While the rising cost of eggs is closely linked to the deadly bird flu, it's calling attention to the increasing cost of food in general due to inflation.
“It’s going to be even harder to pick which menu items to put out there and see if are even going to like it because we know what they like, so it will be hard to switch some things up,” she said.
Song estimated that her business’ food costs have gone up by 25%. She said she may have to increase the tuition for her child care operation. “We might have to make an adjustment because obviously the return from the government isn’t a lot," she said."And if the prices keep going up and up and up, there’s only so much leeway we can have with the expenses for it to be a healthy business model for us.”
Rising egg prices may mean some tough choices for families who get public assistance for their grocery shopping. In California, that program is known as“Even with their CalFresh benefits, it’s just not enough,” said Victoria Medina, the CalFresh manager at Feeding San Diego.
Medina said Feeding San Diego already anticipates that more people will need their food assistance and more will apply for benefits from CalFresh as the price of food continues to rise.
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