Sky High Egg Prices Boost Other Food Costs; Restaurants and Bakeries Hit Hard

'It's a little bit challenging because we are a breakfast place and eggs are in almost every one of our dishes.'

Customers enjoy breakfast at the counter of historic Franks Diner, located in Kenosha, Wisconsin. With permission from Julie Rittmiller, co-owner

As the price of eggs continues to rise, so does the cost of other foods that contain eggs as an ingredient.

As previously reported by The Epoch Times, egg prices have been on the rise since the outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), also known as the avian flu or bird flu, which hit the United States last year. An estimated 58 million birds have died or been culled due to the current outbreak, according to the CDC.