Denny’s and Waffle House drop egg surcharges as prices stabilize

Denny’s and Waffle House both withdrew the supplements that the channels set up earlier this year to compensate for the arrow cost of the eggs in the middle of a national shortage.

Denny confirmed on Thursday that he had “cut” his egg supplement at the end of May, while Waffle House announced on Wednesday that it had withdrawn her supplement in early June.

“News of egg cells … From June 2, the supplement of egg is officially out of the menu,” wrote Waffle House on social networks, thanking the guests for their understanding in recent months.

In early February, Waffle House implemented an egg supplement of 50 cents to all its 1,900 locations, saying at the time that they hoped that the increase would be short -lived, although they could not “predict how long this shortage will last”.

Denny’s followed weeks later with a supplement that varied according to the location, telling customers that they would do their best to plan in advance with suppliers to “minimize the volatility of the impact market on our costs and menu prices”.

The two restaurants increased prices on menu items with eggs in the middle of a spectacular point in the event of a highly pathogenic avian flu. During the first months of the year, more than 30 million egg -weighted hens were killed to prevent the propagation of the influenza of birds, leading to the rise of the costs of the eggs.

According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average price of a dozen Grade A eggs jumped at a record summit of $ 6.23 per dozen in March in grocery stores across the country.

By April, prices have started to decrease as the number of cases of bird flu has decreased. Egg imports from the country have also helped reduce prices to $ 4.55 per dozen in May.

From July 3 nationally, the average cost of a dozen eggs fell to $ 2.56.