A common food item is creating bigger economic changes at the grocery stores, restaurants, and homes everywhere.some might think it’s over easy, while others might find it a bit scrambled.
Back in 1980, eggs cost about $0.88 a dozen, then in 2022 a dozen eggs was around 2 dollars a dozen, but now in 2025, in some places, eggs are up to 9 dollars.
Locally prices are around 5 dollars, but an increase in price is impacting the school’s cafeteria’s meals.
“The prices shot up about 15% in the past couple weeks for eggs which is impacting the school food prices because of school we use eggs for breakfast options like scrambled eggs and we use them for lunch options like the salad,” cafeteria member Anita Sood said. “If the price keeps going high, it may cause a notable price in the meal prices and it may potentially force schools to substitute eggs with another protein option which may impact the nutrients of the students.”
Eggs provide a significant amount of protein for people and can be a needed part of someone’s diet. A 2 ounce egg has 6 grams of protein and can be purchased for cheaper than most other protein source cost; so, the increase in egg prices is hitting the wallets of students and their families who rely on this food for protein. That’s the case for senior Anvi Saxena who eats eggs on a regular basis.
“The eggs prices increasing has really affected my life because eggs are such an important part recently especially since it’s a new year, and I’ve been wanting to eat pretty clean,” Saxena said. “Whether that means before morning practice or after a good gym session having those eggs is important for me so I don’t eat those junky snacks during the day and I personally love my Costco eggs. It is really detrimental to my daily routine because not only do I love my omelets and scrambled eggs, a good hard boiled eggs is so easy to eat.”
Not only are rising egg prices affecting students, teachers, like English II teacher Grace Holcombe, also feel the harmful influences this eggflation has in their lives.
“Egg inflation prices affecting lots of people and I went to Target to browse eggs and the only ones were the six dollar eggs which isn’t quite in my price range so to speak,” Holcombe said. “In my own family I have a baby nephew that is going to turn 2 soon and he’s eating a lot of eggs and it’s costing my sister quite a lot so I’m really seeing those prices around me.”
