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Coverage dated February 3, 2025

Popular chain restaurant is placing a surcharge on every egg it sells

Headline from East Idaho News

NEW YORK (CNN) — 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.

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  1. Quartz

    Waffle House is adding an egg surcharge as prices keep rising (opens Quartz)

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    Quartz's feed description

    Customers will pay a 50-cent surcharge, and Waffle House isn't sure when that will change

  2. Insider

    Waffle House is adding a 50-cent charge to each egg it sells as avian flu drives up prices (opens Insider)

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    Insider's feed description

    Waffle House on Monday started charging customers $0.50 extra an egg. The chain is trying to offset higher prices as avian flu spreads.

  3. East Idaho News

    Popular chain restaurant is placing a surcharge on every egg it sells (opens East Idaho News)

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    East Idaho News's feed description

    NEW YORK (CNN) — 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.

  4. ABC 7 New York

    Waffle House is placing a surcharge on every egg it sells (opens ABC 7 New York)

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    ABC 7 New York's feed description

    The soaring price of eggs has forced Waffle House to add a temporary surcharge on customers' orders.

  5. Black Enterprise

    Waffle House Fights Rising Costs And Shortages With New Egg Surcharge (opens Black Enterprise)

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    Black Enterprise's feed description

    Waffle House has announced a new surcharge on eggs due to rising costs stemming from bird flu impacting chicken production.

  6. Latin Times

    Waffle House Forced to Add 'Egg Tax' to Meals as Shortage Hits America's Heartland Hard: 'We're In This for a While' (opens Latin Times)

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    Latin Times's feed description

    Waffle House added a 50-cent per egg surcharge due to soaring prices from an ongoing avian flu outbreak.

  7. Forbes

    Here’s Why Egg Prices Are So High—As Waffle House Implements Egg Surcharge (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    The Department of Agriculture warned egg prices may increase more than 20% this year, after December saw a year-over-year increase of 36.8%.

  8. Breitbart News

    Waffle House Adds 50-Cent Surcharge per Egg due to Bird Flu (opens Breitbart News)

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    Breitbart News's feed description

    The Georgia-based Waffle House added a 50-cent surcharge per egg with all its menus due to the rising egg prices stemming from bird flu.

  9. NBC New York

    Waffle House announces $0.50 surcharge on eggs due to bird flu (opens NBC New York)

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    NBC New York's feed description

    The comfort food franchise said soaring egg prices caused by bird flu has forced them to make the decision.

  10. WSVN Miami

    Waffle House adds surcharge to eggs as massive bird flu outbreak leads to soaring prices - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports (opens WSVN Miami)

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    WSVN Miami's feed description

    NEW YORK (AP) — The Waffle House restaurant chain is putting a 50 cent per egg surcharge in place temporarily due to the biggest bird

  11. Salon

    Waffle House is placing a surcharge on every egg it sells amid ongoing bird flu outbreak (opens Salon)

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    Salon's feed description

    News brief about Waffle House's recent surcharge on eggs, which went into effect on Feb. 3

  12. Newsweek

    Waffle House adds 50 cent egg surcharge amid bird flu crisis (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    Waffle House adds egg surcharge nationwide amid bird flu crisis, signaling the worsening affects of avian influenza on the U.S. food industry.

  13. Fox5 Atlanta

    Waffle House adds egg surcharge amid rising egg prices (opens Fox5 Atlanta)

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    Fox5 Atlanta's feed description

    Waffle House has announced a new surcharge of 50 cents per egg in response to rising egg prices caused by a nationwide shortage.

  14. New York Times

    Want Eggs With Your Breakfast? Pay a Surcharge, Waffle House Says. (opens New York Times)

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    New York Times's feed description

    The restaurant chain, which serves breakfast all day, said it was adding the temporary 50-cent surcharge because the bird flu has caused a shortage in the egg supply.

  15. CBS News

    Waffle House adds 50 cents per egg surcharge amid shortages, rising prices (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    Waffle House says temporary increase took effect on Monday and impacts all menus at the 24-hour chain's restaurants.

  16. New York Post

    Waffle House ‘forced’ to add egg surcharge amid bird flu and rising prices (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    Waffle House announced Monday that a 50-cent per-egg surcharge will be implemented due to the bird flu.

  17. Fox7 Austin

    Waffle House adds surcharge to eggs as prices continue soaring (opens Fox7 Austin)

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    Fox7 Austin's feed description

    The restaurant chain implemented the surcharge as egg prices nationwide jumped to over $4 in December.

  18. WISH-TV Indianapolis

    Waffle House adds 50-cent egg surcharge amid nationwide shortage (opens WISH-TV Indianapolis)

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    WISH-TV Indianapolis's feed description

    Waffle House introduces a temporary 50-cent egg surcharge due to the nationwide rise in egg prices caused by avian flu.

  19. Las Vegas Review-Journal

    Waffle House adds surcharge to eggs amid soaring prices (opens Las Vegas Review-Journal)

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    Las Vegas Review-Journal's feed description

    Waffle House is putting a per egg surcharge in place temporarily due to the biggest bird flu outbreak in a decade.

  20. NBC News

    Waffle House announces $0.50 surcharge on eggs because of bird flu (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    Waffle House announced it will be adding a $0.50 surcharge to all egg items on the menu sold at its more than 2,000 locations because of soaring egg prices caused by the bird flu.

  21. WHDH Boston

    Waffle House is placing a surcharge on every egg it sells - Boston News, Weather, Sports (opens WHDH Boston)

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    WHDH Boston's feed description

    New York (CNN) — The soaring price of eggs has forced Waffle House to add a temporary surcharge on customers’ orders.The Georgia-based chain is adding a

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