Waffle House Adds 50-Cent Surcharge per Egg due to Bird Flu
Georgia's based waffle house has added an additional fee of 50 cents to all menus as the rising egg prices derived from bird flu. “The continuous shortage of eggs caused by HPAI (bird flu) caused dramatic rise in egg prices,” said Waffle House in a statement on Monday. “Customers and restaurants are forced to make […]
NYC residents slapped with congestion pricing ‘surcharge’ by fed-up companies paying new toll: ‘Hochul inflation’
Residents of Manhattan's congestion pricing zones could potentially pay new tolls even if they don't drive. Businesses providing deliveries and services in the central business district south of 60th Street are sending notices to customers that the handling fee will be added as an additional charge to their bills. CompuVoip, a phone and data services […]
Card Interchange Settlement Opens Merchant Surcharge Door – PYMNTS.com
A simple calculation of the swipe fee agreement reached by Visa and Mastercard announced on Tuesday (March 26) suggests that consumers may not be feeling much of an impact at the register or in their wallets. It turns out that there is. Therefore, we will refer to this as a negligible result. The broader implications […]
France’s lower house votes to limit ‘excesses’ of fast fashion with environmental surcharge | France
France’s House of Commons has backed a series of measures that will make low-cost fast fashion, especially Chinese mass-produced products, less attractive to buyers. Thursday’s vote will make France the first country in the world to “enact a law to limit the excesses of ultra-fast fashion,” Christophe Besh, the minister responsible for environmental transition, said. […]
New York's new credit card surcharge mandate takes effect: What to know – NBC New York
A new law will go into effect in New York this weekend that will require businesses to notify customers about credit card surcharges that increase payments at the register. Starting Sunday, businesses will be required to post the total cost of goods and services, including any additional charges, by credit card before customers check out. […]