Supermarkets limit egg purchases amid bird flu

Asda and Lidl are limiting the number of boxes of eggs customers can buy amid supply disruptions caused by rising costs and bird flu.

Asda is limiting customers to two cartons each and Lidl is restricting its shoppers in some stores to three, while Waitrose said it had not introduced limits but was “continuing to monitor customer demand”.

Other supermarkets including Tesco, Morrisons, Marks & Spencer and Co-op reassured customers that they continued to receive good supplies and were not limiting sales.

The UK is facing its largest ever bout of bird flu, with a highly pathogenic variant circulating.