Pennsylvania police investigate large -scale theft in a transportation company. They stole the equivalent of almost 40 thousand euros.
After the influenza of the birds, after scarcity, after the slaughter, after the increase in prices (which is all related), is now a large -scale theft. You eggs They are really a problem nos USA.
Pennsylvania state police are investigating a theft of about 100 thousand eggsthe equivalent of 40 thousand dollars (almost 40 thousand euros), of a transportation of a distribution company.
The incident took place on Saturday night in Greencastle, at a time when the United States suffer a shortage of eggs due to avian flu, which has forced the slaughter of millions of laying chickens since December.
“We take this matter seriously and we are committed to solving it as soon as possible,” said the company ‘Pete & Gerry’s Organics’, owner of stolen eggs, which no longer added comments due to the ongoing investigation.
The police did not give any information about how it was possible to have such a big theft was realized without anyone having noticed. And it did not say if there are any clue, adds the.
The average egg price in the United States has been increasing since last year 50% and, according to analysts and employees, there are no signs that scarcity could decrease soon. It reached a record level of more than seven dollars, a value three times higher than 12 months ago when two dollars were paid.
More than 100 million laying chickens have been slaughtered since 2022 due to the outbreak of avian flu, which left many empty supermarket shelves or with little offer.
On Tuesday, the waffle restaurant chain House the price of its egg dishes in 50 cents.
The company, with about 2,000 stores in the United States and headquarters in Georgia (Southeast) expects these “price fluctuations to be short duration”, but without predicting how long it will last the scarcity.
