Waffle House is Adding a Surcharge on Eggs (Goodbye, Cheap Breakfast!)
Have you noticed the egg surcharge at restaurants?
It seems nowhere is safe to hide from skyrocketing egg prices– not even your favorite diner! 😩 Waffle House just announced they will be adding an egg surcharge and we have a feeling more restaurants will likely follow suit.
The 24-hour chain restaurant will be adding a 50¢ surcharge to every egg ordered on all menu items at locations nationwide to make up for rising costs from the biggest avian flu outbreak in over a decade.
Why does the bird flu directly affect egg prices? Since the avian flu outbreak in January 2022, farmers have been forced to slaughter millions of chickens per month, which has pushed egg prices to more than double the cost they were in the summer of 2023. According to the CDC some 150 million poultry have been affected.
That means the classic two-egg breakfast combo will cost you $7.75?! 🤑
Waffle House typically sells some 275 million eggs per year, but with this recent eggs-plosion in prices, we wonder how their profits will fare.
The restaurant chain explains that this surcharge is temporary and they will adjust or remove the surcharge as egg costs allow but with the expected additional 20% rise, you may have to think twice before eating out.
At the same time, with eggs being unavailable or sold out across the country, this might be the only way to get your favorite egg meal in. 🤔
Would you pay these new prices? Have you noticed this surcharge at other restaurants?
Dining out? These restaurants won’t cost you a fortune to eat at!
My grocery budget is already stretched. So I talked with my 9 year old daughter and told her that eating out is a luxury and we will only do so on pay day with a max budget of $25 which includes tip for dining in or $20 for take out. Waffle House is no longer on our accepted list of restaurants. I feel sure we will be adding more places to that list.
I’m sure they don’t really have a choice with the rising cost of eggs. It’s not easy on the restaurants either and we all have to keep that in mind.
The cheapest store brand eggs in my town are $9.06 a dozen. Even 2 dozen at Costco and Sam’s are right at $20
I’d much rather they do this than raise menu prices on everything to make up for the increased costs.