Waffle House says it hopes the price fluctuations will be short-lived, but cannot predict how long the egg shortage will last.

Those looking to order eggs with their Waffle House meal should now expect to pay a 50-cent surcharge per egg.

The soaring price of eggs has forced Waffle House to add a temporary surcharge on customers’ orders. The Georgia-based chain is adding a 50-cent charge per egg because of the “nationwide rise in cost of eggs,

Waffle House says temporary increase took effect on Monday and impacts all menus at the 24-hour chain's restaurants.

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.

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 is charging an additional 50 cents per egg to offset rising costs. The restaurant chain said it hopes the hike is temporary.

Our UK readers may not be familiar with Waffle House, but the American 24-hour greasy-spoon breakfast chain has become a bit of a bellwether for crisis over the past 15 years. An ex-FEMA Administrator rather famously used the chain’s operations to gauge the severity of storm fallout.