Waffle House Is Adding a Per Egg Surcharge: ‘Restaurants Are Being Forced to Make Difficult Decisions’
Egg shortages are causing prices to skyrocket.
Waffle House is famous for more than the food—the restaurant chain is used as a barometer to of local storms and is pretty much the . It also sells per year.
Now, those eggs are getting pricey, and the 24-hour roadside stalwart is making a statement about the breakfast staple—by adding a 50-cent surcharge (per egg) to orders nationwide. The pricing will affect all of the restaurant’s locations ( in 25 states).
, “Rather than increasing prices across the menu, this is a temporary, targeted surcharge tied to the unprecedented rise in egg prices.”
Due to bird flu, Waffle House is adding a .50 cent per egg surcharge to all menus
— Joe Bruno (@JoeBrunoWSOC9)
Waffle House reps said the “continuing egg shortage caused by HPAI (bird flu) has caused a dramatic increase in egg prices.”
“Customers and restaurants are being forced to make difficult decisions,” the statement added.
The chain also posted signs with the news in restaurants.
Egg prices have over the past year, and in some cities, like New York, customers might be paying $1 per egg at the grocery store—a dozen cage-free eggs at Whole Foods were .
And it’s not just hitting Waffle House.
Local news outlets from to report that area restaurants are grappling with rising prices by making changes in-house, from switching suppliers to even .
Waffle House is famous for more than the food—the restaurant chain is used as a barometer to of local storms and is pretty much the . It also sells per year.
Now, those eggs are getting pricey, and the 24-hour roadside stalwart is making a statement about the breakfast staple—by adding a 50-cent surcharge (per egg) to orders nationwide. The pricing will affect all of the restaurant’s locations ( in 25 states).
, “Rather than increasing prices across the menu, this is a temporary, targeted surcharge tied to the unprecedented rise in egg prices.”
