The ramp-stretched bird flu outbreak has caused egg prices to skyrocket, causing the dining industry to hurry to catch up.
Catalogue Founder and CEO Steve Sallis, the restaurant holding company that owns more than 12 locations throughout the Delaware-Mariland-Vilguinea region, said he began to notice that egg costs were piling up in the second week of January.
“I let it go for about a couple of weeks,” Solis told the Post. [this year] And a few. ”
Avian flu caused farmers to pregnant herds across the country, causing a shortage that increased egg prices by 15.2% in January. This is the largest monthly increase since 2015, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The shortage has led customers to fight at grocery and restaurant owners who struggle to compete for a breakfast chain specializing in egg dishes, especially Salis 'Ted's Bulletin.
In just a few weeks, Solis said he went over $70 from paying $32 for an egg case.
And Ted's Breaking News offers a breakfast menu all day, offering at least 25 dishes containing eggs. You need up to 500 fresh cases each week.
“When you started seeing you couldn't buy eggs at the grocery store, if that's the case, you were so lucky it was like liquid gold…it said everything I needed to know,” he told the Post.
Saris was born and raised in New Hampshire and began his career in the restaurant industry at the age of 20.
Under the 15-year belt in the industry, he decided to add a surcharge to his menu for the first time this year. Each menu item costs 75 cents including eggs.
“I don't want to start slashing out what makes your business important. I don't want to cut down on staff,” Saris said.
The cost of the eggs ranged from about 30% of food purchases at Ted's restaurant to now 45%, Saris said.
Ted's Breaking News – One of the five restaurant brands in the catalog is not the first to resort to an extra egg fee.
Waffle House made the headline earlier this month when it added an extra 50 cents per egg to its menu. Denny's, another big chain specializing in breakfast dishes, quickly followed suit.
“It's a bit of a balanced act,” Solis told the Post. “We've been juggling a lot for a long time.”
Egg price jumps are double wamy in the breakfast chain, some of which are still recovering from pandemic-induced inflation, forcing many restaurants to shutter.
