As Americans look toward the Easter season, and the price of eggs continues to climb, many Tennesseans are considering changing their usual Easter plans in order to keep eggs on their menus and hidden in their yards.
Ginny Minniger’s grocery budget isn’t as tight as some people’s, she said, but she will forgo a few things in order to buy eggs to color for Easter.
“There are some traditions I must carry on,” the Chattanoogan said. “So I’ll forgo some of the chocolate bunny treats so that I’ll be able to afford two dozen eggs to color. I’ll defy hard times and buy those eggs!”
Tom Tabler, University of Tennessee poultry extension and research specialist, doesn’t foresee a decline in the price of eggs any time soon.
“Don’t expect much relief from high egg prices as we head into the Easter season, always a time of high egg demand,” he said.