An Eggspensive Dilemma

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🗓️ 25 February 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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As the U.S. fights a persistent bird flu outbreak, the cost of eggs has skyrocketed. The owner of a brunch cafe tells us about the impact of high-priced eggs on his business and WSJ’s Patrick Thomas unpacks one possible fix that the egg industry wouldn't consider – until now. Further Reading: - Soaring Egg Prices Reignite Debate Over Bird Flu Vaccinations - At the ‘Wall Street of Eggs,’ Demand Is Surging - First Cows, Now Cats. Is Bird Flu Coming for Humans Next? Further Listening: - Bird Flu and the High Price of Eggs - Farm-to-Table Pioneer on Why We Still Need Better Food Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	At the RVA Cafe in Richmond, Virginia,
0:05.0	omelet pans are popping.
0:10.0	In the kitchen, Dayquan Woodbury is cracking, frying, and whisking eggs.
0:16.0	Lots and lots of eggs.
0:20.0	I mean, it's the basis of American breakfast, right?
0:24.0	So, I mean, everything comes with eggs and even things that you don't realize comes with eggs, right?
0:29.2	Because you'll say chicken and waffles and everybody's like, oh, okay, well, you don't really think about eggs and that.
0:34.7	Eggs are also in Dayquan's pancake batter, his banana nut muffins.
0:39.0	They're in the egg wash, the breakfast sandwiches, the signature scramble.
0:43.9	Can you actually list off the things that might contain eggs on your menu?
0:48.3	Our good morning, which is our simple, eggs, meat, toast.
0:52.1	You have the hungry breakfast.
0:53.4	That's a big breakfast that comes with eggs.
0:55.4	And then somebody else ordered an omelet.
0:57.3	So right there, that's eight eggs on one ticket, right?
1:01.0	So it's everything.
1:02.4	It doesn't stop.
1:04.4	Put another way, Dequan's brunch cafe runs on eggs.
1:08.8	Eggs, eggs, eggs, eggs, and more eggs. Yeah, just on a good, good week, we're cracking at least 3, on eggs. Eggs, eggs, eggs, eggs, and more eggs.
1:11.4	Yeah, just on a good, good week, we're cracking at least 3,000 eggs.
1:15.1	3,000 eggs.
1:16.2	And maybe up from there.
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