North Texas bakeries cope with rising egg prices amid shortages

DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) “It’s an integral part of the whole industry.

But there is a severe shortage that is pushing North Texas bakeries to the limit.

We are talking about eggs.

A global outbreak of avian influenza has brought hatcheries to a halt and led to an unprecedented increase in egg prices.

Here’s how bakers are using their creativity to get through the crisis.

Royal cake season at Haute Sweets Patisserie, famous for its sweets.

“…because they are beautiful. They’re better than what you get in Louisiana.”

There are 32 eggs in each batch of dough, which means the dough is expensive these days.

“Prices are up three to four times what they were before COVID,” said Haute Sweets owner and pastry chef Thida Pichakron.

Pichakron says the global shortage of eggs and butter will soon force her to do something inevitable.

“We are going to consider raising prices to accommodate this because margins are very tight in the bakery business,” Pichakron said.

The owner has even partnered with her competitors to find the best ingredient deals for just about every cupcake and cookie made here.

“We share a text thread, so whenever either of us finds a really good egg deal or a really good butter deal, we kind of text each other,” Pichakron said.

To give you an idea of ​​the skyrocketing prices, each egg that used to cost 8 cents now costs 38 cents. That’s another $60 for each case.

“We are not giving up on them because it is expensive,” Pichakron said. “Each egg counts.”

The bakery has already overcome adversity.

In 2020, a runaway car crashed into the main entrance, destroying the kitchen and injuring three people inside, including Pichakron.

Pichakron says that if her business can recover from this, it can certainly survive.

“Closing is not an option. It wasn’t an option a couple of years ago when we had an accident, and it’s not an option now, we’ll get through it, we’ll figure it out.”

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