More delivery on the way to alleviate the shortage of essential commodity • The government decided to subsidize flights to import eggs from Portugal • "This year's demand is higher than any other Passover"

• Will the egg shortage crisis be resolved for Passover? // Photo: Joshua Joseph

Lined up for the lack of eggs for the holiday: M.A. Lesser, who is engaged in egg marketing, announced on Sunday that, unless a last-minute change occurs, it will import a little more than a million eggs into Israel on two direct flights from Portugal, which will land tomorrow night. The eggs will be marketed to stores even before Passover, which is due this Wednesday.

The company said: "Throughout the weekend, the company has made great efforts to import eggs in flight following the government's decision to subsidize flights. Now one flight is approved and the company is awaiting final approval for the second flight. In total, the company is expected to market about 13 million eggs during the current week. , Six million of them come from imports and the rest from the local market.

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Today and during the week, ships will enter Israel with eggs from Spain and Portugal, which the company imported in advance as a preparation for the Passover holiday. Mickey Lesser, CEO of the company, indicates a particularly high demand for eggs this Passover this year "" The quantities of eggs marketed necessarily indicate an increase in per capita consumption of eggs during this period in the background of the Corona crisis. Demand is higher than any other Passover I remember and the amount of eggs we marketed in the past month , Significantly higher than our market share. "

He added: "We have made a tremendous effort to import eggs into Israel on the fly and we will continue to work on holiday evenings and holiday evenings to meet demand. Behind this plant are hundreds of employees who work extremely hard, morning to night, and with the desire, motivation and sense of mission worthy of every appreciation. Without them, it wouldn't have happened. "