UK retailer The Co-operative Group has today (4 February) announced a ban on the sale of eggs from caged hens from all its stores with immediate effect.
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This action follows the results of a six-month consultation programme with members and customers on the ongoing development of a food ethical policy launched last September.
As a result of the programme, the ban means all eggs on sale at the Co-op stores are now free range or organic.
Peter Marks, chief executive, said: “Our members have endorsed our ethical approach to business and provided us with some real challenges going forward. We have listened to what they have had to say and are taking action in key priority areas now and not at some far off or unspecified point in the future.
“A large number said that animal welfare was a priority and as a result we’re banning, with immediate effect, the sale of all caged eggs within our stores.”
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By GlobalDataThe Co-op is also becoming the first UK retailer to convert its entire own-brand hot beverage products, worth over GBP16m (US$31.6m) annually, to Fairtrade.
