I love, love, love Eggo Nutri-Grain low fat whole wheat waffles.  They are a staple item in my freezer – at least they used to be.

I was completely surprised to find the Eggo section of the freezer case at the store completely empty yesterday when I went to stock up.

The bare shelves were explained with a hand written sign pasted on the door stating there were national shortages and that the waffles would be restocked as soon as possible.

What?  Did the Hamburglar get sick of McDonalds hamburgers and decide to steal all the Eggo waffles instead?

So, being the curious person I am, I decided to use good old Google and find out what the heck was going on.  You know that saying about how “curiosity killed the cat?”  Well I wish I wouldn’t have been so nosy about what was going on with my beloved waffles because then I could have been hopeful that they would be back on the shelves in a couple of days.

There’s not a whole heck of a lot of information on the Kelloggs website, but they did address the shortage issue in their “Frequently Asked Questions” section.  Here’s what they had to say about the lack of Eggo waffles in stores:

Question:

I have not been able to find Eggo® waffles in the store. When will they be available again?

Answer:

Eggo recently experienced supply constraints caused by flood damage at our bakery in Atlanta. In addition, we’ve been making significant equipment and repairs in our largest waffle bakery. Unfortunately, this is taking longer than anticipated.

Eggo is working around the clock to bring everyone’s favorite waffles back to store shelves as quickly as possible. We hope to regain full distribution of Eggo products by the middle of 2010. This is a top priority for Kellogg Company.

For more information, call 866-971-3320. Thank you for your patience during this time, and we apologize for any inconvenience.

Yep, patience is definitely going to be needed since I likely will be without my delicious 1 Weight Watcher point low fat Eggos for 6 months

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