Caitlyn Freeman
The Seattle Times
SEATTLE — More than 500 eggs were stolen from a cafe near Seattle on Wednesday morning.
The thieves hit the Luna Park Cafe in West Seattle, located on Southwest Avalon Way, around 4:42 a.m., according to Seattle police.
Security footage shows two men entering the restaurant’s refrigerator and stealing about 540 eggs, some bacon, ground beef and “liquid egg products,” , police said. About $780 in goods were stolen, with eggs accounting for $387.
The breakfast goods were loaded into a van and the thieves left the scene. They later returned but quickly left when they realized an employee was there, police said.
The heist comes as egg prices soar in the U.S. Most Americans are paying $4 a dozen or more, with the U.S. Department of Agriculture predicting a 20% price hike in 2025. In 2022, eggs cost $2 a dozen on average.
This isn’t the first egg theft either. Last week, 100,000 eggs were stolen from a truck in Pennsylvania.
Seattle police are investigating the West Seattle theft.
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