Restaurant chain Waffle House announced Tuesday that it has removed a surcharge on eggs that was implemented earlier this year amid soaring egg prices.
“Egg-cellent news … as of June 2, the egg surcharge is officially off the menu. Thanks for understanding!” Waffle House said in a July 1 post on social media platform X.
Waffle House had added a 50-cent surcharge in February.
“While we hope these price fluctuations will be short-lived we cannot predict how long this shortage will last,” it said at the time.
The restaurant chain, with 1,900 locations spread across 25 states, serves around 272 million eggs every year.
Egg prices have been rising following an outbreak of avian flu that has affected millions of birds since 2022, negatively impacting egg production….