Waffle House is placing a surcharge on every egg it sells

signalmankenneth said:
Waffle House says this is a temporary surcharge probably like the airline's baggage fee's were too?!!

New YorkCNN —
The soaring price of eggs has forced Waffle House to add a temporary surcharge on customers’ orders.

The Georgia-based chain is adding a 50-cent charge per egg because of the “nationwide rise in cost of eggs,” according to signs posted at its restaurants. An aggressive strain of avian flu is hurting supply and causing prices to rise — with no relief in sight.

“The continuing egg shortage caused by HPAI (bird flu) has caused a dramatic increase in egg prices,” Waffle House said in the statement to CNN. “Customers and restaurants are being forced to make difficult decisions.”

Waffle House, which has about 2,100 locations, added in the statement that it’s “continuously monitoring egg prices and will adjust or remove the surcharge as market conditions allow.”

Waffle House serves 272 million eggs per year, making it the chain’s most-ordered item, surpassing hash browns (153 million) and even waffles (124 million), according to its website.

Avian flu has been plaguing farmers and the egg supply since January 2022, resulting in 108 million birds since then — 75 million of those were laying eggs — being slaughtered, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation.

However, the outbreak has gotten worse in late 2024 because of a resurgence of the virus. Roughly 17 million egg-laying hens were killed in in November and December, which is nearly half of all birds killed by the virus in 2024, according to the USDA.

The average price of a dozen large, grade-A eggs, which Waffle House uses, was $4.15 in December — up from $3.65 in November — according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

And the cost of eggs will only get worse this year, with prices forecasted to increase 20%, the USDA said.

“Not to be the bearer of bad news, but we’re in this for a while,” said Emily Metz, president and CEO of the American Egg Board. “Until we have time without a detection, unfortunately this very, very tight egg supply is going to continue.”

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/04/food/waffle-house-egg-surcharge/index.html

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Another Trump failure. Sad.

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NiftyNiblick said:
Ms. Harris is an intelligent and accomplished human being.
Trump is a worthless, devolved mutant, not unlike yourself, TAG.

Had Harris won the election, the US may have had a chance of surviving as a democracy.
Instead, we're rapidly transitioning into a third world banana republic.
That's completely on perverted deviants like yourself.
I hope that the Karmic consequence on all of you Trumpanzees is beyond Draconian.
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Nordberg said:
According to Trumpys on this board, Biden was directly responsible for the price of eggs. We know Trump is not responsible for them now. It must still be Biden's fault.
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So, you have no recollection about the massive increase of inflation during the Biden Presidency? You know, the one you lying leftist halfwits tried to downplay?
 
So, for years when it came to inflation, MAGA didn't want to consider circumstances. Even though inflation was predicted during COVID, was global, and started the month Biden took office - it was just Biden.

Now, they want us to actually consider circumstances, and not blame Trump.

What gives, MAGA?
 
BartenderElite said:
So, for years when it came to inflation, MAGA didn't want to consider circumstances. Even though inflation was predicted during COVID, was global, and started the month Biden took office - it was just Biden. Now, they want us to actually consider circumstances, and not blame Trump. What gives, MAGA?
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That's politics.

Your impotent tears of rage are most enjoyable.
 
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