The business works with more than 300 family farms across the country, and can process up to six million eggs per day.
Vital Farms eggs can cost anywhere from $6 to $10 per dozen, multiple times the national average.
From Whole Foods to 24,000 storesIt took two years for Vital Farms to turn its first operating profit.
Those factors are expensive, and Vital Farms has to convince farmers that the costs are worthwhile.
Vital Farms can process up to 6 million eggs per day at the brand's central processing facility in Missouri.
Persons:
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Organizations:
Vital, Rhode, CNBC, Foods, Vital Farms, American Society for, Albertsons, Kroger, Walmart, Care, People, Animals, PETA, Cal, Research
Locations:
Austin , Texas, U.S, Houston, Austin, Midwest, Publix, Target, O'Hayer, Missouri, Maine