Supermarket giant Aldi will phase out
caged eggs by 2025 in a massive win for consumers.
Not exact matches
The company was told that if it publicly commited to
cage - free
eggs, then the narration would be spun in favor of Eggland's Best
by telling the audience that the
egg production company was making the effort to transition to
cage free; if not, it would be spun the other way.
That is why we released the video and are calling on Eggland's Best to stop supporting blatant animal abuse in its
egg supply chain
by committing to going 100 %
cage free.
Panera also said in its animal - welfare update that 21 % of its
eggs are now
cage - free and that it will be completely
cage - free
by 2020.
The coffee company, which is also known for its extensive breakfast menu, on Monday said that as an immediate step, one out of every 10
eggs it uses to make breakfast sandwiches in the U.S. would be
cage free
by the end of next year.
And in late March, Dunkin' Donuts announced a plan to up their current domestic commitment — 5 %
cage - free
eggs — to 10 %
by 2016, and to consider the feasibility of eventually going to a full 100 %.
The next month, it said it would switch all of its shell
eggs (the whole
eggs most consumers are familiar with) to
cage - free
by July 2014.
Cage - free systems give hens more room to move around but also result in higher feed costs, lower
egg production per bird, increased cannibalism among the flock and greater vulnerability to diseases, according to a report
by agricultural consultant Promar International.
Ben & Jerry's Vermont ice cream maker, owned
by Unilever, uses locally sourced dairy and
cage - free
eggs.
Easterbrook, who has vowed to remake McDonald's as a «modern, progressive burger company,» has been taking steps to bolster the taste and quality of McDonald's food
by using butter instead of margarine on
Egg McMuffins and switching to
cage - free
eggs and chicken from animals raised with fewer antibiotics.
Starbucks is committed to working with our suppliers toward our goal to use 100 %
cage - free
eggs in company - operated stores
by 2020.
COLES will stop selling company branded pork, ham and bacon from pigs kept in crammed stalls as well as company branded
caged eggs from January, meeting a commitment
by the company to phase out the factory farming practices a year early.
A report
by consumer group Choice found the average cost of
cage eggs was 43 cents per 100g, while the cost of barn - laid
eggs was 80 cents and free - range
eggs 93 cents.
The change will mean a rise in
egg prices, with
caged eggs being the cheapest option, but is expected to be applauded
by animal rights groups and ethical consumers.
Unilever recently adopted a policy to convert 100 percent of its
eggs to
cage - free, including the 350 million
eggs used annually
by Hellmann's mayonnaise.
California and Michigan have passed laws to outlaw the
cage confinement of hens, and California passed a law requiring all whole
eggs used in the state to be
cage - free
by 2015.
The company plans to start its conversion
by phasing more than a million
cage - free
eggs into its products, sparing nearly 4,000 birds each year from being crammed inside tiny
cages that provide each hen less space than a sheet of paper to spend her entire life.
«
By pledging to use some
cage - free
eggs, Otis Spunkmeyer has taken an important step away from one of the worst abuses of farm animals,» said Matthew Prescott, outreach director of The HSUS» factory farming campaign.
HSUS undercover investigators have exposed the suffering of hens in battery
cages on factory farms run
by many of the nation's
egg companies, including Cal - Maine Foods, the largest U.S.
egg producer, Rose Acre and Rembrandt Foods, the second - and third - largest
egg producers, Kreider Farms and Costco supplier Hillandale Farms.
«
By starting to use
eggs from hens not confined in cruel battery
cages and pork from pigs not crammed into tiny gestation crates, Sonic has taken an important first step forward for animal welfare,» said Paul Shapiro, senior director of The HSUS» factory farming campaign.
This year alone, there will be 15 million fewer
egg - laying hens in battery
cages, and
by 2025, nearly all of the laying hens in the U.S. will be raised
cage - free.
The farmer cooperative run
by Amish in rural Wisconsin since 2010 has been working together with an Internet business, Tropical Traditions (now Healthy Traditions), to market their
eggs from
cage - free chickens fed a specially developed feed that contains no soy, no corn, and ingredients that are tested to be free from GMOs and the herbicide glyphosate.
Most
eggs are produced
by hens raised in battery
cages, which are so cramped they force the animals into unhealthy behaviors.
It's been a most victorious year for
egg - laying hens — at least, the ones who will be laying
eggs in 2025 — the deadline set
by most major supermarkets and leading fast food chains including McDonald's, to transition away from tiny and cramped battery
cages, the
egg industry norm for more than a half - century.
«The company should be applauded for taking animal welfare seriously
by purchasing
cage - free
eggs, and we hope others in the food industry follow its lead.»
As an immediate step, 10 percent of all
eggs sourced for its breakfast sandwiches in the U.S. will be
cage - free
by the end of next year.
We set a goal to source 5 percent
cage - free
eggs by 2013, an accomplishment we are proud to have achieved.
Additionally, California recently enacted a law requiring that all whole
eggs sold statewide be
cage - free
by 2015.
As part of our commitment to ethical sourcing, and following our discussions with The Humane League, we have pledged that any
eggs used as a constituent ingredient in our supply chain will be
cage - free and / or free range
by 2019.
The three new vegetarian breakfast burritos are inspired
by global flavors and are protein packed with
cage - free
eggs,
egg whites or plant - based proteins and organic vegetables.
New Simply Delicious Cookie Dough
by Nestlé ® Toll House ® is made with high - quality ingredients like real butter,
cage - free
eggs and 100 % real chocolate.
Initially all hotels in the Hilton Hotels & Resorts, Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts, Conrad Hotels & Resorts, Canopy
by Hilton and DoubleTree
by Hilton brands will be required to switch all
egg usage to
cage - free
by December 31, 2017, ensuring that chickens are not confined in
cages.
Royal Caribbean has commited itself to providing its guests with 100 %
cage - free
eggs and sourcing all of its pork from gestation - free crates
by 2022.
«
By moving to 100 percent
cage - free
eggs we are not only delivering quality food, but acting responsibly when it comes to the welfare of animals in the food system,» said Mike Jones, Vice President, Supply Chain, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd..
All Waitrose
eggs are laid
by free - range hens; none of our
eggs are supplied through
caged or barn systems.
The integrity of the process undertaken
by the NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) was put into question after research
by animal welfare scientists was distorted
by the drafting group to appear in favour of conventional
caged egg production.
In support of its Vision To Be the Best Food Company, Growing a Better World, The Kraft Heinz Company released its inaugural corporate social responsibility (CSR) report, which reveals the global food company's CSR strategy and goals and announces a new commitment to transition to 100 percent
cage - free
eggs in all global operations
by 2025.
Sheetz, one of America's fastest - growing family - owned and operated convenience retailers, today announced a goal of committing to the sale of only
cage - free
eggs in its stores
by 2025.
While there is still work to be done across the industry to increase supply, we are committed to working with our partners toward sourcing 100 %
cage - free
eggs in the U.S.
by 2020 and global markets
by 2025.
Coles has pledged to phase out sow stalls for their entire range of home - brand pork, bacon and ham and
cage eggs from their home brands
by 2013.
In big news for laying hens, as part of the Open Wing Alliance, Animals Australia helps convince General Mills — one of the world's largest food companies — to go
cage -
egg - free
by 2025!
IRVINE, Calif., NOV. 16, 2015 — Taco Bell ® today extended its long - standing promise to delivering quality food at great value
by announcing that 100 % of its more than 6,000 U.S. corporate and franchise - owned restaurants will exclusively serve
cage - free
eggs by December 31, 2016.
Taco Bell's
eggs will be verified as «American Humane Certified» based on
cage - free
egg production standards set
by the American Humane Association.
Rising consumer awareness during this time has led the pig industry to voluntarily restrict the use of sow stalls, and has underpinned moves
by retailers to shift away from
cage eggs as well as pork / bacon / ham that has been produced in facilities that confine mother pigs in sow stalls.
Switching to 100 percent
cage - free
eggs by the end of 2016 is a tremendous commitment that will quickly improve the lives of countless animals and further cement the future of
egg production as being one without
cages,» said Josh Balk, Senior Food Policy Director, The Humane Society of the United States.
When we committed to serving 100 percent whole
cage - free
eggs in all U.S. Taco Bell restaurants, we said we'd do it
by the end of 2016.
Animals Australia has welcomed the recent announcement
by Coles that its Coles brand pork, ham and bacon products will be «sow stall free»
by 2013 and that its Coles brand
eggs range will no longer include
cage eggs.
INDUSTRY DEFINITIONS & FINDINGS: HR 3798 Legislation, written and supported
by both the United
Egg Producers (UEP) and the Humane Society of the US (HSUS), and introduced in the last Congress, defines «Free Range» as: «(1) «Eggs from free - range hens» to indicate that the egg - laying hens from which the eggs or egg products were derived were, during egg production ----(A) not housed in caging devices; and (B) provided with outdoor access.&raq
Egg Producers (UEP) and the Humane Society of the US (HSUS), and introduced in the last Congress, defines «Free Range» as: «(1) «
Eggs from free - range hens» to indicate that the
egg - laying hens from which the eggs or egg products were derived were, during egg production ----(A) not housed in caging devices; and (B) provided with outdoor access.&raq
egg - laying hens from which the
eggs or
egg products were derived were, during egg production ----(A) not housed in caging devices; and (B) provided with outdoor access.&raq
egg products were derived were, during
egg production ----(A) not housed in caging devices; and (B) provided with outdoor access.&raq
egg production ----(A) not housed in
caging devices; and (B) provided with outdoor access.»
Also, if you miss out on the local
eggs, the «free roaming»
cage free
eggs by Nest Fresh, really do get to go outside.
They have a goal to transition all of its recipes to 100 percent
cage - free
eggs by 2020.