A Waffle House worker is expressing concern over the recent egg surcharge the restaurant is passing onto its customers.

The Waffle House restaurant chain is putting a 50 cent per egg surcharge in place temporarily due to the biggest bird flu outbreak in a decade.

Not even Waffle House can escape the rising cost of eggs, as the popular 24-hour breakfast chain is now placing a 50 cent surcharge on every egg sold. (Scripps News)

Waffle House serves around 272 million eggs per year, according to its website, well surpassing even its titular waffles, of which it sells just 124 million. "We are continuously monitoring egg prices and will adjust or remove the surcharge as market conditions allow," the statement ended.

Waffle House became one of the first big chains to join smaller restaurants with surcharges for egg dishes. Economists don’t see near-term relief on egg prices.

At a Waffle House in Atlanta, cooks were busy pouring waffle batter and flipping hash browns around noon on Tuesday when a message flashed on the two cash registers at the counter: “Due to the nationwide rise in the cost of eggs,

The restaurant chain, which serves breakfast all day, said it was adding the temporary 50-cent surcharge because the bird flu has caused a shortage in the egg supply.

“While we hope these price fluctuations will be short-lived we cannot predict how long this shortage will last,” Waffle House said in a statement. “We are continuously monitoring egg prices and will adjust or remove the surcharge as market conditions allow.”

It might not be to the level of Kendrick Lamar and Drake, but there’s a beef stewing between a pair of restaurant chains. According to NBC News, Cracker Barrel has taken issue with competitor Waffle House after it was announced earlier this week that Waffle House is implementing a 50-cent surcharge for each egg a customer orders in their meals.