Waffle Home is known for greater than the meals—the restaurant chain is used as a barometer to determine the severity of native storms and is just about the catalyst for Reddit’s existence. It additionally sells 272 million eggs per 12 months.
Now, the 24-hour roadside stalwart is making a press release concerning the breakfast staple—by including a 50-cent surcharge (per egg) to orders nationwide.
Waffle House notes, “Relatively than growing costs throughout the menu, this can be a short-term, focused surcharge tied to the unprecedented rise in egg costs.”
On account of chook flu, Waffle Home is including a .50 cent per egg surcharge to all menus @wsoctv pic.twitter.com/hpfn52RIlh
— Joe Bruno (@JoeBrunoWSOC9) February 3, 2025
Waffle Home reps mentioned the “persevering with egg scarcity attributable to HPAI (chook flu) has triggered a dramatic enhance in egg costs.”
“Prospects and eating places are being pressured to make tough selections,” the assertion added.
The chain additionally posted indicators in eating places with the information.
Waffle Home has introduced that they may quickly be including a 50-cent surcharge per egg till egg costs go down. pic.twitter.com/vVT3jGOVPv
— Every little thing Georgia (@GAFollowers) February 4, 2025
Egg costs have increased by 50% over the previous 12 months, and in some cities, like New York, prospects is perhaps paying $1 per egg on the grocery retailer—a dozen cage-free eggs at Entire Meals had been selling for $11.99.
And it isn’t simply hitting Waffle Home. Native information shops from Tampa, Florida to Upstate New York report that space eating places are grappling with rising costs by making modifications in-house, from switching suppliers to even changing recipes.
