The owners of Honor Family Market are ready to retire. A buyer would face the tight margins of a small business and competition against the giant chains and discount stores.

If you headed to a metro Detroit grocery or a warehouse store like Costco this past weekend, you may have seen empty shelves usually stocked with hundreds of egg cartons. There were no eggs at the Costco in Madison Heights on Sunday afternoon.

Egg shortages and high egg prices have been increasingly common over the past few years. What is the root cause of this scarcity, and when will it subside?