A nationwide egg shortage is likely to push up the price of Sunday brunch at your local cafe. The egg shortage is also leading to empty or sparse supermarket shelves, and Coles has imposed a two-carton limit at all stores nationally. | niltiac
The shortage is due to reduced supply, after some egg producers cut output by 20 per cent.
Tan said one of Devon’s most popular dishes, the “Sheila”, now came with one egg instead of two, but he had not radically rethought the menu because the cafe was known for its egg dishes.Credit:“We use eggs in everything. We do eggs in different ways in different styles at Devon,” Tan said. Owner of Latte Road cafe in Wollert, on Melbourne’s northern outskirts, Gagan Singh said his supplier had doubled the price of free-range eggs. He was forced to raise his prices two months ago and is now going to have to increase them again just to break even.Restaurant and Catering Association chief operating officer Belinda Clarke said eight out of 10 restaurants were passing some or all of the price rises to consumers, but some were reluctant.
NSW Farmers Federation egg committee chair Brett Langfield said the cause of the egg shortage was that wholesale egg purchases by cafes and restaurants did not rebound in January and February after the COVID-19 lockdowns, and the industry interpreted the shift as permanent.
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