Kicker: Egg prices soar

NICK EICHER, HOST: The federal government has a rule of thumb known as the Waffle House index—to gauge the severity of local disasters. Waffle Houses are famously always open. So, just to rehash: if the Waffle House is open, all good! If it’s closed, yikes!

So looking to Waffle House: we have egg-price news with breakfast giant tacking on a temporary 50-cent per egg surcharge.

You may have noticed how much you have to shell out these days. Mike Vickers runs a supermarket in Minneapolis.

VICKERS: It’s the first time in my life that I’ve ever had to be kind of embarrassed when I’m selling eggs.

Prices are not quite as high as last year around this time, but the U.S. city average has cracked 4-dollars a dozen.

VICKERS: I even said to myself, I’m like, this is blasphemy. It’s just robbery! It’s really expensive.

Yeah, only if you worship them, so don’t do that.

But when economic problems show up on the Waffle House menu, it’s time to scramble for alternatives.

LINDSAY MAST, HOST: Eggstra bad yolks!

EICHER: It’s The World and Everything in It.

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