Waffle Home is legendary for greater than the meals—the restaurant chain is used as a barometer to decide 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 Home notes, “Somewhat than growing costs throughout the menu, it is a momentary, focused surcharge tied to the unprecedented rise in egg costs.”
Because of fowl 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 (fowl flu) has brought about a dramatic improve in egg costs.”
“Prospects and eating places are being pressured to make troublesome 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
— The whole lot Georgia (@GAFollowers) February 4, 2025
Egg costs have elevated by 50% over the previous 12 months, and in some cities, like New York, prospects could be paying $1 per egg on the grocery retailer—a dozen cage-free eggs at Entire Meals had been promoting 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 altering recipes.