It seems egg prices are due to rise as suppliers face shortages. This article claims that we will soon be paying about 20p more for a box of eggs due to shortages in Britain and Europe. Suppliers have been affected by a ban on battery cages and rising costs for free range producers. This has caused the wholesale prices of eggs to double in the past year. The wholesale cost of large eggs is now 97p up from 45p whilst medium eggs cost 83p up from 40p. Eggs are one of the only staple foods I currently can’t produce at home although we do get quite a few from our nice neighbours across the road who have chickens. I wonder whether it might be be time to invest in a few chickens myself?
