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,

While we hope these price fluctuations will be short-lived, we cannot predict how long this shortage will last,” the Atlanta-based restaurant said.

The beloved Georgia restaurant chain is unsure how long the egg shortage will last. It's unclear when the surcharge will no longer be in effect.