago. Some restaurants are needing to increase menu prices just to deal with the cost of eggs.
But what’s responsible for the increase in price? That Market Intel will evaluate the two biggest causes of record egg prices and how those prices are ultimately driven by big challenges in farm country.
Egg prices, avian flu connected
Eggs are considered an inelastic good. That means even when egg prices change, consumers still buy about the same amount of eggs. Unlike other products, in many applications such as baking eggs don’t have good substitutes. They are also a healthy – and typically the most affordable – source of protein, which makes them desirable even if prices increase. That relatively unchanging demand for eggs means supply factors can have a big impact on egg prices.
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