Rather than hiking prices on their menus, which are costly to reprint, they are letting diners know upfront that each egg in an omelet, breakfast burrito and French toast comes with a fee. Restaurants are calling the egg surcharges temporary,

As the cost of eggs continues to rise, consumers are not only being impacting at grocery stores but paying more for breakfast restaurant meals.

The ongoing bird flu outbreak has continued to affect multiple industries in the Richmond area and other parts of the U.S., including farms and restaurants.

There’s no sunny side to the rising cost of eggs. A bird flu outbreak has forced farmers to lose millions of hens since December, putting a crack in the egg supply.

Thieves in the US state of Pennsylvania have stolen more than 100,000 eggs - worth $40,000 (£32,000) - from a single grocer. The heist targeted the back of a lorry at Pete & Gerry's Organics in Greencastle on 1 February,

The Waffle House chain has announced a 50 cents per egg surcharge, blaming it on the worst bird flu outbreak in a decade.

The ongoing egg shortage and rising prices caused by the avian flu have some businesses scrambling.