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The national average price for a dozen grade A, large eggs soared to $4.25 in December - spiking by almost 140% from $1.79 in the same month last year.
Although inflation has been slowing down a little bit, if you've been to the grocery store, you know some food prices have still been going up – in some cases, way up. The cost of a dozen eggs has more than doubled in the last year.
OMAHA, Neb. — Chickens may not be able to fly very far, but the price of eggs is soaring.
A lingering bird flu outbreak, combined with soaring feed, fuel and labor costs, has led to U.S. egg prices more than doubling over the past year.
Egg prices are up significantly more than other foods — even more than chicken or turkey — because egg farmers were hit harder by the bird flu.