This Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, photo shows a woman leaving a Dollar Tree store in Urbandale, Iowa.
Dollar Tree said Tuesday that it will halt egg sales until later this year as avian flu keeps egg prices near historic highs.
  • Dollar Tree said Tuesday it will stop selling eggs because of soaring prices, Reuters reported.
  • The dollar store chain plans to bring add eggs back to its stores this fall.
  • Avian influenza has ravaged chicken flocks for over a year, pushing egg prices higher.

Eggs have become so expensive that one of the largest dollar store chains has decided not to carry them.