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With king cakes in high demand, New Orleans bakery feels financial burden due to egg shortage

(11 Feb 2025) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS New Orleans - 11 February 2025 1. Wide of eggs 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Jose Castillo, Manager, Norma's Sweets Bakery: "Oh it's hurting man. It's crazy how expensive eggs are. Normally we'll get them for 35, 40 dollars a case and now we're paying like 118, 120 dollars certain places to you know 90 dollars you know. But last year we saw 90 dollars. Now we're seeing 120 dollars. It's horrible you know. It's tough." 3. Various of eggs being cracked 4. SOUNDBITE (English) Jose Castillo, Manager, Norma's Sweets Bakery: "You know we trying to like not jump our price up because I know this is something that's just a temporary problem but it's, you know we need help paying for these eggs so the customer you know sometimes we have to raise our price you know which we don't want to because we always try to keep a fair price." 5. Various of dough being mixed and laid flat 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Jose Castillo, Manager, Norma's Sweets Bakery: "We're really popular for our Cuban sandwiches and right now it's just we're in Mardi Gras season we started our king cakes. You know so this is a this is a chance to give something to the New Orleans Mardi Gras spirit you know." 7. Various of king cake being constructed 8. SOUNDBITE (English) Jose Castillo, Manager, Norma's Sweets Bakery: "What really worries me is like not being able to get the product that we need. You know the eggs is because there is a shortage. So we order eggs from certain places and they're not able to ship them you know." 9. Various of king cake 10. SOUNDBITE (English) Jose Castillo, Manager, Norma's Sweets Bakery: "We're trying to just trying to you know get through this, you know so hopefully it's just a temporary problem you know." 11. Wide of bread loaves 12. SOUNDBITE (English) Jose Castillo, Manager, Norma's Sweets Bakery: "You know I hope that we don't have issues with labor you know because a lot of people that do all that work are sometimes undocumented you know they don't have the that working in these fields and all these farms and stuff like that. And doing the working with some of these you know services that people need, the restaurants and stuff, so hopefully we get everything together man and try to you know do the best thing for everybody you know." 13. Various of sweet treats 14. Wide of eggs STORYLINE: The average price per dozen eggs nationwide hit $4.15 in December 2024. That is not quite as high as the $4.82 record set two years ago, but the Agriculture Department predicts egg prices are going to soar another 20% this year. Local bakers are starting to feel the financial burden now that Mardi Gras season is here and king cakes are in high demand. Norma's Sweets Bakery is a Latin market in New Orleans known for their Cuban sandwiches and king cakes stuffed with guava and cream cheese. Co-owner and manager Jose Castillo and says what they pay for eggs has nearly quadrupled since last year. "Normally we'll get them for 35, 40 dollars a case and now we're paying like 118, 120 dollars certain places." They'd like to keep all of their products affordable but Castillo says that may not be possible with the current cost of eggs. "Hopefully it's just a temporary problem", he says. =========================================================== Clients are reminded to adhere to all listed restrictions and to check the terms of their licence agreements. For further assistance, please contact the AP Archive on: Tel +44(0)2074827482 Email: [email protected]. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...