SCARBOROUGH, Maine — Persistent avian flu outbreaks are impacting local grocery stores in Maine, and customers visiting stores like Hannaford may have difficulty finding eggs on the shelves.
Refrigerators usually filled with eggs in the Portland and Scarborough Hannaford stores have been scarce or empty.
A report from the USDA shared that the average national price for loose, large white conventional eggs was $2.50 per dozen at the end of November. Those same eggs now cost $4.85 per dozen…