Breakfast is booming at US restaurants. Is it also contributing to high egg prices?
Johkiya Pierre prepares a fresh omelette at The Breakfast Brothers restaurant, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
It's a chicken-and-egg problem: Restaurants are struggling with record-high U.S. egg prices, but their omelets, scrambles and huevos rancheros may be part of the problem.
Breakfast is booming at U.S. eateries. First Watch, a restaurant chain that serves breakfast, brunch and lunch, nearly quadrupled its locations over the past decade to 570. Eggs Up Grill has 90 restaurants in nine southern states, up from 26 in 2018. Florida-based Another Broken Egg Café celebrated its 100th restaurant last year.
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