GAINESVILLE, Ga. — On Monday, Feb. 3, Waffle House announced a new 50 cent surcharge per egg at its quick service restaurant locations. This comes after a spike in egg prices due to the newest strain of the H5N1 bird flu. Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has led to the depopulation of nearly 23 million birds across the nation in the last 30 days.
The Waffle House chain, which has about 2,100 locations, and according to its website serves approximately 272 million eggs a year, adds that it is continually monitoring the situation and will amend or remove the surcharge. . .
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