14-02-2025 12:00 via theguardian.com

‘No one wants to pay $25 for breakfast’: US restaurants are cracking under inflation

It’s not just eggs, but coffee, orange juice and bacon, making life especially hard for diners, bakeries and brunch spotsMost menu items at the popular Philadelphia breakfast chain Green Eggs Cafe are – true to its name – made with eggs.Co-owner Stephen Slaughter said that about 90% of its dishes depend on eggs, ticking off a short list: “Our French toast, our pancake batters, our hollandaise sauce, obviously eggs and omelets.” So when his vendors started charging $
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