SAN FRANCISCO – Consumers are shelling out more for a carton of large eggs as benchmark prices in California have gone up by 150 percent in a year.
Last August, a dozen large eggs cost $1.45 and a year later the price is $3.61 for the same carton, according to information from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The San Francisco Chronicle reported (http://bit.ly/1MIBYSS) Monday that one reason for the jump was an avian flu outbreak this spring that resulted in the killing of 48 million domestic chickens and turkeys, mostly in the Midwest.
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