Egg prices hit Mardi Gras
The growth price of the egg prices hit Mardi Gras as high ingredients prices put pressure on small bakers in their most prominent time of the year.
Mardi Gras is less than two weeks away, and hundreds of thousands of people are expected to enter the Carnival celebrations at Big Easy.
During the carnival season, people are looking for a lot of processions that roll the streets and can also adhere to Royal cake.
AND stake Covered with green, purple and yellow splendor is a favorite of both locals and visitors.
Egg prices have reached a record high
But to make one of these famous cakes, you have to crack a few eggs.
Egg prices are the highest and ever small businesses that bake these famous cakes face the shock sticker.
Jean-Luc Albin, the owner of a bakery in Metairie, Louisiana, checks the production of royal cakes in his kitchen. (Fox News)
Jean-Luc Albin owns Maurice bakery for French bakeries in Metairie, Louisiana.
He has been making French treats for over 30 years.
Albin said the season Mardi Gras is the most prominent time of the year, with his team baking over 100 royal cakes a day in the store.
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King cakes are popular for any kind of party that leads to fat on Tuesday, he said.
“That’s part of the celebrationThat’s something you can share with your friends, “Albin said.” It has become an obsession among everyone. It seems to be more exciting every year. “
Albin said the high cost of the ingredients makes it difficult for profit to make.
Maurice French pastry signatures King Cakes. The bakery is in metairie, Louisiana. (Fox News)
He does not plan to increase the prices of his royal cakes, but he hopes the egg costs will soon be reduced.
“You can get them in certain supermarkets for more than $ 10, $ 12 a dozen. It’s all mysterious,” Albin said.
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“However, the chocolate has grown, the eggs have stood up. So it’s hard in our business.”
In January, Average egg price hit $ 4.95 a dozen in the United States.
Customers are often shocked at today’s high egg prices in supermarkets. (Fox News)
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Osman Kazan, director of Business Analytics at Tulana University, said people may have to face a new reality when buying eggs.
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“We won’t go back to very cheap dozens of eggs, which we saw a few years ago,” he said. “So this will stay here for a while, and the high will become new normal.”
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Kazan added that egg prices would probably get even higher – and people may not see the price level by the summer.
