The Conversation U.S.<p>Colorado's new cage-free egg mandate coincided with bare supermarket shelves, but it's not the main culprit behind rising egg costs. The concentration of producers in ‘efficiently broken’ supply chains is a bigger factor, explains a supply chain expert: <a href="https://theconversation.com/egg-prices-soar-as-outdated-supply-chains-crack-under-pressure-251425" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/egg-prices</span><span class="invisible">-soar-as-outdated-supply-chains-crack-under-pressure-251425</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/foodsupply" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foodsupply</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/eggs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eggs</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a></p>