Waffle House is celebrated for much than the food—the edifice concatenation is utilized arsenic a barometer to determine the severity of section storms and is beautiful overmuch the catalyst for Reddit's existence. It besides sells 272 cardinal eggs per year.
Now, the 24-hour roadside stalwart is making a connection astir the meal staple—by adding a 50-cent surcharge (per egg) to orders nationwide.
Waffle House notes, "Rather than expanding prices crossed the menu, this is simply a temporary, targeted surcharge tied to the unprecedented emergence successful ovum prices."
Due to vertebrate flu, Waffle House is adding a .50 cent per ovum surcharge to each menus @wsoctv pic.twitter.com/hpfn52RIlh
— Joe Bruno (@JoeBrunoWSOC9) February 3, 2025Waffle House reps said the "continuing ovum shortage caused by HPAI (bird flu) has caused a melodramatic summation successful ovum prices."
"Customers and restaurants are being forced to make difficult decisions," the connection added.
The concatenation besides posted signs successful restaurants pinch the news.
Waffle House has announced that they will temporarily beryllium adding a 50-cent surcharge per ovum until ovum prices spell down. pic.twitter.com/vVT3jGOVPv
— Everything Georgia (@GAFollowers) February 4, 2025Egg prices person increased by 50% complete the past year, and successful immoderate cities, for illustration New York, customers mightiness beryllium paying $1 per ovum astatine the market store—a twelve cage-free eggs astatine Whole Foods were selling for $11.99.
And it's not conscionable hitting Waffle House. Local news outlets from Tampa, Florida to Upstate New York study that area restaurants are grappling pinch rising prices by making changes in-house, from switching suppliers to moreover changing recipes.