The largest breakfast chain in the United States wants you to pay eggs and eggs.
Waffle House announced On Monday, an additional charge of 50 cents will be implemented for each egg for bird flu.
Georgia -based restaurant chains, which have more than 2,000 places in 25 states, do not increase the price of all menu items, but with “temporary target surcharges” linked to “unprecedented” rise in egg prices. I explained that there is.
“Continuous egg deficiency caused by HPAI (bird flu) caused dramatic rise in egg prices,” said a statement. “Consumers and restaurants are forced to make difficult decisions.”
Waffle House stated that many customers' favorite meals would continue to be an important factor in “high -quality, high -quality, large -grade eggs”.
“I hope that these price fluctuations will be short -lived, but we cannot predict how this shortage will last,” said the company.
“We are continuously monitoring the prices of eggs, and we will adjust or delete additional charges as the market situation allows.”
The waffle house decision occurs in the supply chain issues due to the occurrence of H5n9, which began in 2022.
Egg prices have already been damaged by their wallets, but they are expected to worsen. The average price of a large darade egg was $ 4.15 In December, according to the US Labor Statistics Bureau- It increases from $ 2.51 in December 2023.
Patrick Penfield, a professor and supply chain expert at Sirakusu University's Faculty of Business Administration, told the Nexstar media that egg prices could rise by 20 % by the end of the year.
If so, by the end of 2025, the average price of one dozen eggs may be nearly $ 5.
Some grocery stores have begun to limit the number of customers that can be purchased.
