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“Costco is committed to going cage-free for its egg procurement …In calendar 2016 we expect to sell
over one billion cage free eggs. We are working with our suppliers toward a complete and sustainable
transition to a cage-free supply chain.” Dec. 2, 2015 “ALDI Working with Suppliers
Toward 2025 Goal of a 100 Percent Cage-Free Shell
Egg Supply Chain.” March 10, 2016
“Albertsons Companies…will be working with its suppliers toward a goal of sourcing only cage-free eggs for its store operations by
2025.” March 1, 2016
“Delhaize America…will
work with suppliers to reach a 100
percent cage-free shell egg assortment by 2025.” March 2,
2016
RETAILERS 7-Eleven Ahold Albertson’s Co. Aldi Alex Lee Bashas’ BI-LO BJ’s Wholesale Brookshire Grocery Costco CVS Delhaize Dollar General Dollar Tree./Family Dollar Earth Fare Fairway Giant Eagle Gelson’s Harvey’s H-E-B Ingles Markets King Kullen Kings Food Markets Kroger Loblaw
Lowe’s Supermarket Meijer Metro Price Chopper Price Chopper (Missouri) Raley’s Save Mart Smart & Final Sobeys SpartanNash Sprouts Stater Bros. SUPERVALU Target The Fresh Market Tops Friendly Markets Trader Joe’s Wakefern Food Walgreens Walmart (US/Canada) Wawa Wegman’s Weis Markets Whole Foods Winn-Dixie Winco Foods
Woodman’s Markets RESTAURANTS A&W Canada Applebee’s Au Bon Pain BJ’s Restaurants Bloomin’ Brands Bob Evans Boston Pizza Brinker (Chili’s) Burger King Cara (Swiss Chalet) Caribou Coffee Carl’s Jr. Cheesecake Factory Chick-fil-A Cracker Barrel Darden Denny’s Dunkin’ Donuts Einstein Brothers Golden Corral Hardee’s HMS Host IHOP
Jack in the Box Krispy Kreme Krystal Le Pain Quotidien McDonald’s MTY Group Noodles & Co. P.F. Chang’s Panera Bread Qdoba Quiznos Red Robin Ruby Tuesday Shake Shack Shoney’s Sonic Starbucks Subway Taco Bell Taco John’s TGI Friday’s The Second Cup Tim Hortons Wendy’s White Castle
EGG PRODUCERS Gemperle Farms Hickman’s Rembrandt Foods Rose Acre S&R Egg Farm FOOD SERVICE Aramark Bon Appétit Mgmt. Co. Centerplate Compass Group Delaware North Sodexo CPG COMPANIES Barilla Campbell Soup ConAgra Foods Flowers Foods General Mills Grupo Bimbo Hershey Hood Kellogg’s Kraft Heinz
Mars, Inc. Mondelez Otis Spunkmeyer PepsiCo Nestle Schwan’s Snyder’s-Lance Unilever HOSPITALITY/TRAVEL Carnival Corp. Disney Parks & Cruises Hilton Hyatt Marriott Norwegian Cruise Lines Royal Caribbean Starwood Hotels & Resorts Virgin America Wyndham Worldwide
“Kroger’s goal is to transition to a 100% cage-free egg supply chain by 2025.” March 2, 2016
Though countless companies use cage-free eggs, below are the major companies going 100% cage-free.
“Walmart U.S. and Sam’s Club U.S. today announced their goal to transition to a 100
percent cage-free egg supply chain by 2025.” April 5, 2016
“McDonald’s…will fully transition to cage-free eggs for its nearly 16,000
restaurants in the U.S. and Canada over the next 10 years.” Sept. 9, 2015
“DineEquity… today announced plans to serve 100 percent
cage-free eggs across both brands in
domestic restaurants no later than 2025.”
Feb. 18, 2016
“Target announces national transition to 100% cage-free shell
eggs by 2025.” Jan. 20, 2016
“Our mission to use 100% cage-free eggs by 2020 is in full
swing.” (source)
“H-E-B will continue to work closely with suppliers to
move toward 100% cage-free eggs by 2025.” April 18, 2016
“100% of [our] more than 6,000 U.S. corporate and franchise-owned restaurants will exclusively serve cage-free eggs by December 31, 2016.” Nov. 16, 2015
“Dunkin’ Donuts… to source 100
percent cage-free eggs for eggs used in its U.S. menu by
2025.” Dec. 7, 2015
“Kraft Heinz to Source 100% Cage-Free Eggs in North America by 2025.” March 1, 2016
“Bon Appétit was the first restaurant company to
make a national commitment to cage-free shell eggs [in 2005] and in
2012, we vowed to expand this commitment to pre-
cracked (liquid) eggs by the end of 2015.” Feb. 21, 2012
“Bob Evans… will serve only 100 percent
cage-free eggs by 2025.”
Jan. 27, 2016
“The transition to cage-free…
will be completed
across its 30,000 North American
locations by 2025.”
Dec. 28, 2015
“Mondelēz… will fully transition to cage free eggs in
the U.S. & Canada by 2020 and in
Europe by 2025.” Jan. 15, 2016
“RBI is committed to transitioning to 100% cage-free
eggs globally—and will accomplish that goal for our U.S.,
Canadian, and Mexican Tim Hortons and Burger King
locations by 2025.” Feb. 1, 2016
“Nestlé…will transition to using
only cage-free eggs in all of its U.S. food products within the
next five years.” Dec. 22, 2015
“A slew of grocery members of the Retail Council of Canada, including Loblaw, Metro, Sobeys,
Walmart and others have joined a growing list of merchants saying they plan to offer only cage-free
eggs by the end of 2025.” March 18, 2016
“Raley’s… will transition all private-label eggs to
cage-free by July, 2016…In addition, Raley’s has set a goal of sourcing only cage-free eggs for all
other brands by 2020.” March 24, 2016
“SUPERVALU to Transition to 100 Percent Cage-Free Eggs at Its Grocery Retail Banners
by 2025.” March 29, 2016
“All the eggs we sell in western states [will] come from cage-free suppliers by 2020 and
all the eggs we sell nationally to come
from cage-free suppliers by 2025.”
Feb. 12, 2016
“Meijer is setting a goal
to sell only eggs sourced
from cage-free farms by the year 2025.” April 1, 2016
“Denny's … announced its commitment to sourcing and serving 100 percent
cage-free eggs in all of its U.S. restaurants by 2026.”
Jan. 14, 2016
“Our goal is to be 100% cage free overall by 2022.” Feb. 23, 2016
“Aramark will purchase only cage-free eggs in the U.S.
by 2020.” March 12, 2015
“Our goal is to use cage free eggs in
all breakfast sandwiches by 2020. We will transition our carton eggs to cage free by
2018.” March 1, 2016
“We will… move toward 100% cage-
free production by
2025.” April 19, 2016
“Alex Lee Announces Goal to Transition to Cage-Free Eggs
by 2025.” April 21, 2016
“7-Eleven Sets Goal for 100% Cage-Free Eggs
By 2025.” May 3, 2016
“100% cage-free eggs for products in U.S. by 2020.” May 6, 2016
“By the end of 2016, all eggs served at Walt
Disney Parks and Resorts and the Disney Cruise Line in the U.S. will be
cage free.” April 16, 2016
“Wendy's… will transition to 100 percent cage-free eggs
in its U.S. and Canadian locations by 2020.”
Jan. 4, 2016
“Price Chopper and Market 32… will
work with its suppliers to reach a 100 percent cage-
free egg offering by 2025.” May 9, 2016
“Sodexo specifically announced that it will…extend its previous commitments to source all of its shell eggs from cage-free
systems by now moving to source all of its liquid eggs solely from cage- free hens by
the end of 2020.” Feb. 19, 2015
“Southeastern Grocers…has committed to converting 100 percent of its private label eggs to cage-free during 2017, and...the remainder of eggs sold by 2025.” April 15, 2016
“Compass Group…is proud to announce a major policy expansion
to its already existing cage-free shell egg policy to include the
purchase of liquid eggs from cage-free sources by the end of 2019.”
March 16, 2015
“Walgreens is committed to providing 100 percent cage-free shell and liquid eggs to stores nationwide by 2025.”
March 30, 2016
“Arby’s is moving to cage-free eggs at its system-wide
United States restaurants with a target for full transition by 2020.”
Dec. 9, 2015
“Barilla has decided to progressively phase it out from the supply chain by exclusively using cage-free eggs
within 2020.” Oct. 23, 2015
“All eggs available at Whole Foods Market stores are cage-free. And, all eggs used in our kitchens and bakeries are cage-free
too!” Jan. 2005
“We have committed to offering exclusively cage-free eggs in all stores by 2020.” Dec. 14, 2015
“Darden has made a
commitment to source 100% of all egg products from cage-free housing systems by 2018.”
March 30, 2016
“Noodles & Co. already
uses cage-free eggs system
wide.” (Source)
“Hilton brands will be…cage-
free by 31 December
2017.” April 6, 2015
“The parent company of Outback Steakhouse, Carrabba's Italian Grill, Bonefish Grill and Fleming's Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar today
announced that it will transition to 100% cage-free eggs for its U.S. restaurants by
2025.” February 22, 2016
“We commit to working toward
100 percent cage free eggs for our
U.S. operations by 2025.”
Nov. 27, 2015
“ConAgra Targets 100 Percent Cage-Free Egg
Supply By 2025.” Jan. 18, 2016
“Chick-fil-A, Inc. announced today the
company’s plan to source 100 percent cage-free eggs over the next 10 years.”
March 9, 2016
“We are committed to
working with our suppliers toward
our goal to be 100% cage-free by 2020.” Oct. 1, 2015
“Cracker Barrel will transition to 100%
cage-free eggs across its entire supply chain
over the next 10 years.” Feb. 15, 2016
“The company will consistently increase
its percentage of cage-free eggs each year and reach 100
percent by the end of 2025.” April 4, 2016
“Giant Eagle has announced a
commitment to transition to a 100
percent cage-free egg supply chain by 2025.”
April 8, 2016
“SpartanNash… plans to transition to selling 100 percent cage-free
eggs at its 160 grocery retail stores by 2025 or sooner.”
April 11, 2016
“TGI Fridays has set a goal to source
only cage-free eggs throughout its US supply chain by no later than 2025.”
Oct. 29, 2015
“We are also making a commitment to source
exclusively cage-free eggs throughout our U.S and
Canadian operations no later than 2025.” April 14, 2016
“We are pleased to announce our plans to source 100% of our eggs locally from chickens in cage free housing by 2025.”
April 19, 2016
“Price Chopper announced
Tuesday that it is working to ensure that
only cage-free eggs are sold in
its stores by 2025.”
April 19, 2016
“Cage-free egg production will become the company’s standard…We welcome the growing movement of
major food companies switching exclusively to cage-free eggs. With a reasonable timeline, we can meet
any demand, and we’re eager to move our clients into the cage-free future.” Oct. 13, 2015
“Kellogg announced today its plans to build on its
commitment to animal welfare by sourcing only cage-free eggs
for its foods…by the end of 2025.” Oct. 29, 2015
“Panera intends to move to 100 percent cage-free
eggs in U.S. Panera Bread and St. Louis
Bread Co. bakery-cafe food menus by 2020.”
Nov. 5, 2015
“In the current direction towards cage-free and organic (eggs), we
expect to be fully converted before 2024.” March 21, 2016
“Campbell is developing plans to transition to exclusive use of cage-
free eggs in its supply chain….no later than 2025.” Jan. 15, 2016
“100% of our shell egg purchases are currently cage-free eggs. We plan to transition 100% of all our egg
purchases to cage-free by 2025.” March 9, 2016
“First, the company announced that it will become fully cage-free in the
supply of eggs for its menu by 2017.” Jan. 21, 2013
“We have committed to transition our egg supply to 100% cage-free
eggs in all U.S. restaurants by 2025.” Jan. 29, 2016
“A&W Food Services of Canada Inc. announces today a major commitment to become the first national quick service restaurant in Canada to serve eggs from hens
raised in better cage-free housing. It expects to achieve this goal within two years.” March 10, 2016
“HMSHost will move toward cage-free eggs…across the United States
by 2025.” March 14, 2016
“We have informed our egg suppliers of our expectation that they transition the majority of our egg supply to cage-free by 2020, and to fully transition to cage-free eggs by 2025.” Nov. 11, 2015
“We are committed to working with our
suppliers…toward a goal of a 100% cage-free egg
offering by 2025.” Feb. 18, 2016
“BJ’s…will transition its entire supply of whole, shell eggs from cage-free farms sold at its more than 210 warehouses
by 2022...Additionally, BJ’s plans to source its pre-cracked, liquid eggs from cage-free farms by 2025.” Feb. 9, 2016
“We will work with suppliers to transition to a 100% cage-free egg assortment by 2022.” March 22, 2016
“Shoney's…today announced its commitment to serve 100 percent cage-free eggs in all of its
restaurants by 2025.” March 23, 2016
“Bashas’ Family of Stores, has committed to being 100% cage-free in all of the grocery store formats it operates by
2025.” March 23, 2016
“Second Cup Coffee Co. is… switching to 100
percent cage-free eggs in its entire supply
chain by 2020.” March 28, 2016
“Boston Pizza is proud to announce our commitment to sourcing 100 per cent cage-free eggs in all of our Canadian restaurants by 2025.” March 16, 2016
“MTY is working with our suppliers towards our goal to transition
to 100% cage-free eggs by 2025.” March 14, 2016
“Ingles' goal is to have 100% of both the shell
and liquid eggs it sells come from cage-free hens
by 2025.” April 4, 2016
“It is our goal to source
100 percent cage-free, fresh eggs
for our ShopRite, Price Rite and The
Fresh Grocer stores by
2025.” April 22, 2016
“The Cheesecake Factory is committed to
sourcing 100% cage-free eggs for all
domestic restaurant and bakery operations.”
July 28, 2015
“Cage free is just the next logical step in providing eggs to our markets and comfort for our hens…It’s the future
of our industry and our business.” Sept. 15, 2015
“Marcus Rust, chief executive of Rose Acre …said, his closely held company decided that every facility it builds or refurbishes
will lack cages.” March 11, 2015
“Taco John’s…will switch to 100
percent cage-free eggs for its almost 400 locations in 27
states by 2025.” Jan. 20, 2016
“Marriott International is directing suppliers to use only cage-free eggs and liquid egg products for
any Marriott International egg specifications by 2015.” Jan. 22, 2013
“Delaware North…will source 100% of its eggs from cage-free hens by the second quarter of 2016.” Oct. 22, 2015
“We’re…transitioning to the use of cage-free eggs for our final two menu
items by the end of 2016…At that point, our entire menu will exclusively
use cage-free eggs.” Dec. 17, 2015
“White Castle is proud to announce that 100% of the eggs it sources each year will come
from cage-free hens by 2025.” Jan. 29, 2016
“P.F. Chang’s to source cage-free eggs in all U.S. restaurant locations by 2025.”
Jan. 29, 2016
“To offer 100% cage-free eggs in all Caribou Coffee stores by 2020 underscores our commitment to
serving the best quality eggs.” Dec. 14, 2015
“Starwood plans to source 100% of its
eggs from cage-free chickens by 2020.
Many of our hotels already use cage-free eggs.” Feb. 1, 2016
“A number of Cara's brands will begin using only 100% cage-free eggs in 2016, with all brands transitioning by 2020.” Feb. 4, 2016
“Leading hospitality provider
announces expansion of cage-free egg policy to
include liquid eggs by 2020.”
March 23, 2015
“We will continue to work with our suppliers until we
achieve 100% cage-free shell eggs…within 10 years.” Feb. 18, 2016
“Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings plans to
transition to the exclusive use of cage-free eggs
throughout its fleet supply chain by 2025.”
Jan. 15, 2016
“Carnival… will switch to 100 percent cage-
free eggs across all of its brands
by 2025.” Dec. 21, 2015
“Sonic Corp… will serve
100% cage-free egg
products in its restaurants by
2025.” Feb. 1, 2016
“Hyatt Hotels is switching to 100%
Cage Free eggs.” April 5, 2012
“Otis Spunkmeyer Launches Conversion to Cage-Free Eggs.” April 5, 2016
“All of our eggs are organic.” (Source)
“Flowers Foods plans to source only cage-
free eggs for its foods by the end of 2025.”
Dec. 14, 2015
“Woodman’s will exclusively sell cage-free
eggs by 2025.” April 26, 2016
“The Schwan Food Company today announced plans to
switch its supply chain to 100 percent cage-free eggs by the end of 2020.” Feb. 29, 2016
“WinCo Foods is proud to announce that we will carry
only cage-free eggs by 2025.” April 25, 2016
“Krystal… is proud to announce today a
commitment to switch 100% of the eggs in its supply chain to cage-
free by 2026.” Feb. 23, 2016
“Dollar General Announces Goal of Selling 100 Percent Cage-Free Eggs by 2025.”
May 5, 2016
“Dollar Tree is committed to working toward a goal of 100% cage-free eggs by the end of 2025.” April 28, 2016
“We are committed to working with our egg
suppliers to evaluate the industry’s capacity to
provide cage-free eggs and are working toward
using 100% cage-free eggs.” (Source)
“We're excited about our progress towards a supply
chain in which all of our eggs are cage-free eggs.”
May 25, 2009
“Virgin America understands that animal welfare and
sustainability are increasingly important to travelers, which is why we're proud to exclusively feature cage-free eggs on our in-flight menu.” Oct. 11 2010
“To ensure that our business practices support the ethical and humane treatment of animals, we will expand PepsiCo's use of 100%
cage-free eggs to North America by 2020 and the remainder of PepsiCo's global egg procurement by 2025.” March 28, 2016
“'Our goal is to convert our egg category to be 100 percent cage-
free by 2026.” March 29, 2016
“We are committing to using 100% cage-free eggs for all of our human food products in the U.S., Canada and Australia
by 2020.” Feb. 8, 2016
“Grupo Bimbo, the leading global baking and food company, will… develop a cage-free egg supply
chain, starting in 2016 and completing the complete
transition by 2025.” Dec. 3, 2015
“Stater Bros. Markets to Transition to Cage Free Eggs by 2025.” March 30, 2016
“We will work with our supplier partners to
transition to only offer customers cage-free eggs by
2025.” April 2, 2016
“Krispy Kreme Doughnuts today announced it is transitioning to 100 percent cage-free eggs – a
process it expects to complete by 2026.” April 4, 2016
“We are committed to the goal of sourcing cage-free eggs exclusively throughout our
supply chain by 2025.” April 4, 2016
“Because of our commitment to corporate responsibility and the humane treatment of animals,
Earth Fare will no longer sell eggs from caged birds.” August 2005
“The cruise company is
committing to 100 percent cage-free
eggs by 2022.” Dec. 3, 2015
“Lowe’s… is committed to buying only cage-
free eggs by the end of 2025.” April 5, 2016
“We are dedicated to sourcing 100% cage-free shell and liquid eggs for our KINGS OWN Eggs brand by the end of 2016. We are also committed to only offering cage free shell
and liquid eggs by 2025.” April 5, 2015
“We’re also committed to sourcing only cage-free eggs
by 2025.” April 5, 2016
“King Kullen is proud to commit to selling only cage-free eggs by 2025.” April 7, 2016
“Quiznos plans to complete the transition
to 100 percent cage-free eggs by 2025, with a goal of reaching that
objective by 2022.” Jan. 7, 2016
“The company projects that close to 90% of its packaged egg sales will be cage-free by next year, with available eggs
exclusively cage-free by 2020.” April 8, 2016
“Brookshire's announced Tuesday it will make a transition to 100% cage-free eggs due to increasing
customer requests. The change will happen over a 9-year period.” April 12, 2016
“The Fresh Market…will work with its suppliers to reach a 100 percent cage-free shell egg offering for its stores
by 2020.” March 8, 2016
“S&R has established a goal of switching all of its hens to cage-free—something it aims to accomplish by 2025.”
April 26, 2016
“The Company…is transitioning to cage-free eggs for all Wyndham Hotel Group owned
and managed properties in North America by the end of 2018.” May 6, 2016
“BJ's Restaurant and Brewhouse is committed to sourcing 100% cage-free eggs
by 2025.” May 12, 2016