Veneta Countryside Pizza & Grill is bringing breakfast back to the menu starting April 17 after temporarily closing it Jan. 1 due to skyrocketing egg prices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Oregon suffered a specifically high level of egg scarcity due to two reasons: a threatening bird flu pandemic called avian influenza that has killed millions of egg-laying hens, and new cage-free egg laws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Elmira High School senior Darrien Hedgecock is glad that the omelets are back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI work at Countryside and it was truly tragic that they were gone,\u201d Hedgecock said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Consumers all over the United States have been impacted heavily by the shortage from the extreme rise in egg prices, leading to problems in diners and bakeries slowing down production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For years, Countryside was paying average prices of $1-$2 per dozen egg boxes until the COVID-19 pandemic, where they then had to start paying $3-$4 per dozen. During the bird flu outbreak, their price per dozen skyrocketed to $10 per dozen. Countryside had to pay almost 1000% more on eggs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Manager Bernie Harris thought that it was crazy that they were expecting them to pay that much for eggs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI loved the steak and eggs,” Harris said, “but I was not going to have people pay for these insane prices.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Veneta Countryside Pizza & Grill is located at 88278 N Territorial Highway and will go back to serving breakfast all day on Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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