ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Egg shortages and price increases are hitting restaurants across the United States including chains like Waffle House which is now adding an egg surcharge. But some New Mexico eateries say so far, they’re not looking to pass the cost on to their customers.
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Eggs are in short supply for everyone, but so far Frontier is among the restaurants in Albuquerque riding out the storm, to avoid nickel-and-diming customers. “Well, our prices are a lot higher than we’ve seen in a very long time. We’re currently paying almost $7.30 for a dozen eggs,” said Shannon Rainosek, Owner of Frontier and Golden Pride.
Gone for now are the days of paying two bucks for a dozen, especially for businesses like Frontier that go through over 1,000 dozen eggs weekly, but they don’t plan on changing their menu prices any time soon. “As long as we’re able to get the eggs for our customers and to use in the business, we’ll keep doing that. And we aren’t anticipating raising any prices, we just kind of roll with it. Prices go up, they usually come back down,” continued Rainosek…