Cracker Barrel isn’t scrambling to catch up with soaring egg prices and is trying to poach customers with a rewards program after Waffle House announced a 50-cent egg surcharge.

LEBANON, Tenn. (WKRC) - Cracker Barrel called out competitor Waffle House over its recently-implemented egg surcharge. Tennessee-based Cracker Barrel had some fightin' words for Georgia-based competitor Waffle House over the 24-hour diner's new .50 egg surcharge.

Amidst soaring egg prices and a national shortage, Cracker Barrel said Thursday that its customers won’t be extra for eggs because “there’s nothing hospitable about that.” Just days after Georgia-based Waffle House announced a new,