Paczki day affected by egg prices

Cleveland – It's fat on Tuesday and in many parts of the country with large Polish population groups it is also “Paczki Day”.

Rudy's strudel in Parma is one of the popular places to get Paczki. Lidia Trempe, the Co owner, and her team worked on preparing thousands of Paczki for the big day. Now the day was affected by the price for eggs.

“The moment I started to mix Paczki dough, it is as if the eggs were shot up,” said Trempe.

The average costs of eggs are currently $ 4.95 in the United States, which, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics, is almost $ 2 per dozen more than this time in the previous year.

Trempe said that she does not reduce the amount of eggs in her Paczki recipe or the amount of Paczki she does.

“I will not do a Paczki if I don't follow our family recipe. What is the point? “she said.

What she left with a difficult choice.

“We had to increase our prices 10 cents,” said Trempe.

Last year Trempe said that they sold 117,000 Paczki from mid -January to Tuesday and expect similar figures this year. Trempe said that as always, she was excited for this year's Paczki day.

“It is relevant in our community generation according to the generation according to the generation. The fact that this happens here, I mean, it makes your heart really warm, ”she said.