The increasing cost of eggs due to the bird’s flu has left some Gainesville business owners trying for a solution.
An widespread explosion of bird flu, also known as the bird flu, has killed millions of birds that lay eggs in recent weeks, causing a large lack of eggs. The result has been a huge increase in egg price across the country, and local businesses in Gainesville are getting a big hit.
“It will be a sad day when I have to load, you know, $ 20 for a sausage and egg biscuits,” said Ryan Prodetky, owner of the Swamp restaurant.
Even the proddeky restaurant, with few dishes looking for eggs, has felt the effects of these shortages. The Swamp restaurant exceeds 200 to 300 eggs a week, Proddeky said, and that they are very on their doorstep they can spend on them.
“We cook with eggs, we have burgers and use them for lunch,” said Proddeky, “but I would assume bakeries are hitting more now.”
Going up to 270 dozen eggs a week, Ciarra Cravatta, who orders the eggs in the humble wood fire shop, said she feels enthusiast after the topic. The best -selling Wood Fire article is a sandwich with bacon, eggs and cheese, Cravatta said. Therefore, they are unable to cut the number of eggs they buy each week.
Humble Wood Fire Bagel Shop had just raised their prices to give staff a raise and a new minimum wage, Cravatta said, not suspecting raising egg prices that will not yet come. Cravatta said because of this, they are trying to avoid another price price and that they are “extra careful” to avoid food waste.
“We just have to accept it and pay the pepper,” Cravatta said. “We’re hoping it’s temporary.”
The humble fire of wood springs its eggs from many distributors, Cravatta said. Before the explosion, she said their business had spent about $ 103 on 15 dozen extra large eggs and $ 192 for 30 dozen large eggs. After the explosion, Cravatta said 15 dozen extra large eggs now cost about $ 146, and 30 dozen large eggs cost $ 230.
“Some of my friends have crazy about the egg price in the grocery store,” Cravatta said, “but then I’ll tell them how much we are spending in the restaurant and that puts it in a little perspective.”
Ben Guzick, owner of local baker Uppercrust and Petit Uppercrust, said there are many factors that he would have to think about whether he would raise prices to calculate the loss because “you can’t bake without eggs, so we just had to eat it.”
“We will have to inform our team, we will have to update all our prices at our point of sales, we will need to reprint menus,” Guzick said. “It should usually, to get our ducks in a row, one to two weeks to make any kind of change like this, and changing all of these costs money too.”
Guzick said uppercrust uses about 15 egg cartons a week. He said he paid $ 63 per occasion and now pays about $ 120.
“For all purposes and goals, double; We are double paying what we did before the bird’s flu breaks, ”he said.
Even Guzick said he believes prices will eventually return. Although the distributors occasionally see that they can leave with more accusation and continue to do so, Guzick said he believes eggs are “unlike many other things where the price once rises, it just stays there.”
Amanda Bowers, owner of Bakerbaker, said, “all my restaurant friends are complaining about it.” The matter is not just the price of eggs, Bowers said, but the quality of the eggs they are used to. Bowers, who was paying $ 40 for a pre-Covid egg case, said she now pays about $ 140.
Not only do business owners see it in their restaurants, but also about their community. Julie Boyte, manager at Main Street Sweets and Ha in Newberry, said her store’s egg prices have also doubled. However, she seemed more upset about raising prices in her local home Waffle.
“I know I came out to eat at another restaurant this weekend and was loaded with an additional 50 cents for eggs on top of the normal price,” Boyte said.