Trader Joe’s limits customer egg purchases to one dozen per day due to shortage

Trader Joe’s is limiting customers’ ovum purchases crossed each of its stores arsenic the state faces an ovum shortage caused by a vertebrate flu outbreak, the institution announced Friday.

“Due to ongoing issues with the proviso of eggs, we are presently limiting ovum purchases to one twelve per customer, per day, successful each Trader Joe’s stores crossed the country,” a institution spokesperson told NBC News.

“We anticipation these limits volition assistance to guarantee that arsenic galore of our customers who request eggs are capable to acquisition them erstwhile they sojourn Trader Joe’s,” the spokesperson added.

The argumentation comes arsenic immoderate U.S. farmers person been forced to euthanize egg-laying hens arsenic a mode to forestall further dispersed of the illness — starring to nationwide shortages and a melodramatic summation successful ovum prices.

This past December, the mean terms for a twelve Grade A ample eggs successful the U.S. was $4.15 — the second-highest terms successful the past decade. That was up from $3.65 successful November, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

On Friday, Governor Kathy Hochul ordered the temporary shutdown of unrecorded vertebrate markets successful New York City, Westchester and Long Island pursuing the detection of avian flu astatine 7 locations successful Queens, Brooklyn and the Bronx.

Late past month, roughly 100,000 ducks had to beryllium euthanized aft an avian flu outbreak was detected astatine Long Island’s Crescent Duck Farm successful Aquebogue.

The concern could spell connected for a while, officials say.

Early this week, Waffle House confirmed to the Daily News that its customers are present paying an other 50 cents per egg to offset the nationwide shortage.

According to the United States Department of Agriculture, prices are inactive expected to leap different 20% this twelvemonth arsenic agriculture workers effort to replenish their vertebrate populations.

Bird flu cases person present been confirmed successful some home and chaotic birds successful multiple locations crossed North America, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.