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Major grocers pledge cage-free eggs by 2025

By Alberta Farmer Staff March 18, 2016

The grocery arm of the body for Canadian retailers has rolled out a 10-year plan to source the eggs its members sell from layer hens raised in “cage-free environments.” The grocer members of the Retail Council of Canada (RCC), which include Loblaw, Sobeys/Safeway, Metro and Wal-Mart Canada, said Friday they are “voluntarily committing to the […] Read more

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Egg farmers to phase out cage housing over 20 years

By Rod Nickel February 5, 2016

Winnipeg | Reuters — Canada’s egg farmers plan to replace conventional hen cages with more humane conditions over the next 20 years, amid growing pressure from consumers, restaurants and food companies. The plan — announced Friday by Egg Farmers of Canada, an industry group that manages nearly all of the country’s egg supply — comes […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

Subway to switch to cage-free eggs by 2025

By Reuters December 28, 2015

Reuters — Sandwich chain Subway said it would stop using eggs laid by caged hens in its North American outlets by 2025, joining a number of companies that are going cage-free amid pressure from consumers and animal-rights groups. Subway, which already serves eggs laid by free-range hens at its outlets in Europe and eggs laid […] Read more

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Nestle to switch to cage-free eggs in U.S. by 2020

By Anjali Athavaley December 22, 2015

New York | Reuters –– Nestle said Tuesday it will stop using eggs laid by caged hens in its U.S. products by 2020, making it the largest packaged food company to go cage-free amid pressure from consumers and animal-rights groups. The world’s largest food maker said it uses about 20 million pounds of eggs annually […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

McDonald’s cage-free egg pledge pressures farmers

By Rod Nickel, Tom Polansek September 22, 2015

Reuters — This month’s pledge by McDonald’s Corp. to phase out eggs laid by caged hens in its North American restaurants will increase competition for limited supplies of cage-free eggs. The ban, which follows similar moves by Burger King and food services company Sodexo, carries higher costs that may, at least initially, sting farmers. For […] Read more

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Major grocers pledge cage-free eggs by 2025

Egg farmers to phase out cage housing over 20 years

Subway to switch to cage-free eggs by 2025

Nestle to switch to cage-free eggs in U.S. by 2020

McDonald’s cage-free egg pledge pressures farmers

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