《TAIPEI TIMES》KFC raises prices, FamilyMart to jack up tea egg price

Staff writer, with CNA

US fast-food chain KFC is raising the prices of some of its items in Taiwan to reflect growing costs, the company said yesterday.

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Starting today, prices would increase by an average of 6.2 percent, KFC said in a statement.

Prices increased by NT$6 for an egg tart, NT$6 for a piece of fried chicken, NT$4 to NT$7 for orders of French fries, NT$6 for a Zinger spicy chicken sandwich and NT$11 for a Peanut Lava Zinger, it said.

As for beverages, the price of a small hot Americano rose by NT$1 and the prices of milk tea, Coca-Cola and lemon iced tea increased by NT$3 to NT$5, it added.

KFC attributed the price hike to rising operating costs and issues affecting the global chicken supply chain.

It came after several other brands, including McDonald’s, Din Tai Fung （鼎泰豐） and Dain-Dain Hamburger （丹丹漢堡）, announced plans to raise prices.

Meanwhile, convenience store chain Taiwan FamilyMart Co （全家便利商店） is to increase the price of tea eggs from NT$10 to NT$13 from Wednesday next week.

The price hike, the first for cooked eggs since 2015, reflects the continuously rising price of eggs, which has climbed nearly 40 percent over the past six months, FamilyMart said on Monday.

Tea eggs, which are eggs cooked in tea and soy sauce, are a popular and unique staple item at convenience stores across the nation.

A special promotion is to be held from Wednesday to Feb. 7, during which customers who pay an additional NT$1 for designated drinks would receive a free tea egg, or they can buy 10 tea eggs for NT$100 by using the FamilyMart app, it said.

新聞來源：TAIPEI TIMES