Egg shortages across several European countries

already reflected in retail. In October 2025, egg prices jumped by a staggering 12% compared to September. As a result, egg prices are now 50-60% higher than a year earlier, depending on the grade, KIPDiP calculated. In August, Poland’s poultry farmers projected price stabilisation through the end of the year. Now, this forecast is no longer valid, according to KIPDiP president Katarzyna Gawrońska. The crisis is attributed to a series of avian influenza and Newcastle disease outbreaks registered during the last few months in several European countries. For example, recently, an outbreak of the H5N1 virus was reported at the Mach Drubez farm in the Pardubice region in the Czech Republic. Around 55,000 laying hens were culled as a result. Many farms that were hit by avian influenza earlier this year are yet to recover, which adds strain to the supply chain, as Gawrońska noted. “There are simply no eggs. We haven’t been able to rebuild our flocks following the outbreaks of the ...