- Pennsylvania State Police are investigating the theft of thousands of eggs last weekend. The caper comes as customers are battling it out for eggs at Costco and as restaurants are adding surcharges to omelet orders.
A Saturday-evening heist of 100,000 eggs with a retail value of $40,000 has spurred an investigation from the Pennsylvania State Police troopers.
According to a police report, the organic eggs from a Pete & Gerry’s Organics processing facility in Greencastle, Penn., were stolen on Saturday night from the back of a distribution trailer. Pete & Gerry’s, a certified B Corporation headquartered in New Hampshire, distributes eggs marketed as sustainable and ethical, coming from pasture-raised flocks that have room to roam and plenty of time for dust baths. The investigation is ongoing, police said.
A spokesperson for Pete & Gerry’s said the egg company is cooperating with police but declined to comment further.
“Pete & Gerry’s is aware of a recent incident in Franklin County, Pennsylvania and we are actively working with local law enforcement to investigate. We take this matter seriously and are committed to resolving it as quickly as possible,” the spokesperson told Fortune.
The Saturday-night egg swindle hit central Pennsylvania amid ongoing volatility in the price of the breakfast and baking staple. Prices for a dozen eggs in the U.S. rose 22% since the start of 2025 to an all-time high of $7.09 a carton.
Waffle House has added a 50-cent charge on every egg sold at its restaurants, as Fortune has reported. And Costco customers are braving long lines to panic-buy eggs from the big-box store. Concerts about the burgeoning avian flu and its impact on egg prices, plus general anxiety around costs due to tariffs, are also culprits behind the increasing costs.
