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Egg prices soar as outdated supply chains crack under pressure

  • Written by Jack Buffington, Associate Professor of Practice in Supply Chain Management, University of Denver
imageExperts predict that egg prices will keep climbing in 2025.Lindsey Nicholson/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

There may be no kitchen table issue in America more critical than the price of food.

So when the price of eggs rose over 40% from 2024 to 2025, it became a headline news story in Colorado and across the nation.

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