Rising egg prices force business owners to raise prices – WSOC TV

DALLAS, NC — If you’ve bought eggs recently, you’ve probably had sticker shock.

A carton of eggs will cost $1.92 in January 2022. Now the price is around $5, and local business owners told Channel 9’s Hannah Goetz they have to make the changes.

Inflation, the worst bird flu in years and recent high demand for holiday baking have combined to drive up egg prices.

It’s hurting people like Brittany Pressler, who owns Cake Me Away Bakery in Dallas.

“It’s probably almost triple that,” Pressler told Goetz. “The prices have gone up and so have the products – especially our cakes.

A Gaston County bakery goes through about 600 eggs a week to make delicious treats.

“I think the last time we got them it was about $24 for that egg case,” Pressler said. “Before, it was closer to $8 or $9.”

They are spending nearly $600 a month on eggs alone. Pressler said they would have to raise their prices on specialty cakes, which could be intimidating for a local shop.

“So it’s definitely more difficult when you know you want that consistency not just in the product, but in the price,” she said.

Thankfully for Pressler, their customers understand.

“They were very kind to me because I think it is clear to everyone that there is inflation in every market at the moment,” she said.

You can’t reduce the eggs unless you change their recipe, and for a bakery like this, that’s not an option. So until the price drops, Pressler says they feel like they’re stuck.

“The cakes are important, but hopefully some eggs will provide some relief,” she said.

Just down the road from the Cake Me Away bakery, one family in Dallas is taking their own approach to raising the price of eggs.

Rylen Robbins, 10, visited Gotz’s homemade chicken coop in his backyard Friday. The family has eggs whenever they need them, and Robbins has his own small business – Rylen’s Eggs.

“Dad posts on Facebook and people say they want them,” Robbins said. And we now have a baker as a customer, which upsets everyone because she’s buying them all and they have to wait for eggs.

Producing eggs is not easy. Even Rylen had to raise his prices as the price of food went up. Rylen’s eggs jumped from $3 to $4 a dozen.

“We used to do deals in the past, but with inflation and chicken feed going up in price, we went up and we’re not doing any deals,” Robbins said.

But Robbins said he’s still seeing interest despite raising the price.

“Many people want eggs from you now?” Gotz asked.

“A lot,” he said.

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