- Waffle House has ended its egg surcharge. The restaurant chain has been calculating an additional 50 cents per egg since February in order to compensate for the high price for eggs after the bird flu outbreak at the beginning of this year. Waffle House serves 272 million eggs a year.
About five months after the implementation of a 50-cent-pro-egg surcharge for all orders, the Waffel House ends the guest shock at the fee.
The chain has announced that the surcharge is no longer collected. (The company supposedly dropped the contract quietly A month agoBut only announced the news this week.)
The additional fee began in February, when egg prices were recorded due to the outbreak of bird flu, which forced many farmers to elude tens of millions of chickens. Egg prices have dropped since then, but are still 40% higher than a year ago.
Waffle House is one of the largest restaurant chains in America, so the effects of the higher prices were felt there. Served the restaurant 272 million Every year, followed by 153 million hashbrown orders, 124 million waffles and 85 million bacon strips. The egg surcharge affected more than 1,900 locations of the Waffelhaus in 25 states.
“Instead of increasing the prices over the menu, this is a temporary target service that is associated with the unprecedented increase in egg prices,” said Waffle House in one Statement on Assets When the contract was announced.
While the customers will certainly be happy to hear that the contract has disappeared, this joy could fade compared to the facilitating of servers in the waffle house, which were regularly the goal of the guests’ anger.
Waffle House was not alone. Denny also added a surcharge when eggs were difficult to find.
Introduction of the 2025 Fortune 500The final ranking of the largest companies in America. Explore this year’s list.
