The price of an egg breakfast is back on the rise. Egg prices have spiked in recent weeks due to a large bird flu outbreak that began over the summer. Paired with increased consumer demand, the outbreak is contributing to the higher price tag that we're seeing at the grocery store. Farmers have been battling for more than two years with a fatal strain of bird flu that continues to disrupt the U.S. egg supply. A deadly outbreak of H5N1 – a highly contagious strain of avian influenza – began in early 2022 and ...