JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – If you go grocery shopping, you know egg prices have gone up, and there doesn’t seem to be much relief in sight. Restaurants, bakeries, grocery stores and producers in Mississippi are also feeling the strain.

Since December 2024, the price of a dozen Grade A eggs was well above $4.00. Eggs cost just over $2.50 at the start of 2024.

Farms across the United States are dealing with bird flu outbreaks, as well as rising production and energy prices. Now, restaurants and bakeries are taking a hit.

“It has dramatically increased our purchasing price whenever we buy in bulk. It went up probably $40 to $60 a case more. And so, we’re just having to eat that cost because we have not increased prices at all,” said Ebony Jones, manager at Campbell’s Bakery.

Restaurants serving breakfast have also been hit hard. Some menus are 90% egg-related dishes.

“I would say when we when it was coming, coming on, we kind of looked elsewhere to make cuts with prices and things like that. So, because we need eggs, we’ve kind of stuck to our part before,” said Mackenzie Coleman, the manager at Elvie’s.

Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson (R-Miss.) believes that price hikes will ease as we approach Easter and new flocks enter production.