EGGO WAFFLE SHORTAGE NOT FUNNY
There aren’t a lot of nationwide shortages of things that effect me as personally as that of frozen waffles. (Get your swine flu vaccination away from me.) Yeah, it’s just waffles and people laugh when I tell them about it as if it were a joke. But this is SERIOUS BUSINESS! What’s Eggo doing putting the entire frozen waffle population in the hands of only 4 plants? That’s ridiculous! What if another plant goes down? What am I going to do for frozen waffles until the summer of 2010?
“We have eight of them, and if we ration those — maybe have half an Eggo in one sitting — then it’ll last longer,” said Resciniti, who blogs about being a mother. “I told my husband that maybe I need to put them on eBay.”
First, I am not eating half an Eggo per sitting. Second, aw Shit! Frozen waffle prices are going to skyrocket! I will not bid for Eggos on e-Bay!
Eggo first hit the shelves in 1960, and its cult following grew in the following years. Kellogg started using the famed slogan “Leggo my Eggo” in 1972. For years, the waffles have been a staple for busy moms and college students looking for a quick breakfast.
This week, news of the shortage spread quickly on Twitter as shoppers reported not being able to find the breakfast food. Fans of Eggos lamented their scarcity on the waffle’s Facebook page, which has more than 400 members.
The waffle has a facebook page? Uh… well I guess it’s good to know that at least 400 other people are afraid they won’t have frozen waffles in their lives. One other thing; frozen waffles are not just a breakfast food to be enjoyed by choosey Moms and hurried college students. They’re late night snacks for lazy graduates too.
