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 an announcement concerning the breakfast staple—by including a 50-cent surcharge (per egg) to orders nationwide.
Waffle House notes, “Moderately than rising costs throughout the menu, it is a non permanent, focused surcharge tied to the unprecedented rise in egg costs.”
Because of chicken 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 stated the “persevering with egg scarcity brought on by HPAI (chicken flu) has induced a dramatic enhance in egg costs.”
“Prospects and eating places are being pressured to make tough choices,” the assertion added.
The chain additionally posted indicators in eating places with the information.
Waffle Home has introduced that they are going to quickly be including a 50-cent surcharge per egg till egg costs go down. pic.twitter.com/vVT3jGOVPv
— All the pieces 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 likely to be paying $1 per egg on the grocery retailer—a dozen cage-free eggs at Complete Meals have been selling for $11.99.
And it is not simply hitting Waffle Home. Native information retailers from Tampa, Florida to Upstate New York report that space eating places are grappling with rising costs by making adjustments in-house, from switching suppliers to even changing recipes.
