A holiday ritual is getting a makeover courtesy a nationwide bird flu outbreak and high inflation that has raised prices on everything from groceries to gas.
The high cost of eggs has some families scrambling to find alternatives for their backyard Easter egg hunt or holiday brunch.
But it’s not just the Easter Bunny who’s concerned about eggs this year. Eggs have been a huge topic of conversation the last few months with prices hitting a high of around $5.20 a dozen in January after an outbreak of the avian flu last year killed more than 58 million egg-laying hens, according to the World Health Organization.
In Tucson, eggs on March 29 at the Food City on South Sixth Avenue were $3.99 a dozen; Frys on East Grant Road and North First Avenue had them for $3.19. Oro Valley mom Lori Wagoner said she will be cutting by half the number of eggs she and her kids will decorate this Easter, supplementing them with plastic eggs.Wagoner has even thought about raising chickens and being able to help her neighborhood with the extra eggs.
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