Grocery stores are scrambling amid egg shortage

Amid an avian flu outbreak that has hit California hard, San Diegans are turning to a long-time source of fresh eggs.
A particularly contagious strain of bird flu has killed thousands of chickens, causing the price of eggs to nearly double from a year ago.
The egg shortage making national headlines is having real impacts on farmers in northern San Luis Obispo County.
These price hikes come amid an egg shortage, an avian flu outbreak and ... The Midwest region saw prices around $5.91 and California as high as $8.97. In other cases, eggs are absent from ...