ILLINOIS: Latest on Price Increase Expected at Stores in 2024

Get ready to pay a bit more at the grocery store!  Another item that Illinois residents have on their grocery list each week is already seeing price increases...and it is predicted to get worse.

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Shortages are Predicted and Prices Are Expected To Increase for Popular Grocery Item in Illinois

Since March 2020, the word "shortages" and "inflation" have become everyday words for our world.  Standing in line for toilet paper, hearing about people stealing meat due to the price tag, and seeing prices rise on a huge chunk of items in the aisles at the store is how we function now.  Plain and simple, life is more expensive than it was a few years ago.  Unfortunately, it appears that another shortage and price increase is ahead.

Egg Prices Expected to Increase Even More in Illinois and Throughout the Country

According to CNN, the price we've had to pay for eggs has been increasing for months and it has the potential to get much more expensive.

In the story, it mentioned that one of the largest egg producers in the United States, Cal-Maine, had to selectively slaughter around 1.6 million hens after a positive test for bird flu was made.  In addition to the hens, another 337,000 young chickens were also eliminated.  This company, which controls close to 20% of the market, indicated that production has stopped temporarily.

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Other Farms and Locations Where Bird Flu Has Been Reported

Other poultry facilities where bird flu has been reported and were cited in the story by CNN also include Texas, Kansas, and Minnesota.

Prices For Eggs Have Already Gone Up in 2024

According to Eat This Not That, the price of eggs have already risen quite a bit since the start of 2024.  We aren't seeing prices as high as they were one year ago, but the increase is evident.  From January 2024 to February 2024, the price of eggs increased 8.4%.