The eggs — worth about $40,000 in retail value — were taken from the back of a distribution trailer, police said. The cost of eggs — seen by many as a basic grocery item — has been rapidly increasing.

An egg heist in Pennsylvania has seen 100,000 eggs worth $40,000 stolen from a single grocery store as the cost of the food continues to rise in the United States. Newsweek has reached out to the Greencastle Police Department in Pennsylvania via email for comment.