Easter is still months away, but grocery shopping could soon become an egg hunt as the impact of the bird flu outbreak is affecting supplies of eggs in Florida. Some outlets of grocery chains in the Tampa Bay area,

Photos of bare grocery refrigerator cases and tales of egg prices gone wild have been rampant on social media this winter. The scenes aren’t manufactured drama. The U.S. Department of Agriculture noted last week that some grocery stores have been limiting the number of cartons customers can buy and hanging signs announcing shortages where cartons of eggs would normally be stacked.