Egg prices are up and continue to rise. It's hitting consumers' wallets and cutting into restaurants' bottom lines.

Anytime the price of eggs rises significantly, it raises many eyebrows as to why. Well, this is precisely what’s happening right now,  and it’s turning into front-page headlines yet again with the incoming Trump administration committed to lowering prices.

OMAHA, Neb. -- OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Bird flu is forcing farmers to slaughter millions of chickens a month, pushing U.S. egg prices to more than double their cost in the summer of 2023. And it appears there may be no relief in sight, given the surge in demand as Easter approaches.