They already knew these things, they just needed an excuse to not cause too much of an uproar. Egg prices went up by way too much too quickly that even the government, who rarely actually does anything about this sort of thing, started an investigation. Magically the prices dropped by a lot, but unfortunately still higher than it used to be.
ugh@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Chickens got hit with a bird flu during the start of the pandemic, which made egg prices even higher. A big reason for the drop in price was because the farmers were able to stabilize. It’s probably 50/50 between the fowl epidemic and inflation.
hark@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Except egg production didn’t drop all that much: statista.com/…/total-egg-production-in-the-us-sin…
It hit one producer and the others decided to jack up their prices as well to take advantage. There’s a reason why they were being investigated.