Walmart commits to selling cage-free eggs only by 2025

Grocery giant Walmart has committed to selling cage-free eggs only by 2025; requiring all of their shelled egg suppliers to comply with United Egg Producers Animal Husbandry Guidelines and urging them to improve hen health with better breeding practices. Kathleen McLaughlin, chief sustainability officer at Walmart stated that this is part of the company’s effort to provide more transparency with customers about how their food is grown and raised.

The United Egg Producers trade group estimated that only six to eight percent of hens in the United States are raised cage-free. Currently, 95% of eggs sold in the United States come …read more