How Small Restaurants Are Dealing With Record Egg Prices

How Small Restaurants Are Dealing With Record Egg Prices

“Making It Work” is a series about small-business owners striving to endure hard times. Bird flu outbreaks that wiped out about 15 percent of the nation’s egg-laying chickens and drove wholesale egg prices to a peak of more than $8.50 a dozen in February have vexed grocery shoppers and prompted big breakfast chains to add … Read more

Food Banks Left in the Lurch as U.S.D.A. Shipments Are Suspended

Food Banks Left in the Lurch as U.S.D.A. Shipments Are Suspended

Food banks across the country are scrambling to make up a $500 million budget shortfall after the Trump administration froze funds for hundreds of shipments of produce, poultry and other items that states had planned to distribute to needy residents. The Biden administration had slated the aid for distribution to food banks during the 2025 … Read more