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[–] 81 points 2 years ago (13 children)

Who has the ability to fence 100K eggs before they go bad?

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    In the news today:

    https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/04/food/waffle-house-egg-surcharge/index.html

    Waffle House is placing a surcharge on every egg it sells

    “The continuing egg shortage caused by HPAI (bird flu) has caused a dramatic increase in egg prices,” Waffle House said in the statement to CNN. “Customers and restaurants are being forced to make difficult decisions.”

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    I had actually thought about this sort of scenario happening, and wondered the same about a week ago. My conclusion was freeze drying to make powdered eggs that can be shelf stable for years.

    Also might end up with a serious market for that as prices continue to climb with no end in sight.

    Last I bought powdered egg prior to this recent skyrocketing, it was about a dollar per egg in equivalence. I don't know what it is now, but I'm sure that will go up too.

    (I use powdered egg for baking because I just don't go through eggs enough to justify buying fresh. I actually save money by not having to throw away unused product)

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