Navigating Egg Prices & Supply in 2025
As we move through 2025, you have likely noticed the significant spike in egg prices. In March, the national average price rose to $6.23 per dozen- that’s a 60% increase year-over-year! This surge has been driven primarily by a severe wave of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), which has led to the culling of over 35 million birds nationwide. Combined with persistent supply chain disruptions, especially among large-scale commercial producers, this has created volatility in both pricing and availability on a national scale.
In contrast to the fragility of industrial supply chains, local and alternative egg sources have shown more resilience. Our local vendors have continued to provide eggs consistently and at more stable prices. Our non-local eggs come from unconventional supply chains that are less affected by national disruptions. For instance, Organic Valley is a Cooperative of over 1,800 individual farmers across the U.S. and Canada. These operations are less centralized, less complex, and thus less fragile, which makes them better equipped to weather shocks like disease outbreaks or supply chain disruptions. That said, as HPAI continues to wreak havoc with large-scale egg producers, pressure will be transferred to our smaller alternative suppliers as shoppers look to other channels to meet their needs. It is inevitable that our nationally sourced eggs will increase in cost and perhaps experience shortages as well.
We have once again seen firsthand that while conventional suppliers struggle to adapt, our local partners remain consistent.