Marginal Advice
Marginal Advice
Jordan M, Alex G
Every Reason Why Egg Prices Eggsploded | Marginal Advice Podcast Ep. 9
59 minutes Posted Jan 23, 2023 at 9:05 am.
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You may have eggsperienced a change in breakfast habits lately. With eggs peaking in the double digits in some stores and entirely sold out in others, people are asking some questions this morning.

We start out with some anecdotes, so for a bit of an overview here's why there's an egg shortage:  As it turns out, there's several different answers that go as deep as you're willing to look. Egg consumption has been slightly up, chicken feed costs have been more than slightly up, and the big answer is that the chickens are sick — fifty millions chickens sick. But are the chickens the only sick things dragging up prices, or are some egg producers just as to blame? We take an in-depth look at all that and more on another very eggciting episode of the Marginal Advice Podcast! Have a look at the video version if you'd like: https://youtu.be/5OBwe23l7e8