{"id":16788,"date":"2025-02-06T03:31:34","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T03:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thisbiginfluence.com\/?p=16788"},"modified":"2025-02-06T03:31:34","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T03:31:34","slug":"does-the-waffle-house-index-work-for-more-than-storms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thisbiginfluence.com\/?p=16788","title":{"rendered":"Does the Waffle House Index work for more than storms?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Keep knowledgeable with free updates<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__content-sign-up-topic-description\"><span>Merely signal as much as the <!-- -->US inflation<!-- --> myFT Digest &#8212; delivered on to your inbox.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"article__content-sign-up-iframe close\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"signUpIframe\" data-prev-url=\"\/register\/in-article-sign-up?ft-content-uuid=9674a599-37df-4b36-add9-14f72021b2ce&amp;concept-id=7982616a-e179-45f1-86f6-948f1fc35523\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p>Our UK readers is probably not accustomed to Waffle Home, however the American 24-hour greasy-spoon breakfast chain has grow to be a little bit of a <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150215093209\/https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/SB10001424053111904716604576542460736605364\" data-trackable=\"link\">bellwether<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FliJTGOQ0fQ\" data-trackable=\"link\">crisis<\/a> over the previous 15 years. <\/p>\n<p>An ex-FEMA Administrator <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20200728031512\/http:\/\/www.fema.gov\/blog\/2011-07-07\/news-day-what-do-waffle-houses-have-do-risk-management\" data-trackable=\"link\">rather<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/SB10001424053111904716604576542460736605364\" data-trackable=\"link\">famously<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20200728031512\/http:\/\/www.fema.gov\/blog\/2011-07-07\/news-day-what-do-waffle-houses-have-do-risk-management\" data-trackable=\"link\">used<\/a> the chain\u2019s operations to gauge the severity of storm fallout. A restricted menu meant harm was dangerous, and a closure meant it was very dangerous. This bought a lot of press in 2011, which had been easier occasions for economics writers and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fema.gov\/node\/rumor-fema-operations-threats\" data-trackable=\"link\">FEMA administrators<\/a> alike. <\/p>\n<p>It seems that Waffle Home\u2019s menu isn\u2019t immune from fowl flu, both. <\/p>\n<p>The corporate has added a 50-cent egg surcharge on all of its menus, in response to an announcement this week. That\u2019s 50 cents <strong>per egg<\/strong>, which is notable given the kinds of meals it serves. (Go forward, take a second to snicker at America\u2019s weight problems downside, simply to get it out of our system.) <\/p>\n<p>WaHo\u2019s egg breakfast has the selection of two eggs, which now comes with a $1 surcharge for a less-than-$10 meal, or three eggs, which might be $1.50 in surcharges. <\/p>\n<p>The value of eggs was a political downside for the Biden Administration after a 2022 surge of avian flu circumstances led to widespread culls and egg shortages. And egg costs have climbed once more over the previous yr, as avian flu as soon as once more spreads amongst <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aphis.usda.gov\/livestock-poultry-disease\/avian\/avian-influenza\/hpai-detections\/wild-birds\" data-trackable=\"link\">wild birds<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aphis.usda.gov\/livestock-poultry-disease\/avian\/avian-influenza\/hpai-detections\/commercial-backyard-flocks\" data-trackable=\"link\">commercial flocks in the US<\/a>. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"n-content-image n-content-image--full\" data-component=\"image-set\"><picture><source media=\"(min-width: 700px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/__origami\/service\/image\/v2\/images\/raw\/ftcms%3A2fbd5308-905b-4d7a-9ba9-e130a2facd09?source=next-article&amp;fit=scale-down&amp;quality=highest&amp;width=700&amp;dpr=1 1x,https:\/\/www.ft.com\/__origami\/service\/image\/v2\/images\/raw\/ftcms%3A2fbd5308-905b-4d7a-9ba9-e130a2facd09?source=next-article&amp;fit=scale-down&amp;quality=highest&amp;width=700&amp;dpr=2 2x,https:\/\/www.ft.com\/__origami\/service\/image\/v2\/images\/raw\/ftcms%3A2fbd5308-905b-4d7a-9ba9-e130a2facd09?source=next-article&amp;fit=scale-down&amp;quality=highest&amp;width=700&amp;dpr=3 3x\" width=\"2100\" height=\"1500\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/__origami\/service\/image\/v2\/images\/raw\/https%3A%2F%2Fd1e00ek4ebabms.cloudfront.net%2Fproduction%2F2fbd5308-905b-4d7a-9ba9-e130a2facd09.png?source=next-article&amp;fit=scale-down&amp;quality=highest&amp;width=700&amp;dpr=1\" alt=\"\" data-image-type=\"image\" width=\"2100\" height=\"1500\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><\/figure>\n<p>WaHo didn\u2019t introduce the egg surcharge in 2022, although. <\/p>\n<p>For now, we are going to merely be grateful that this new indicator falls throughout the purview of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usa.gov\/agencies\/council-of-economic-advisers\" data-trackable=\"link\">the CEA<\/a>, and never, say, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/\" data-trackable=\"link\">the CDC<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/9674a599-37df-4b36-add9-14f72021b2ce\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keep knowledgeable with free updates Merely signal as much as the US inflation myFT Digest &#8212; delivered on to your inbox. Our UK readers is probably not accustomed to Waffle Home, however the American 24-hour greasy-spoon breakfast chain has grow to be a little bit of a bellwether for crisis over the previous 15 years. 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