# Big Egg’s Price-Fixing Scandal

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Podcast: [The Journal.](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-journal-547598)
Published: 2026-07-10T20:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Record-breaking egg prices in recent years were blamed on an avian flu outbreak. But a recent Department of Justice complaint spells out another cause: a scheme among some of America’s top egg producers to bid up the cost of eggs. WSJ’s Patrick Thomas explains how they allegedly manipulated the “Wall Street of Eggs.” Jessica Mendoza hosts. Further Listening: - Eggs Are Still Expensive. Is This Company to Blame? - An Eggspensive Dilemma Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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