Daily News | The price of eggs has skyrocketed, hitting Philly breakfast spots and consumers hard
Head chef and co-owner Juan Lopez cooks an egg dish at his restaurant On Point Bistro in Philadelphia. The restaurant has had to raise prices to cover the increasing cost of ingredients.From her Point Breeze brunch bistro, Mallory Fix-Lopez has watched the price of eggs creep up.On Point Bistro, which she owns with her husband and head chef, Juan Lopez, goes through about 1,200 eggs a week.
Eggs are a main source of protein in her household, she said, but she may have to cut back if prices keep increasing. At the Westmont Diner in Haddon Township, owner Chris Prentzas said the egg shortage had one positive impact on his business, which usually goes through 12,000 eggs a week. The situation prompted him to switch this month from conventional to pasture-raised eggs, a move he’d been mulling for awhile. In the current market, he said, the cost through his supplier is not much different from conventional eggs, though he declined to specify what he was paying.
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