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title: "Fast Casual: Egg shortage 2015: How is your restaurant coping?"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/532bba0b-bb43-4855-bb3a-62d89a8ed4a2
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/fast-casual-egg-shortage-2015-how-is-your-restaurant-coping-1947
category: "Bakery & breakfast"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Bakery & breakfast"
published: 2015-06-29T19:14:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T12:24:29.902Z
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# Fast Casual: Egg shortage 2015: How is your restaurant coping?

**TL;DR:** Whataburger adjusted its breakfast hours due to a national egg shortage caused by the spread of Avian Influenza, but has since returned to normal hours. The price of large eggs more than doubled from the previous month, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2015-06-29. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/fast-casual-egg-shortage-2015-how-is-your-restaurant-coping-1947).*

## Story

Whataburger recently returned to normal breakfast hours after being forced to limit them in the face of a national egg shortage, according to Fast Casual.

"We know it’s been a tough couple of weeks for our customers, but we’re really grateful for their support while we worked to build up our egg supply,” Whataburger COO Dino Del Nano was quoted as saying. “All of us at Whataburger are so happy to get back to normal and serve our full breakfast menu to customers during our usual breakfast hours from 11 p.m. to 11 a.m.”

Citing data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Fast Casual reported the price for combined regional weekly averages for large eggs more than doubled from the previous month. This is due to the spread of Avian Influenza, which has killed nearly 50 million bird deaths in various states, particularly in the Midwest.

Fast Casual recommended restaurants market their eggs as “organic, vegetarian-fed, cage-free and nutritionally enhanced” in order to acclimate consumers to the realities of rising prices, as opposed to focusing on the spread of disease.

Meanwhile, others are leaning on egg replacement solutions that are designed to mimic the flavor and texture of eggs.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- menu pricing (topic)
- FastCasual (publication)
- Whataburger (company)
- U.S. Department of Agriculture (regulator)
- egg shortage (topic)
- breakfast hours (topic)
- avian influenza (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/fast-casual-egg-shortage-2015-how-is-your-restaurant-coping-1947). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/532bba0b-bb43-4855-bb3a-62d89a8ed4a2).