Profitability

79% of Canadians show interest to upgrade their meal with an egg if offered on a menu.1

Keep food costs down, reduce prep time, and add real and implied value to your menu with eggs. What other ingredient can be premium and budget-friendly at the same time? Learn what “put an egg on it” could mean for your business. Take these profit-boosting menu suggestions, make them your own, and wrap your menu and margins around eggs.

1. Environics Research Group Ltd. (March, 2026). Egg Consumption Omnibus Survey [unpublished data]. Prepared for Egg Farmers of Canada.

Vegetable Stir-Fry Noodles with Fried Egg

Introducing an option to ‘add’ an egg as a protein option to dishes like a vegetable stir-fry with noodles taps into the premiumization trend without burdening your customers' wallets. This simple, yet effective add-on enhances the dish's value and nutritional content, offering a flexible and attractive choice for those seeking an extra protein boost on salads, bowls, and burgers. For businesses, the beauty of this approach lies in its simplicity and profitability. Adding an egg is a straightforward way to upscale a menu item, encouraging customers to customize their meals while significantly boosting the dish's margin with minimal cost.

Chili-crisp Fried Egg Waffle Sandwich

Your customers come to you because they love what you offer. It’s still vital to try new things, but without taking away from what you do best. You can do that by simply adding eggs to a favourite item or building a whole “new dish” out of tried and true menu items. For example, a Chili-crisp Fried Egg Waffle Sandwich cashes in on the sweet-and-spicy craze while putting a new look on a comfort classic. Look at your menu with fresh eyes, consider what your customers ask for time and again, and think about how eggs can take it to the next level.