Same as M & S and Waitrose - all own brand products contain free range eggs
Harvey Nichols
Only free range eggs used in own brand products
Waitrose
All own brand shell eggs are free range. Their chilled and frozen products contain free range egg and they only have about 5% of their products yet to convert to free range egg content (please check the label). They have the same policy in their restaurants. They have committed to going fully free range by early 2009. www.waitrose.com
Sainsburys
They have committed to selling only non caged hen produced shell eggs by 2010 and on converting own brand products to free range by 2012. They have a free range shell egg and egg product policy in their restaurants. The ‘Taste the difference’ range is free range and their Organic woodland eggs are produced by hens living with the cover of tree’s. www.sainsburys.co.uk
The Co-op
They sell only free range own brand shell eggs, use clearly labelling on their products to show the egg source Committed to only using free range eggs in their own brand products by 2010! www.co-op.co.uk
Morrisons
They will sell only free range ‘own label’ shell eggs by 2010 and they use only free range egg in their‘the Best’ range. www.morrisons.co.uk
Asda
Although Asda has no policy in place to stop selling eggs from a caged source they have gained one point for using only free range egg in vegetarian products and in their ‘Extra Special’ range and do intend to extend the use of free range eggs in all own brand products. They haven’t specified a date. www.asda.co.uk
Somerfield
Somerfield will continue to sell eggs from a caged hen source and have no changes to policy planned for shell eggs or products. www.somerfield.co.uk
Tesco
Tesco will continue to sell eggs from a caged hen source and have no changes to policy planned for shell egg or products. www.tesco.com
Our supermarket table awarding stars according
to their level of ‘hen friendliness’.
Please support those supermarkets that sell products
using only free range eggs and take the time to tell
a member of staff that is why you choose to shop there
or fill in a customer comments form so you can be sure
that management get to hear your views.
Talking
about battery hens is one of the best ways to enlist
more support, tell your family, friends and work colleagues
that they too can help take a battery hen out of her
cage simply by selecting products that use eggs from
welfare friendly sources.
Of course, those of our supporters
who offer free range retirement to some ex-bats have
the perfect excuse to spread the word about their feathered
family members; in fact left to their own devices,
the hens will do a pretty good PR job themselves!
Drop a line
There
are many ways in which you can help battery hens by
writing to:
Your local MP (download template)
Your local supermarket (download template)
Food manufacturers (download template)
Try using one of the templates above, but please
remember to always make your letters polite and ask
for a response too, that way they have to consider
your letter more seriously.
If you have any queries or suggestions relating to consumer issues, please contact Jayne.Cox@bhwt.org.uk
Illustrations by Lisa Pope - Photographs by kind permission of Sarah Willans & Colin Seddon - 2009 Copyright Battery Hen Welfare Trust
Battery Hen Welfare Trust
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Talking
about battery hens is one of the best ways to enlist
more support, tell your family, friends and work colleagues
that they too can help take a battery hen out of her
cage simply by selecting products that use eggs from
welfare friendly sources.
There
are many ways in which you can help battery hens by
writing to:
