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Chicago restaurants, consumers paying more for eggs amid bird flu outbreaks; health experts issue warnings [Video]

CHICAGO (WLS) — Scrambled or sunny side up, a breakfast staple may cost more in part because of the avian influenza, or the bird flu, which has been spreading for months.

A popular South Side restaurant has already been paying more for eggs.

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Chicago’s Home of Chicken and Waffles goes through cases of eggs a day and has seen their expense nearly double from $60 a case to closer to $150 a case.

“We have our famous five-egg omelet and we also have our skillet, so we sell a lot of eggs,” said Brian Mills, Chicago’s Home of Chicken and Waffles general manager. “We do a lot of breakfast business, so we’re just doing all we can to not raise the rates on customers.”

A dozen large grade-A eggs cost an average of $4.15 in the U.S. last month, according to data from …

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