Waffle House announced Tuesday it would drop a surcharge added to restaurant orders in February due to skyrocketing egg prices.
“Egg-cellent news…as of June 2, the egg surcharge is officially off the menu. Thanks for understanding,” the company wrote in a Tuesday post on the social platform X.
The move follows a June release from the Department of Agriculture citing a 27 percent drop in egg retail prices from its peak earlier this year.
The previous uptick in cost was partially due to an avian flu outbreak, which contaminated eggs and forced the U.S. to import more of the food product.
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins developed a “five-pronged strategy” to lower the cost of eggs in February, which included free assessments of biosecurity hazards for poultry producers.
“While we are proud that over 900 biosecurity assessments have been conducted to date, resources remain available, and we are urging poultry farmers of all sizes to get your assessments done today before a potentially challenging fall,” Rollins said in a June statement.
The Agriculture Department also said it would share up to 75 percent of costs to fix the highest-risk biosecurity concerns identified during the assessments.
Officials also said earlier this year $400 million would be made available to farmers whose flocks are affected by avian flu to help reduce egg prices.
