Stonyfield Organic giving away free yogurt due to egg shortage, soaring egg prices
LONDONDERRY — New Hampshire-based Stonyfield Organic is giving away thousands of tubs of yogurt due to the soaring costs of egg prices.
The federal government says the price of a dozen eggs has more than doubled in the last year. The national average retail price of a dozen eggs hit $4.25 in December, up from $1.79 a year earlier, according to the Center for Food Demand Analysis & Sustainability.
Egg prices have spiked due to a lower supply in chickens. Millions of chickens have been slaughtered to try to curb the spread of bird flu.
The virus has led to the deaths of more than 57 million birdsin hundreds of commercial and backyard flocks across 47 states since February, surpassing the 50 million birdslost in the 2015 avian influenza outbreak, according to the USDA.
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To help ease your wallets, Stonyfield Organics is giving away 10,000 free tubs of 32 oz Stonyfield Organic Yogurt, the company announced Tuesday in a press release.
How to claim your free yogurt
When baking, you can substitute 1/4 cup of plain yogurt for each egg, the company stated in its release. One 32 oz tub is equivalent to 16 individual eggs.
You can claim your free tub of yogurt by filling out a form on their website. You can claim one free tub per household from now until Feb. 11, or until supplies run out.
Once you fill out the form, you will receive an email with further instructions. The tub will be mailed in four to six weeks to the address you provided in the form, according to Stonyfield's terms and conditions.
Material from USA TODAY's Amanda Pérez Pintado and the Associated Press were used in this report.
This article originally appeared on Portsmouth Herald: Londonderry NH's Stonyfield yogurt giving away free tubs
