100K eggs stolen from central Pa. supplier

[tulipsandroses]

A hundred thousand eggs were stolen Saturday from an organic supplier in Franklin County amid skyrocketing prices stemming from an avian flu outbreak, Pennsylvania State Police said.

The eggs were swiped from the back of a distribution trailer around 8:40 p.m. at the Pete & Gerry’s Organics warehouse on Commerce Avenue in Antrim Township, state police said.

The eggs are worth about $40,000. State police are asking anyone with information to call the Chambersburg barracks at 717-264-5161.

The price for a dozen large eggs in the United States has jumped 36.8% since last year thanks to a recent flu outbreak that has left eggs in short supply, according to the Consumer Price Index.

Grocery stores across central Pennsylvania are selling a dozen for about $4.69 and up, depending on the brand and type. Inventory is spotty at some stores where signs inform shoppers about potential shortages.

https://www.pennlive.com/crime/2025/02/100k-eggs-stolen-from-central-pa-supplier.html

[WarGamer]

1. We have Pete and Gerry eggs in my SoCal store... good eggs.

[Wonder Why]

10. You eat those poor eggs that have names? Agghh! Ben and Jerry are going to

name a flavor after you and it won't be nice.

[Tickle]

2. I have chickens

I've been bringing eggs to work and giving them out. Sadly I can't donate them to a kitchen at a rescue mission.

[gab13by13]

3. I buy those and other organic eggs.

[Blues Heron]

4. That's a street value of 100,000 dollars on the black market- buck an egg or so I'm told, I quit back in November

[Emile]

5. How do they unload that many eggs without getting caught?

[LisaL]

14. And where are they going to store them?

Without refrigeration, eggs will go bad.

[jls4561]

6. I'm trying to think about how the thieves will sell the eggs before they go bad. (The eggs, not the thieves.)

I can only guess they must have had a buyer set up before they stole the eggs.

Picturing the omelette bar at Merde-a-Lardo.

[JanMichael]

18. Egg salad mafia or use the eggs for powdered eggs

[Wicked Blue]

7. The thieves were egg poachers

[Probatim]

12. Underrated comment...

[RedWhiteBlueIsRacist]

8. MSM: "Catalytic converter thefts fall, while egg thefts are boiling hot! Film at eleven"

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

9. What amazes me is that so many people

apparently can't cut back at all on eggs. How weird is that?

[GreenWave]

11. We have alleged shooter, alleged bank robber, but no alleged avian flu outbreak.

[sheshe2]

15. What is an "ethical egg"?

Shortage, since you haven't heard is called the bird flu.

[sheshe2]

17. My dear, pasture raised chickens can get bird flu.

The bird flu can always seek greener pastures at will.

[Prairie Gates]

19. You're not getting any Pete and Gerry's Organic eggs for $4.69 a dozen

[hunter]

20. For many recipies you can use flaxseed meal as an egg substitute.

For one egg:

1 Tbsp flaxseed meal

2 1/2 Tbsp water

Let sit 5 minutes.

Eggs haven't vanished from my local grocery stores yet, it's just the prices that are crazy.

My wife and I have friends and family who keep chickens and they are all very concerned about their flocks.