A Bird flu explosion has led to egg deficiency across the country, causing the average price of an egg dozen Hover about $ 8out of $ 2.25 last fall.

And the relief is not on the road – the US Department of Agriculture predicted Tuesday that the egg price will rise from More than 40% in 2025.

In response, restaurants and bakeries all over the country have raised prices in egg -based goods. Waffle House, for example, has added an additional 50 cents For eggs in its 2,100 places in the SH.BA, while Denny's has added a overload At egg meal in its 1,500 places, but left the exact cost of the add to individual restaurants.

However, McDonald's is making the trend. The fast food giant is not only rejecting extra, but is also starting a one-day promotion for his McMuffin egg, offering the item with a discount.

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In one Press release on TuesdayMcDonald's said that in honor of the 50th anniversary of EGG McMuffin, customers can buy the morning element for just $ 1 Sunday, March 2 through the McDonald app. Item usually costs About $ 4.

North American McDonald's Main Impact Officer Michael Gonda, too wrote in a post of Linkedin On Tuesday that “unlike others by making news recently, you will definitely not see McDonald USA with additional eggs, which are 100% cageless and sourced in the US”

^{McDonald's EGG McMuffin. Photographic illustration by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images}

High egg prices have led to more people Purchase of birds for children and acceleration to reserve eggs in grocery stores, leading some stores like Dealer Joe and Costco To impose boundaries how many eggs can buy customers.

Experienced McDonald weaker sale than expected in its most recent quarterly profits due to an explosion E. coli From the end of October until the beginning of December. In the fourth quarter of 2024, McDonald's reported revenue of $ 6.39 billion compared to $ 6.44 billion expected.

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