🔍 The real reason eggs are being rationed ⬇️ It's not all down to avian flu, say farmers
thanks to the cost of electricity, chicken feed, interest rates – all these financial problems caused by Covid and the war in Ukraine and so on – and that we need another 40p per dozen to keep producing.
Fast-forward seven months, and many of those farmers have been true to their word. They’ve given up on farming entirely, or they’ve not ordered in new pullets so their flocks are diminished. Eggs on sale in an Asda store. Asda is one of the supermarkets limiting sales to two boxes per customer due to egg shortages
Crucially, though, he adds: “While we do not buy eggs from farmers directly, we are working very closely with our own-brand packers to ensure farmers are fully supported with this investment.”