The price of eggs is hitting American households hard, but the news gets worse, Waffle House cracked under pressure and added a surcharge for every egg sold.

(NEXSTAR) – Waffle House restaurants across the nation will be adding a 50-cent surcharge to every egg ordered amid soaring prices due to inflation and the bird flu epidemic. The surcharge took effect Monday, according to a Waffle House memo shared with Nexstar.

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

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

Waffle House customers are unhappy with the restaurant chain, after it put a 50 percent surcharge on eggs as a result of the current bird flu outbreak. Newsweek has reached out to Waffle House via email for comment.

A national egg shortage and skyrocketing prices have led to Waffle House adding a surcharge on eggs to keep up with the lack of supply.

Restaurants are being forced to up their prices as ongoing outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) -- or bird flu -- continues to limit supplies.