Cracker barrel fires back when the waffle house adds additions to eggs

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Cracker Barrel Leadership shrinked to publish their own breakfast after 24-hour restaurant chain Waffle House announced that it would be tackle on a supplement of 50 cents per day. Egg.

“The egg prices are being set, but we double your rewards,” the company announced in one Facebook post yesterday.

“As of next Wednesday 2/12, all Cracker Barrel Rewards’ members will earn double sticks (reward points) on all egg dishes.”

Waffle House’s message was attributed to rising egg prices due to lack caused by an aggressive load of avian influenza.

Business representatives said it “continuously monitors egg prices and will adjust or remove the supplement permitted by market conditions.”

The average price of a dozen eggs in the US has risen 50% in the past year, NBC News reported.

In the week that ended January 18, a dozen egg cost $ 5.29 compared to a year ago when they were $ 3.50. The increase is blamed for bird flu outbreaks that have caused the slaughter of 13 million hens since December.

A spokesman for Cracker Barrel told wkrc Recently, they hoped, the fluctuations in price would be “short -lived” and added that they could not “predict how long this deficiency will last.”

Another spokesman said that keeping egg prices the same was an extension of their business values ​​in a E -Mail to today.

“A surcharge of eggs?” Said the e email.

“Well, there’s nothing hospitable about it. At Cracker Barrel, the country’s hospitality is as important to us as a solid breakfast and that doesn’t mean charging extra for eggs. “