Waffle House is placing a surcharge on every egg it sells
“The continuing egg shortage caused by HPAI (bird flu) has caused a dramatic increase in egg prices,” Waffle House said in the statement to CNN. “Customers and restaurants are being forced to make difficult decisions.”
I had actually thought about this sort of scenario happening, and wondered the same about a week ago. My conclusion was freeze drying to make powdered eggs that can be shelf stable for years.
Also might end up with a serious market for that as prices continue to climb with no end in sight.
Last I bought powdered egg prior to this recent skyrocketing, it was about a dollar per egg in equivalence. I don’t know what it is now, but I’m sure that will go up too.
(I use powdered egg for baking because I just don’t go through eggs enough to justify buying fresh. I actually save money by not having to throw away unused product)
Who has the ability to fence 100K eggs before they go bad?
“I got a guy for that”
The guy:
Waffle house
In the news today:
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/04/food/waffle-house-egg-surcharge/index.html
Lol, “difficult decisions.”
This sounds like a line from Trailer Park Boys
I wonder if this was before or after they wash the eggs. AFAIK they last longer and can be left unrefrigerated before they’re washed
Someone who already has a buyer, most likely an industry.
Bro I got hard boiled, cage-free, and century. I can get my hands on Balut but it’ll take a couple days, and it’ll cost you.
You underestimate how many deviled eggs I can eat.
Give em to the poor
This is America. Those eggs are going to the black market.
I had actually thought about this sort of scenario happening, and wondered the same about a week ago. My conclusion was freeze drying to make powdered eggs that can be shelf stable for years.
Also might end up with a serious market for that as prices continue to climb with no end in sight.
Last I bought powdered egg prior to this recent skyrocketing, it was about a dollar per egg in equivalence. I don’t know what it is now, but I’m sure that will go up too.
(I use powdered egg for baking because I just don’t go through eggs enough to justify buying fresh. I actually save money by not having to throw away unused product)
Maybe start marking eggs with some kind of dye pattern to make it harder.