Breakfast is booming at US restaurants. Is it also contributing to high egg prices?

Johkiya Pierre prepares a fresh omelet at The Breakfast Brothers restaurant, Feb. 12, 2025, in Arlington, Texas. Johkiya Pierre cracks eggs while preparing an omelet at The Breakfast Brothers restaurant, Feb. 12, 2025, in Arlington, Texas.

It's a chicken-and-egg problem: Restaurants are struggling with record-high U.S. egg prices, but their omelets, scrambles and huevos rancheros may be part of the problem.