More Than $40,000 Worth Of Eggs Have Been Stolen

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The first reported theft was at a farm in Pennsylvania.
"More than 100,000 eggs were stolen from an organic farm in Pennsylvania — and police have no clue who did it. Pennsylvania State Troopers said the $40,000 worth of eggs were snatched from a Pete & Gerry’s Organics’ distribution trailer Saturday evening in the south central borough of Greencastle."
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The other reported theft was of 500+ eggs from a Seattle cafe. Scroll beyond the ads to see footage the police have access to.
Seattle egg heist: Thieves strike cafe days after Pennsylvania theft of 100,000 eggs

I know egg prices are too high, but geesh! My question is, and one of the newscasters asked the same. Where did the thieves of the 100,000 egg heist store all those eggs? It's assumed they stole them to sell them for profit. Hopefully, they at least stored them properly so no one gets sick. I wonder if they'll ever be caught. :unsure:
 

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WhatInThe said:
Never thought I'd see the day when eggs became a high priced/desired theft item.

The thieves must have scrambled the alarm system. Fried some circuit boards or something.
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After poaching the eggs from the Cafe, they shelled out some cash for gas to get away, thus making the police look like a yolk. It was over easy and quickly.
 

OneEyedDiva said:
The first reported theft was at a farm in Pennsylvania.
"More than 100,000 eggs were stolen from an organic farm in Pennsylvania — and police have no clue who did it. Pennsylvania State Troopers said the $40,000 worth of eggs were snatched from a Pete & Gerry’s Organics’ distribution trailer Saturday evening in the south central borough of Greencastle."
MSN

The other reported theft was of 500+ eggs from a Seattle cafe. Scroll beyond the ads to see footage the police have access to.
Seattle egg heist: Thieves strike cafe days after Pennsylvania theft of 100,000 eggs

I know egg prices are too high, but geesh! My question is, and one of the newscasters asked the same. Where did the thieves of the 100,000 egg heist store all those eggs? It's assumed they stole them to sell them for profit. Hopefully, they at least stored them properly so no one gets sick. I wonder if they'll ever be caught. :unsure:
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No wonder the Pete and Gerry's haven't been around!
 
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Prices rose in part to the culling of millions of chickens to avoid the spread of bird flu.

The question would be is the testing for bird flu including actually infected chickens or the presence of the virus with no sick birds. Wouldn't cooking eggs until it hits a certain temp kill this and other stuff off.

Another question would be has testing improved or expanded that much or these diseases have always been present and cooking tended to kill them off?

The culling of the millions literally and figuratively seems like overkill(pun intended) numbers and policy wise.

https://www.deseret.com/u-s-world/2025/02/11/egg-prices-avian-influenza-bird-flu-thieves/-
 
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100,000 eggs. Assume there are 20,000 chickens, each laying 5 eggs/day (which is a LOT for one hen to lay). Some how, I have my doubts about the number stolen. Change the numbers around and it still sounds a bit outlandish.
 
PeppermintPatty said:
Where would they store that many eggs?
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In a refrigerated 53 foot trailer. If I was going to steal that many skids of eggs, I would steal a reffer unit to keep them in, while selling them off in generic packaging, with out a brand name on the packages. Another method would be to crack the eggs, and package them as liquid eggs, for the food industry, in 5 gallon pails. Impossible to trace egg yolks.

Yes, I think like a crook, that comes from over 20 years of investigating criminals as a P.I. Good and smart thieves plan ahead so they have a way to sell the stuff they steal. JIM.
 

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