Egg salad may be out, but pimento cheese still has a seat at the table.
The incredible edibles have experienced a meteoric price hike recently, rocketing to nearly $5.90 per dozen — nearly double what we were spending a year ago, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. It’s a hike — a full 108% over this point 10 years ago — that has led to surcharges across the city, one that runs on bacon-and-egg breakfast tacos, as a bird flu outbreak continues to affect the egg market.
Food prices — along with just about everything else — have been on the rise. The seasonally adjusted inflation rate currently sits at 2.8% over the past 12 months, with only energy costs dipping in the past year…