Egg purchase restrictions take effect at more major U.S. grocery stores --Some restaurants are adding egg surcharges to menus as shortages persist and prices rise | 11 Feb 2025 | Costco, Kroger, and Whole Foods are among the growing list of grocers that are putting a purchasing limit on eggs as supply shortages persist. Companies started imposing limits on the product as the shortage caused by outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), or bird flu, persists, causing a frenzy among shoppers... Not only are consumers feeling the effects of high egg prices at the grocery store, but they're facing surcharges at restaurants. Notably, Waffle House, a Southern breakfast food chain, added a temporary 50 cent per egg surcharge to all of its menus last week.