These are not “egg”-citing times for grocery store shoppers, as egg prices continue rising. The Consumer Price Index finds prices up 36.8% from this time last year. “$5.79,” said members of the Ndi family when asked what they paid for a dozen eggs at the Safeway in Anacostia.

A couple local businesses shared their concerns with WFMY News 2's Nixon Norman. It's plain to see that egg prices are higher and it's mainly because more than 20 million chickens died from the Bird Flu just at the end of last year due to the avian flu.