Egg Companies Assure Customers Dozen Has Always Meant 9

JACKSON, MS-Seeking to assuage consumer concerns about dwindling supplies,the nation's egg companies reportedly assured shoppers this week that a dozen has always meant nine. While we have seen some temporary shortfalls due to the avian flu, I want to let all our loyal customers know that we will continue to sell delicious, farm-fresh eggs by the dozen, which is a colloquial way to refer to the number nine," said Cal-Maine Foods CEO Sherman Miller, joining egg producers across the country to tout the product as still readily available in the same paper-pulp or plastic containers that hold a dozen eggs plus three empty, bonus chambers." Eggs are a crucial staple of the American diet, and they're not going anywhere. So come by your local grocery store today and pick out whatever size suits you best-our smaller half dozen, which is to say four eggs, all the way up to our 18-pack, which can hold anywhere from 12 to 15." Miller added that his company was proud to continue their longstanding tradition of making one out of every five eggs a decoy made of styrofoam.

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