Hundreds of New Yorkers spent hours waiting in line for free eggs. All 100 cardboard was not in less than 10 minutes
Hundreds of people lined up on three places in New York on Friday morning, and some arrived more than an hour earlier, for the opportunity to put one of the most popular goods in the country:A dozen free eggs.
People were killed with a windy cold as they stood in front of the Harlem restaurant, waiting patiently for them to be handed a card. Less than 10 minutes later, there was no 100 cardboard, leaving many empty hands.
“I was heard of the news that they would give, like, 1,500 eggs or something. Okay? And I just came because I needed some eggs, and then I wait here in line, and I don’t see anything,” said Jackela’s Tejava, who was in the line that stretched around the block. “They say no eggs, but there were no more than 20 people, so I don’t know what happened.”
Egg priceshit a record high level last month as they are now trying to do withBird flu outagewhich forced the poultry farms to slaughter more than 168 million birds of 2022.
Trying to find eggs on store shelves in New York can be hit or missed. When in stock, they can be expensive.
On Friday, he awarded Farmerjawn, a Pennsylvania Farm of 128 hectares (52 hectares), which is focused on providing organic food insufficient communities. Farmerjawn held other split eggs in Brooklyn and Queens on Friday. The group also distributed free cards in New York last month.
“We are doing this gift for eggs because, as food producers, we believe that it is our responsibility to support the communities that support us,” the written statement said. He is in partnership with a local butcher shop and New York, to organize events on Friday.
“Food is a cure, and everyone – especially often forgotten middle class – deserve access to him,” Farmerjawn said.
Other organizations, including churches, recently held egg gifts in New York and elsewhere across the country, including Las Vegas, Chicago, Philadelphia and Richland County, South Carolina.
The US Ministry of Agriculture expects egg pricesincrease 41%This year during last year’s average of $ 3.17 a dozen. Egg cards in New York can often run twice or three times more than that amount, depending on the store.
Marion Johnson, who waited more than two hours at Harlem Giveaway but did not get a free cardboard, said she couldn’t afford her eggs.
“They’re expensive,” she said. “This is not fair. … They know that everyone will be on such a line.”
This story is originally shown on Fortune.com
