SAN JOSE, Calif. (KCBS RADIO) – With the price of eggs up 60% over the past year, shoppers are hungry for cost savings. One Bay Area market has a solution.
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Olivera Egg Ranch at 3315 Sierra Rd. in San Jose has seen a recent boom in business due to their low prices for a carton of eggs.
In California, the average retail price for a dozen large eggs has reached $7.37 when it was just $2.35 one year ago. The spike in egg prices can be attributed to the millions of chickens that were slaughtered to limit the spread of bird flu and farmers having to compensate for inflation driving up their costs. However, Olivera Egg Ranch has been able to keep their costs low, selling one dozen eggs for $3.
"The eggs are produced in our ranch in the valley in the Stockton area and they're processed right here in San Jose and this is where we have our little store," said Tanya Olivera, co-owner of the company.
She told KCBS Radio that unlike a traditional grocery store, she is permitted to sell eggs classified as "checks" and "dirties," which have minor imperfections. That's where the savings come in.
"Since the word's been spreading, we have been selling an awful lot of those eggs," Olivera said.
For cash-strapped shoppers, $3 a dozen is a good deal to have. "It does make a difference because in the stores they do cost more," one customer told KCBS Radio.
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