# Britain’s broken egg industry shows the price of food inflation | Reuters

> Reuters reports that British egg farmers say the prices they receive no longer cover costs. War in Ukraine has pushed up energy and chicken feed costs, and broader inflation is squeezing the egg sector.

- Date: 2022-12-19 · published 2022-12-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: geopolitics · region UK · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/38249-britain-s-broken-egg-industry-shows-the-price-of-food-inflation-reuters
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Higher feed and energy costs from the Ukraine war are squeezing producer margins, which could reduce future laying flock sizes and support egg prices.

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/britains-broken-egg-industry-shows-price-food-inflation-2022-12-19/

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