About $40,000 worth of eggs were taken from a trailer belonging to Pete and Gerry’s Organics, police said. U.S. wholesale egg prices are at a record high.

Thieves made off with 100,000 eggs valued at $40,000 from a distribution trailer in Pennsylvania on Saturday evening. Authorities reported that the theft occurred around 8:40 p.m. on Saturday at Pete and Gerry’s Organics in Greencastle.

About 100,000 eggs were stolen from the back of a tractor-trailer at a distribution site for Pete and Gerry's in Pennsylvania.

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Thieves cracked into a distribution trailer in central Pennsylvania last Saturday, making off with about 100,000 eggs from Pete & Gerry’s Organics in the borough of Greencastle. The poached eggs are reportedly worth about $40,

Someone has stolen about 100,000 eggs from a distribution trailer in south-central Pennsylvania as rising egg prices and shortages continue to worry U.S. consumers. The eggs were taken from the trailer at Pete & Gerry's Organics in the Antrim Township borough of Greencastle at 8:40 p.

The theft was reported Saturday night of 100,000 organic eggs worth more than $40,000 from a distribution trailer in south-central Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania State Police were hunting on Wednesday for thieves who stole about 100,000 organic eggs from a wholesaler's warehouse over the weekend, a haul worth more than $40,000 retail amid a national shortage that has caused prices to surge.

We’re relying on leads from people from the community. So we’re hoping that somebody knows something, and they’ll call us and give us some tips.”