Egg prices back on an even keel after post-Christmas drop

The egg trade is starting to scramble its way back up again, after taking more of a tumble than usual straight after Christmas. With wholesale prices as inflated as they were due to the acute shortage of eggs in the run up to the holiday, a sharper correction was always on the cards afterwards. Wholesale prices fell by up to 45p/doz on colony in early January, and free-range by 20-25p/doz, although very few eggs had been changing hands at such high prices in the preceding weeks. However, deman