Price of eggs is up 20%
EGG prices have rocketed by up to 20% in the past two weeks as the supply crisis worsens.
There have been 37 price rises in a fortnight at the main supermarkets, says analysis of Assosia data by The Grocer.
A spokesman for Waitrose, which has offered its farmers a £2.6million aid package, said farmers had “suffered through 18 months of extreme market volatility and we’ve continued to pay them a fair price”.
The crisis is due to feed shortages, high energy costs and bird flu.
Tesco, Morrisons and M&S have this week started to ration egg sales.