Speak Up: Eggceedingly high: Prices rise for Delaware shoppers, businesses

No pun intended, but Paul Parsons has been scrambling for eggs. After its seasonal closure from Christmas Eve through Jan. 17, Parsons Produce on Del. 26, near Dagsboro, reopened — without any eggs from its Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, supplier. “We do not have our own eggs. But we source layers out of Pennsylvania as far as eggs,” Mr. Parsons said. “This week, we weren’t able to get any.” Eggs are a main menu ingredient at Parsons Produce. “We need eggs for the bakery here, where we do breakfast and lunch. We do a lot of egg sandwiches — bacon, egg and cheese and everything,” said Mr. Parsons. “We actually had to go to BJ’s this week and get eggs for that. And then, there was a two-carton limit, so we were scrambling. We were scrambling for eggs.”

• Went to Aldi today. Eggs were down 33 cents. — Sharon Hoffman-Wright
• Losing 58 million hens and price gouging equals higher prices. — J.J. McGlothlin Jr.
• This, too, will be explained away as the result of “Putin’s price hike,” attributed to his war on Ukraine. But whose policies helped grow Russia’s coffers and embolden Putin into believing that he could successfully invade that country? — Dennis Kirkwood
• Stop egging folks on. Cheaper under Trump. — Howard Gaines III