A recent bird flu outbreak that infected nearly 15 US states has forced the local grocery stores to increase egg prices.

Winn-Dixie Store Manager Josh Williamson said the store has increased the price of a dozen eggs by 80 cents.

Williamson said that they increased the price from $1.99 to $2.79 in a single week which he himself considers as a massive increase.

Egg prices started to increase in mid-May when the bird flu outbreak just started to spread to different states.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H% infections have been reported in US domestic poultry, which includes backyard and domestic flocks, captive wild birds and wild birds.

The agency said so far they have not come across any case where a human has been infected with the virus.

It has been said that the bird flu detection started in December 2004 and continues till date.

According to the US Department of Agriculture, the H5 bird flu virus has been detected in 21 states, and 15 of which have outbreaks in domestic poultry or captive birds, other six states have H5 detections in wild birds only.

Reports showed that some 47 million chickens and turkeys have been killed, and U.S. companies will soon be importing eggs from Europe because of the shortage.

As far as customer feedback is concerned, Williamson said they received some calls just to confirm whether the eggs have been recalled.

Pic N Sav Assistant Store Manager Will Delano said he hasn't had any customer complaining about the price of eggs, adding that they might if the price continues to rise.