Wetherspoons fans rage ‘what’s happening to the world’ as chain removes breakfast item from 852 pubs

Wetherspoons customers are ready to riot after finding out that a major component of the pub chain's popular breakfast menu has been provisionally removed.

Hosts of hungry Brits have been left pretty disappointed after finding out that the essential ingredient will be missing from their morning meals for the foreseeable.

Wetherspoons announced that many of its 852 branches across the UK are out of eggs at the moment, according to customer notices which have been stuck up inside the pubs.

The notice reads: "Because of free-range egg supply shortages, we will be replacing eggs with a hash brown on the following dishes: Large traditional breakfast, traditional breakfast, small breakfast large vegetarian breakfast, vegetarian breakfast, small vegetarian breakfast freedom breakfast.

"If you would like an alternative item, please order at the bar - and we will assist you with this. Apologies for any inconvenience which this may cause."

Although a lot of people might not be too fussed about their breakfast lacking eggs, there's is still a large amount of Spoons customers who reckon that going egg-less is absolutely sinful.

Taking to social media to air their frustrations, one said: "Wetherspoons have run out of eggs. This is a serious issue affecting all of us."

Your full English won't include any eggs at the minute (Wetherspoons)

Another joked: "What a clucking liberty.”

A third complained: "Sad today that despite a sign about no eggs (when there is a Lidl directly opposite), [Wetherspoons] are charging the same."

And a fourth wrote: "First a Guinness shortage and now no eggs. What’s happening to the world?"

Well, that's a good question.

The shortages of the popular stout were down to 'exceptional consumer demand', but what's the craic with the ration on eggs?

Even though Wetherspoons is replacing the source of protein with a hash brown, customers want to know the reason behind why their breakfasts are being kiboshed.

A spokesperson for the pub chain explained that it's down to the recent outbreak of Avian flu in a statement shared with The Sun.

"We source some of our free range eggs from suppliers and farms based in Northern Ireland," Wetherspoons explained.

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"The recent outbreak of Avian flu has put pressure on egg availability with measures put in place by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to restrict the spread.

"We are working with all of our egg suppliers to reduce disruption in pubs."

LADbible has contacted Wetherspoons for further comment.

The NHS states that although bird flu is spread by close contact with an infected bird, dead or alive, you cannot catch it from 'eating fully cooked poultry or eggs, even in areas with an outbreak of bird flu'.

Around 64,000 birds are being culled in County Tyrone due to the burst in cases of Avian flu, the BBC reports, after the disease was first detected at the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute in Belfast.

Chief veterinary officer for Northern Ireland, Brian Dooher, urged bird owners - both 'backyard and commercial' - to take the necessary steps to protect their animals.

"This includes ensuring continuous excellent levels of biosecurity and adhering to all the requirements mandated under the avian influenza prevention zone (AIPZ)," he said.