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Waffle House places surcharge on eggs as bird flu fallout hits consumers, businesses

The rising cost of eggs has been hitting consumers in the pocketbook, and now it's driving up costs for some businesses — with Waffle House announcing a temporary change to its prices.

Waffle House has placed a 50 cent surcharge on every egg, according to signage posted inside the restaurant and a statement provided by a company spokesperson. The decision was made to avoid increasing prices across the menu.

The Norcross-based chain said in the statement that the continuing egg shortage caused by the bird flu has caused "a dramatic increase in egg prices."

"Customers and restaurants are being forced to make difficult decisions," the statement reads.

Waffle House also said it is continuously monitoring egg prices and will adjust or remove the surcharge as market conditions allow. It hopes the price fluctuations will be short-lived, but "we cannot predict how long this shortage will last," it said in the statement.

The chain, which has more than 2,000 locations across the country, says it sells more than 250 million eggs per year and more than a dozen family-operated farms supply its restaurants with eggs.

Bird flu and egg prices

Egg prices have nearly doubled since the start of 2024 due to bird flu spreading through the U.S. chicken population and reducing egg count.

The average price of a dozen eggs hit $4.14 in December, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That's the highest it reached in 2024, though it was not quite as high as January and February of 2023, when prices spiked at $4.82 and $4.21, respectively.

The H5N1 strain of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza has caused widespread disruption to poultry, egg and dairy farms across the country. Last month, Georgia reported its first two detections of bird flu in commercial chicken facilities, raising concerns for the state's powerhouse poultry industry.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said the risk to humans from H5N1 is low, but public health officials fear the virus has the potential to morph into a pandemic.

After the first bird flu detection at a Georgia facility, the state Department of Agriculture announced a statewide suspension of all poultry exhibitions, shows, swaps, meets and sales. A ban on those activities will remain in effect indefinitely.

But retail sales of chicken and eggs are not impacted. Georgia agriculture officials have stressed the state's food supply is safe.

Chicken and eggs are tested for the virus before they are harvested, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture says the risk of infected meat or eggs entering the supply chain is low. In the unlikely case infected product were to enter the supply chain, the agency says properly prepared and cooked chicken and eggs are still safe to eat because the heat kills the virus.

Broad impact

Waffle House isn't the only restaurant feeling the pain of egg prices. Metro Atlanta restaurateurs and bakers are keeping an eye on the impact to their own suppliers.

Lorenzo Wyche, owner of Breakfast Boys and High Noon Brunchery, said the egg news caught his attention about a week ago, and he's been monitoring it ever since. Eggs are a large part of Wyche's business since most menu items either involve eggs or are paired with one on the side.

Wyche said his wholesale distributor has raised prices since other suppliers are low on eggs due to the bird flu outbreak.

Wyche said 30 dozen large eggs were previously $150, and now that amount costs $230. He typically orders about 40 to 50 cases per week, and each case contains 30 dozen eggs.

To deal with the rising prices, Wyche said he'll start ordering medium instead of large eggs since it doesn't make a huge difference for brunch restaurants that are offering omelets and scrambled eggs. He said a case of medium eggs is about $165.

But he has decided not to raise prices or add a surcharge at this time.

"We're in the new age of breakfast where we take those margins ourselves," Wyche said. "So we're not actually as impacted as much because we're already charging what you would consider above market for what someone would charge for an omelet." An omelet at High Noon Brunchery ranges from $14-$16.

A traditional diner, on the other hand, keeps its costs low to begin with, he said, so they're more likely to have to raise prices in order to maintain a margin.

"We've already kind of built that margin in so good that the price fluctuation is not going to really kill us," he said.

Soraya Khoury, chef and owner of brunch restaurant Hen Mother Cookhouse, said she hasn't seen a significant price change in her eggs, so she plans to wait it out since it hasn't affected their bottom line yet. She said she's more worried about the cost of produce.

"I feel like it's just more important to stay consistent and kind of do a little bit more housekeeping, so less waste and attention to portion and things like that," she said.

Sarah O'Brien, owner of Little Tart Bakeshop, said her egg prices recently rose, but like Khoury, it hasn't been her main concern; she's seeing higher costs for raw ingredients across the board, especially chocolate and coffee.

"It's really an overall increase for us more than a story about about the eggs," she said.

Teresa Finney, who runs bakery At Heart Panaderia from her house, purchases her eggs from local markets, and while they have always been a hefty expense, "lately it's really been hurting my pockets," she said in a text message. To cope with the costs, she wants to introduce more eggless and vegan menu options.

"It definitely feels like I'm being forced to go this route sooner than I'm ready for it," she said.

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Except it was correct a week ago... regardless if you could make them out or not, you could tell there was closer to fifty than there is nine. This is definitely a new alteration

No it wasn't. That image has been used on that site since 2020. There are 9 stars and 11 stripes (9/11).

Not sure if that theory is more r-slurred or less.

Because the president is a white supremacist. Nothing is by accident

It's all part of the carefully crafted plan. Trump is a genius!

Because it's a tiny icon and there literally aren't enough pixels to show fifty stars . There are also fewer stripes.

That is not why. It was recently changed, and the 9-star flag has a significant meaning.

And what meaning is that, you ask?

It's the 9 Confederate states

Ah yes, 9 out of the 11 Confederate states.

The worrisome part is if you know anything of history, the 9 star American flag was originally used by the confederate at the start of the Civil War. It was to represent the 9 states that seceded. So essentially it's a confederate flag on our government websites.

That would be 7 states that originally seceded, before the start of the war.

Where did this NPC software update come from? It can't just be Reddit?

just accepted the job offer of my dreams. It was great, paid $38/hr full benefits! The work is a combination of physical and technical, and the cherry on the top was it was good MORAL work. I would have been working with private landowners to plant trees on their property, giving them timber harvesting power in the future plus fortifying the American timber trade instead of outsourcing for wood. Not to mention improving the local environment.

The thing is I'd be working with a non-profit and my position is funded by federal grants.

My job acceptance almost feel through with one executive order but I got lucky until Elon fricking MUSK commandeered the treasury payment system so there are effectively no resources to hire me. He took my job.

It's fricking heartbreaking. In 2 years I could have paid off my student loans and had a down payment for a house if I had saved like mad. Now I'm stuck making $20,000 a year living paycheck to paycheck. And I don't think anybody understands what an opportunity like this is for some poor kid who grew up in a rotten trailer in Appalachia to have had. Frick.

>Elon Musk--and I mean this genuinely--is a national security concern who should be deported and permanently banned from travel to our country. He doesn't belong here. This is not his country. He can get the frick out if he wants to steal from real Americans, which he is not.

>Sounds great but that's not true. Basically Musk came here on a student visa for Stanford, never went to one day of school, then just stayed. Then later he got naturalized via some Affirmative Action thing for Rich people, but the rule is you are supposed to wait for this process in your home country, but Musk defrauded the United States by staying here. Immigration fraud has no statute of limitations. We can deport this crook if we get the will!

>Oh, there will be plenty of jobs. Hope you like picking fruit in 100-degree heat for $3 an hour...

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George HW Bush went to the Super Bowl in New Orleans in 1985 and even participated in the coin toss.

why are journ*lists like this?! Im sick and tired of misinformation being spread without checking facts first by social media sites like... the Associated Press

DAE think its kinda spooky tho? mmt of when the President in The Sum of All Fears goes to a foosball game

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$125 million budget ignoring the marketing I think, less than a two year turnaround and it's on sale for less than $10 and thrown into this

Amazing thread attempting to create a narrative with 40k upkongs and just 900 comments, so you know it's legit.

Comments are mostly as expected: Yeah, but Amazon is cheaper, ships faster, and has ez returns.

Note: Amazon doesn't make much on it's retail ops anymore, so they probably dgaf if people shop there or not.

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2 weeks later no package arrives, no answer from support, regret not using reliable Beszos

Amazon is Amazon for a reason

Yeah but usually there products are marked up 25% compared to the Amazon listing so bezos gets my money🤷.

Nah I usually want the shit I ordered faster than 1-3 business months

The Pivot attempt and rebuttal

The main difference is Amazon offers free shipping and free hassle free returns. Other retailers charge you to return products you order from them and usually charge you shipping to get them

fyi hassle free returns = products go directly in the garbage (cheaper than sorting through the products) and Amazon bakes the cost into higher prices for everyone due to the high volume of returned items

FYI the exact same thing happens when you return it to the manufacturer.

The only difference is that it's substantially easier to return a product to Amazon vs most manufacturers.