Battery eggs at Sainsburys again

[jimred]

Just red in a newspaper that they are selling battery eggs again after the hype with Jamie Oliver etc

the reason, shortage of free range eggs due to the cold weather-sad or what

I have to admit my Girls have slowed down to nil!

That only leaves the Co-Op and Waitrose not selling them

[Snadger]

Money is their God!

[Suechooks]

Marks and Spencer?

[Caro]

Not wanting to start an argument

But is it fair to blame the supermarket? If people didn't buy the battery eggs, the supermarket wouldn't sell them. Surely they're only providing what their customers want? We should "blame" the consumer?

(And no, I have no connection to any supermarket, and no, I never buy battery farmed anything!)

[Seahorse]

Could you cite a reference please jimred? I shall certainly be complaining (and voting with the not insubstantial amount that I pay Mr Sainsbury on a regular basis) if I have any proof - but Google isn't offering me anything?

[Snadger]

Not wanting to start an argument

But is it fair to blame the supermarket? If people didn't buy the battery eggs, the supermarket wouldn't sell them. Surely they're only providing what their customers want? We should "blame" the consumer?

(And no, I have no connection to any supermarket, and no, I never buy battery farmed anything!)

Money is their God!

[Hilary B]

Money is their God!

Business (which includes money as a major element) is the reason supermarkets exist. If there were no customers buying, there wouldn't be any reason to sell battery eggs, and if Sainsbury's didn't have eggs on the shelves, customers would go buy battery eggs in ASDA or some other less fussy shop.
I wouldn't buy any non-free-range eggs (except by mistake, like in the greengrocer's a few months back where I didn't read the box until I got home), but there are plenty for whom the low price is all that matters.

[jimred]

Could you cite a reference please jimred? I shall certainly be complaining (and voting with the not insubstantial amount that I pay Mr Sainsbury on a regular basis) if I have any proof - but Google isn't offering me anything?

i cant remember which paper it was (one of the locals) but have a look at:

Battery Eggs in Sainsburys - Allotment and Vegetable Gardening

thanks

jim

[Snadger]

Business (which includes money as a major element) is the reason supermarkets exist. If there were no customers buying, there wouldn't be any reason to sell battery eggs, and if Sainsbury's didn't have eggs on the shelves, customers would go buy battery eggs in ASDA or some other less fussy shop.
I wouldn't buy any non-free-range eggs (except by mistake, like in the greengrocer's a few months back where I didn't read the box until I got home), but there are plenty for whom the low price is all that matters.

My point exactly.........some other supermarket was benefitting from there moral stance so in the name of profit, battery eggs are being sold again and morals go out the window!

Money is their God!

[Hilary B]

My point exactly.........some other supermarket was benefitting from there moral stance so in the name of profit, battery eggs are being sold again and morals go out the window!

Money is their God!

Those of us who are self employed realise that a business can't afford to TOTALLY ignore the profit motive, a business the size of Sainsbury's least of all. The customers who go elsewhere because there are NO eggs on the shelves won't be coming back once they reappear. To keep customers, they have to keep basic goods in stock ALL the time. If they can't get 'proper' eggs, they will sell any eggs, or lose business permanently, and go bust, which won't do anything for the chooks in the long term.
It's the customers who need convincing that they would rather use less eggs when free range are not avaliable.

[MaureenHall]

If Sainsbury's ARE selling battery eggs because of the short supply of Free Range, I hope they'll stop when the Free Range is back up to production ............................... but I fear they won't

[Two_Sheds]

It's the customers who need convincing that they would rather use less eggs when free range are not avaliable.

The general public still doesn't know the difference between FR and battery. Your typical Asda customer doesn't watch Jamie Oliver.

Wouldn't it be brave of Sainsbury to put a notice up, to the effect that "we are sorry about the shortage of FR eggs. While we don't condone battery production, we realise that some customers would rather have battery eggs than no eggs"

Contact us - Sainsbury’s

[HeyWayne]

I have a solution.

Powdered eggs.

Worked before.

[Hilary B]

The general public still doesn't know the difference between FR and battery. Your typical Asda customer doesn't watch Jamie Oliver.

Wouldn't it be brave of Sainsbury to put a notice up, to the effect that "we are sorry about the shortage of FR eggs. While we don't condone battery production, we realise that some customers would rather have battery eggs than no eggs"

Contact us - Sainsbury’s

YES! Very much the best answer all round.

[tlck9]

I have a solution.

Powdered eggs.

Worked before.

And have you checked where the powdered eggs come from, usually from India or China!!!!