ROSWELL, Ga. — From grocery stores to restaurants, shoppers and businesses in the metro Atlanta area are all feeling the pain of higher egg prices due to bird flu.
Channel 2′s Steve Gehlbach spoke to businesses and shoppers about how the price increases are impacting dining experiences in the region.
Unlike Waffle House’s recent announcement that it would be adding a surcharge to orders of eggs, some local restaurants told Gehlbach they’re not going to make customers eat the costs.
However, some prices are crazy, with a dozen eggs going for as much as $6 in some places.
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At a popular breakfast and brunch place in Roswell, the owner said they were paying $8 per dozen and they go through hundreds of dozens every week.
“Well, it’s a breakfast diner, so that’s what you do,” Teresa Breckenridge, owner of the Silver Skillet, said.
Breckenridge told Channel 2 Action News that she saw the latest invoice for eggs and nearly cracked.
“First thing you think, must be some kind of mistake,” she said.
Her price for eggs jumped from $3.25 per dozen to $5.99 in January. The Silver Skillet orders their eggs by the case.
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Another popular Roswell spot, the Fellows Cafe, said they’re having a similar issue.
“Your margins are your margins, so we’re a breakfast place and [eggs are] probably the number one item that we use,” Executive Chef Randy Lewis said.
At his restaurant, Lewis said buying 30 dozen eggs used to cost $89.
Now? It’s jumped up to $240.
“In the last week, it’s gone up 44% and since last fall to today it’s over 60%,” he said.
Unlike some restaurant chains that are adding extra surcharges for eggs, like Norcross-based Waffle House, Fellows Cafe is taking on the higher price without making their customers pay it.
“Right now, we’re trying to make it work,” Lewis said.
At the Silver Skillet, Breckenridge said they’re working on increasing menu prices, and already ordering new menus, but it’s not just because of eggs. The last time they had an across-the-board increase was almost three years ago.
“I can’t go up so drastic that I lose my customers,” she said.
As for scarcity, the big breakfast places are still able to order what they need, but a DeKalb County business owner told Channel 2 Action News that their supplier is limiting how many eggs they can buy.
Instead, he’s going to grocery stores or bulk shops like Sam’s Club to bring the eggs from the store shelf to the restaurant.
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