--- title: Why You'll Be Paying More at Diners and Bakeries This Summer description: Because of the bird flu outbreak, restaurants and bakeries are slowly scratching egg-heavy items off their menus, or they are considering adding a surcharge of 50¢ to $1 for orders that feature eggs. authors: - name: Brad Tuttle role: Senior Editor url: https://money.com/author/brad-tuttle/ bio: Brad Tuttle is a former senior editor at Money with over 10 years’ experience covering a vast number of personal finance topics, including careers, cars, travel, budgeting, investing, insurance, credit cards, consumer psychology, real estate, banking, and shopping and deals. education: Columbia University School of Journalism, MS at_money_since: 2014 articles: 366 covers: - Business - Banking - Career Advice - Credit - Credit Cards - Economy and Politics - Education - Health and Wellness - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Lifestyle - Loans - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Pets - Professional Services - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology social: - https://twitter.com/bradrtuttle - https://linkedin.com/in/brad-tuttle-834b225 former_staff: true published: '2015-06-22T15:59:27.000Z' modified: '2024-05-16T10:17:36.000Z' section: Business tags: - Dining Out - Food & Drink - groceries - restaurants - Shopping word_count: 353 canonical: https://money.com/bird-flu-egg-prices-restaurants/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** Money may earn a commission when you click on the products and services below. Opinions are our own, but compensation and in-depth research determine where and how they appear. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/) about how we make money. ![eggs and bacon](https://img.money.com/2015/06/150622_em_restaurantprices2.jpg?crop=0px%2C671px%2C2100px%2C1181px&quality=85) The bird flu outbreak, which has killed 48 million chickens and turkeys over the past few months, began affecting the price of eggs sold by supermarkets and wholesalers starting early in spring. In some cases, the price of a dozen eggs at the grocery store doubled in about a month, and the USDA anticipates that shoppers will see record high prices by the end of the year. The [Whataburger fast-casual chain](http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/whataburger-resolves-egg-shortage-resumes-full-breakfast-31898925) decided to scale back its breakfast hours in order to cope with an egg supply that was both limited and expensive. But for the most part, restaurants and other prepared-food sellers have steadfastly tried to maintain their same menus, at the same prices, while waiting for the impact of the bird flu to subside. Based on recent reports, however, it looks like we're reaching a breaking point. Diners, restaurants, and bakeries throughout the Midwest are slowly scratching egg-heavy items off their menus, or they are considering adding a surcharge of 50¢ to $1 for orders that feature eggs, the [*Associated Press*](http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/ct-egg-shortage-cutting-into-restaurant-profits-20150621-story.html) reported. "I'm absorbing it right now, but I am due for a price increase," one Nebraska diner owner said of the fact that the wholesale price for a case of eggs has more than doubled since mid-April. Likewise, after talking to the owners of bakeries, caterers, and restaurants, the [*St. Louis Post-Dispatch*](http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/st-louis-area-businesses-clucking-about-rising-egg-prices/article_ed8450c3-6d3e-56a0-83ea-38f65ee6a895.html) noted, "the rising cost of eggs might soon result in more expensive meals for customers." The cost of preparing pies, cakes, pancakes, and of course egg dishes have all gotten much higher for local businesses, and at some point in the near future these costs will be passed along to customers. One bakery said that it has temporarily eliminated angel food cake from the menu because it's too expensive to make. The item can still be customer-ordered—but only at a price much higher than usual. “I have never seen this type of egg increase in the 19 years I’ve owned Wedding Wonderland,” said Michael Temm, the owner of a cake shop specializing in weddings and upscale events. *Read next: How the Bird Flu Outbreak Is Affecting Your Grocery Bill* ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://money.com/bird-flu-egg-prices-restaurants/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://money.com" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Business", "item": "https://money.com/business/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Retail", "item": "https://money.com/retail/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Why You'll Be Paying More at Diners and Bakeries This Summer" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://money.com/#website", "url": "https://money.com", "name": "Money", "publisher": { "@id": "https://money.com/#organization" } }, { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://money.com/bird-flu-egg-prices-restaurants/#webpage", "url": "https://money.com/bird-flu-egg-prices-restaurants/", "name": "Why You'll Be Paying More at Diners and Bakeries This Summer", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://money.com/#website" }, "datePublished": "2015-06-22T15:59:27.000Z", "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://money.com/bird-flu-egg-prices-restaurants/" }, "inLanguage": "en-US", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://money.com/bird-flu-egg-prices-restaurants/#breadcrumb" }, "dateModified": "2024-05-16T10:17:36.000Z" }, { "@type": "Article", "headline": "Why You'll Be Paying More at Diners and Bakeries This Summer", "articleSection": "Business", "image": [ { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://img.money.com/2015/06/150622_em_restaurantprices2.jpg?crop=0px%2C671px%2C2100px%2C1181px&quality=85", "width": 1012, "height": 569, "caption": "150622_EM_RestaurantPrices2" } ], "author": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Brad Tuttle", "url": "https://money.com/author/brad-tuttle/", "@id": "https://money.com/author/brad-tuttle/#author", "description": "Brad Tuttle is a former senior editor at Money with over 10 years’ experience covering a vast number of personal finance topics, including careers, cars, travel, budgeting, investing, insurance, credit cards, consumer psychology, real estate, banking, and shopping and deals.\r\n\r\n", "image": "https://img.money.com/2014/01/Brad-Tuttle.png?w=226&h=247&crop=1", "alumniOf": "Columbia University School of Journalism, MS", "sameAs": [ "https://twitter.com/bradrtuttle", "https://linkedin.com/in/brad-tuttle-834b225" ] } ], "publisher": "https://money.com/#organization", "datePublished": "2015-06-22T15:59:27.000Z", "description": "Because of the bird flu outbreak, restaurants and bakeries are slowly scratching egg-heavy items off their menus, or they are considering adding a surcharge of 50¢ to $1 for orders that feature eggs.", "abstract": "Because of the bird flu outbreak, restaurants and bakeries are slowly scratching egg-heavy items off their menus, or they are considering adding a surcharge of 50¢ to $1 for orders that feature eggs.", "@id": "https://money.com/bird-flu-egg-prices-restaurants/", "inLanguage": "en-US", "dateModified": "2024-05-16T10:17:36.000Z", "wordCount": 353, "keywords": [ "Dining Out", "Food & Drink", "groceries", "restaurants", "Shopping" ], "about": [ { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Business", "sameAs": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business" ] }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Retail", "sameAs": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retail" ] } ] } ] } ```