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The Royal Red Robin Burger is topped with a fried egg.
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Inc. restaurants in Upstate New York and elsewhere announced yesterday they will serve only cage-free eggs by the end of next year.
Such competitors as Burger King and Wendy’s earlier said they will incorporate animal welfare and environmental policies in egg purchasing.
Red Robin says it worked with the Humane Society of the United States to develop its cage-free policy. It also is working with pork suppliers to phase in gestation crate-free pork at company locations, according to the Humane Society.
The society has campaigned against confined living spaces for hens and animals, and has criticized restaurant operators for supporting the practice it considers cruel and inhumane.
“The Humane Society of the Untied States applauds Red Robin for joining the national movement away from cruel battery cages,” said Paul Shapiro, senior director of the Humane Society’s factory farming campaign.
Red Robin expects to have approximately one-third of all its eggs purchased from suppliers who do not use battery cages by next month, the company said.
“We recognize that the elimination of battery cages in egg production has become increasingly important in the communities we serve,” said Susan Lintonsmith, senior vice president and chief marketing officer for Red Robin.
NOTES ON NAPKINS: The 6,600-unit Wendy’s chain this spring switched to cage-free eggs. ... The 32,000-unit McDonald’s chain said in May that it plans to work with animal welfare groups, academics and suppliers to study housing alternatives to hens, including cage-free setups. ... Go here to find the location of a Red Robin convenient to you.
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cage free eggs in California have increased in price by 3 x's. As the "give the animals more room" policy flys across the United States then you will see the price go to 5 times the current price. Farmers have to downsize to a fraction of there size because the "give them more room" means buying more land to build more barns to house fewer pigs or chickens. The people in the shadows of the HSUS who are bringing these laws are also bringing laws that will make it illegal for children to inherit from there parents. They also have a law that will make mandatory spy camerasin every home. Do we want this?
I never thought to link cage-free egg production with evil inheritance laws and spy cameras in the home. Must have missed those stories.
Skippy, your crazy and selfish and cruel
Give the animals enough room to stretch their limbs and walk for Christ's sake. God built his animals to be able to enjoy movement. Agribusiness lines their pockets at the expense of the basic animal welfare. The egg industry is being investigated for price fixing. And these laws will actuall lower the price for cage-free eggs.
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