The profit increased drastically. Profit is the part they keep after expenses. That it increased so drastically is price gouging. And such drastic price going should only be possible with collusion whether explicit or tacit due to too few competitors.

> Cal-Maine’s gross profit jumped 10-fold from one 26-week period in 2021 to the same period in 2022, according to the company’s most recent quarterly financial statement. For the 26-week fiscal period ending in November 2021, gross profits were $50.4 million. In 2022 for the same period, gross profits were $535.3 million.