What’s up with the price of eggs?

I only noticed this because my long-distance bf was visiting from AZ. I lived with him November pre PLANdemic till April of last year in AZ. I make breakfast for us and he typically has 3 eggs for breakfast and I have 2. We started buying the 60 pack of eggs in that time for around 5 and a half dollars.

Obviously it went up in price due to inflation or whatever, and when he visited me in Colorado this mid-April we paid about 7 & a half dollars for 60 eggs.

But he called me today while he was at Walmart and asked how much we paid for the eggs. I said 7 and some change. He said they were $14.68 there. I said no way. I double checked my Walmart store location and for my area in CO Springs it was $6.55 for 60 eggies. I checked his Walmart location and it was indeed over $14 for the same 60 eggs.

Why is there such a huge markup for the same product? I’ve lived in Colorado for a long time. 12 years minus the year and a half in AZ. The cost of living here is ridiculous…but on average he pays more per gallon of gas (50 cents more than here) and eggs have now doubled in price there?

He lives in Tucson, and I can’t help but wonder since it is more of a retirement town - if TPTB are trying to starve the old people. Eggs just doubled in price there?