May 28, 2007

Two of top four UK supermarket chains pledge support for cage-free eggs

Calls are going out to the top two remaining supermarket chains still selling eggs from chickens in battery cages to go cage-free.

Out of four of the UK's top supermarket chains, two have already pledged to reduce the sale of their battery eggs.

Tesco and ASDA, are the ones still holding out after Morrisons announced it would sell only cage-free own-brand eggs by 2010.

The move was applauded by Compassion in World Farming, an animal charity group who recently secured a commitment from Sainsbury's, the UK's third biggest retailer, to go cage-free before 2012.

Compassion in World Farming is pressing the two to reconsider their current policy.