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Article: Consumers Can Expect to Pay More for Carton of Eggs.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
- Article date:
- December 9, 2003
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By Kathleen Purvis, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Dec. 9--Are you feeling a shock when you reach for a carton of eggs? You're not cracking up: It's sticker shock.
Higher demand during the heavy holiday baking season usually means you shell out more for eggs in November and December. But this year, you can add several other factors: Bird diseases in several states and demand for improvements in the cage sizes for chickens have cut into the size of flocks, decreasing supply. And high-protein diets and increased acceptance of eggs in a healthy diet have increased demand.
That adds up to wholesalers ...