Dennys can benefit from higher egg prices if they can lock in long term contracts with suppliers for lower egg prices when smaller companies selling directly to consumers can't.

I think that realistically, companies compete against each other as individuals and compete against smaller companies and individuals acting more like cartels/monopolies, and that's what OP is referring to in terms of hardware purchasing/contacts/pricing. This also extends outside of tech to investing, so it's likely not just tech responsible for this.