Fujian Fuqing: egg prices rise quietly with the approach of the Mid-Autumn Festival

With the Mid-Autumn Festival approaching, the reporter recently visited and found that the prices of eggs in supermarkets and farmers' markets in urban areas are on the rise.

The reporter saw in the egg sales area of a supermarket that many customers were choosing eggs. The price of ordinary eggs was 4.98 yuan per jin and that of native eggs was 5.38 yuan per jin.

"recently, the purchase price of eggs has gone up, but the retail price of the supermarket has not adjusted much." Supermarket staff told reporters.

"in the last week, the retail price of eggs has begun to rise." In a farmer's market, the owner of a grocery store told reporters that in the past, the price of eggs per jin was between 4 murals and 5 yuan, but in recent days, it has been sold for 5.5 yuan.

"now the price of eggs has gone up a little, but the overall increase is not big, almost between a few cents, within an acceptable range." Mr. Chen, a citizen, said.

Industry insiders said that the recent rise in egg prices is mainly due to the approaching Mid-Autumn Festival, food companies, hotels, residents and other demand for eggs began to increase, while laying hens are still in a dormant period, production has not increased, resulting in higher prices. In addition, with the opening of schools and the driving effect of consumption on Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day, the demand for eggs will increase unabated, and the price of eggs still has room to rise.