... because demand for eggs has dropped faster than supply -- supply is down 3.5%, but egg consumption is down 7.5%
nope, the reason egg producers are jacking up prices is to increase profits ...
... and they're doing it because they *can*: It's an oligopoly with no serious competition
blaming avian flu is -- as Cory Doctorow (npub1fdr…lvhs) puts it --- "excuseflation"
https://pluralistic.net/2025/03/10/demand-and-supply/
