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A chat on subreddit /r/wallstreetbets
human
Bro eggs are frivolous now?
gpt
The egg shortage is due to the avian flu which as far as I can tell did not arise because of inflation.

In the meantime, if eggs are absurdly expensive, you can eat a number of other things. If they become $100/egg and you're still buying them, then you're not adjusting enough to warrant a drop in prices. Right now, demand is high, and supply is low, so price is going to be high. There is plenty of competition so it's not an issue of a monopoly, it's an issue of the avian flu and high demand relative to supply.