“The continuing egg shortage caused by HPAI (Bird Flu) has caused a dramatic increase in egg prices. Consumers and restaurants are being forced to make difficult decisions. Effective February 3, Waffle House has implemented a temporary .50 per egg surcharge to all menus. Rather than increasing prices across the menu, this is a temporary targeted surcharge tied to the unprecedented rise in egg prices. As long as they are available, quality, fresh-cracked, Grade A Large eggs will remain a key ingredient in many of our customers favorite meals. While we hope these price fluctuations will be short-lived we cannot predict how long this shortage will last.”

“We are continuously monitoring egg prices and will adjust or remove the surcharge as market conditions allow,” says a notice from the breakfast chain picked up by WSOC Atlanta’s Joe Bruno.

Wow, that bird flu epidemic is bad. Well we should all be extra understanding and realize that President Trump can only do so much to help keep prices down for everyday Americans. Some things are just out of his hands and he said as much on the campaign trail. And even if he actually did specifically mention the price of eggs as being too high that was just rhetoric and most people know that. Nobody should be politicizing this. It’s better to just cut back or pay more than being divisive and trying to blame Trump for the increased costs for eggs at Waffle House.

The time that Chick-fil-A had a major sauce shortage was completely different. Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt was right to tell supporters that “Chick-fil-A has a sauce shortage. And you want to know why? Because of Joe Biden’s radical liberal policies” in a 2021 fundraising email. It wasn’t political.

National Zero will resume our regular coverage after Chuck Todd-ifying the completely apolitical, non-partisan nature of the bird flu outbreak-induced egg surcharge at all Waffle House locations.