A pair of burglars made away with hundreds of eggs, liquid egg products, bacon, ground beef and blueberries from a Seattle restaurant last week.

At around 4:45 a.m. Wednesday, two men got into a refrigerated shed at the Luna Park Cafe and stole the breakfast fare, including 540 eggs worth $387. In total, the suspects’ haul came out to $780, the Seattle Police Department said in a release Friday.

The theft was captured by a security camera. The restaurant’s owner eventually arrived at the scene and prompted the suspects to flee in the middle of a second raid on the shed.

“When I was there, I noticed a white van with two guys stealing stuff, including eggs from my walk-in that’s located outside of my restaurant. When I was trying to stop them, they kind of scrambled into the car and they fled the scene,” Luna Park Cafe owner Heong Soon Park told USA Today.

The theft came just days after suspects stole 100,000 organic eggs from the back of a distribution trailer at a facility in Pennsylvania owned by egg supplier Pete & Gerry’s. Those eggs were worth about $40,000.

Egg prices have risen amid the bird flu outbreak at egg-laying farms nationwide.

“Scamming and theft is generally rampant, but as eggs become the center of media attention because of avian flu and supply chain issues, I expect this kind of activity could become more prevalent,” Brian Moscogiuri, vice president of supplier Eggs Unlimited, told The Washington Times.

This year, 21.1 million egg-laying hens have been killed at facilities affected by the disease, according to data released Friday by the Agriculture Department.

As of December, the average price of a carton of one dozen grade A large eggs was $4.15, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

• Brad Matthews can be reached at bmatthews@washingtontimes.com.