Add record prices for Easter eggs to the list of annoyances spawned by this year’s frigid U.S. winter.
Why eggs? Because when it’s cold out, consumers want to poach, fry and scramble them in the mornings for a hot breakfast, so says commodity researcher Urner Barry. All that cracking means hens are having a hard time keeping up with demand, especially as exports surge to Canada and Mexico. Wholesale U.S. prices are at the highest ever leading into Easter, according to Urner Barry, which has been tracking the data since 1858.
Parts of the U.S. suffered the coldest February in decades, with the Northeast the most frigid since 1934. Even amid the start of spring in March, more than 800 records were broken across the country for low temperatures, according to the National Climatic Data Center. With protein-heavy diets gaining popularity, Americans in 2015 will eat the most eggs per person in three decades, government data show.
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