Eggs have tripled in price in the last few years. Now competitors are hoping to lure Americans away from their beloved breakfast food for substitutes that mimic the taste — but cost far less.
The freeze dryers are about the size of a mini fridge and a row of them hums away in a little building near Kern's chicken coop.
A package of freeze dried chicken eggs contains costs about $20 a dozen. The eggs keep for more than 20 years, weigh almost nothing and store easily. They sell out as fast as Ron Kern can post them.A package of freeze dried chicken eggs contains costs about $20 a dozen. The eggs keep for more than 20 years, weigh almost nothing and store easily. They sell out as fast as Ron Kern can post them.Kern charges about $20 a dozen for his freeze dried eggs.
"The demand went nuts," he recalls."Every single package that we put on our online store was sold within 30 seconds. They just ... fly off the shelves," He adds:"I'm not even a pun person, but there you go."Basic economics tells us that when the price of something rises, people will buy less of it: Demand goes down.
"The demand for eggs is pretty inelastic," says Lapp."It's a cheap source of protein, it's convenient and consumers are very very fond of cracking that shell open and cooking their egg. The demand has been slow to change."Any interest in a mung bean omelet?
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