Subtitled News: "5,900 Won? Can't Miss This"... Eggs Sell Out Instantly Despite 'One Per Customer' Limit

As the government began supplying imported U.S. eggs to large supermarkets nationwide due to soaring egg prices, the stock has been selling out within hours of hitting the shelves.

It was reported that the U.S. eggs, which E-mart began selling at stores nationwide on June 20, were completely sold out by around 6:00 p.m. on the same day.

E-mart sold approximately 20,000 cartons of U.S. eggs for 5,880 won last weekend and imposed a "one carton per person" purchase limit, but the entire stock for the day was exhausted.

With "open run" customers flocking to stores, some locations even saw items sell out by 1:00 p.m., just three hours after opening at 10:00 a.m.

Previously, as egg production decreased and prices continued to rise in the aftermath of the highly pathogenic avian influenza that occurred last winter, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs decided to supply approximately 20 million fresh eggs from the U.S. and Thailand to the market by next month.

These imported eggs are being released into the market through a method where the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs imports the volume and supplies it to large retailers first.

E-mart plans to sell additional U.S. and Thai eggs starting June 27, with prices in the high 5,000 won range per carton, and will maintain the "one per person" limit, just as it did last weekend.

Lotte Mart also began selling 7,000 cartons of U.S. eggs at 5,790 won per carton across 40 stores nationwide on June 20. Despite a limit of two cartons per person, 97% of the stock was sold over the weekend.

A retail industry official stated, "We are placing limits on the quantity per person so that more customers can have access to the product."

Reported by Kim Taewon | Video by Kim Hye-ju | Graphics by Yang Hye-min | Produced by SBS Digital News
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