Battery eggs at Sainsburys again

[HeyWayne]

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

That's because we don't have the weather here to dry them out lots of exclamation marks.

[janeyo]

my girls haven't stopped laying over the cold weather at all, and they don't have extra lighting. I can't believe all the free range chickens supplied to supermarkets do, after all they do still have barns to go in and lighting etc... so production should not really be affected much at all
It must be with a higher demand than once was, they can't keep up with their old supply if you see what I mean, and should therefore be investing in more free range chickens.

[tlck9]

Utter rubbish, Sainsburys could stock Barn eggs as a substitute in the short term and move back to free range once supplies are reliable again....

Chickens are less likely to go free range anyway in bad weather, so Barn eggs would be the lesser of the two evils

I for one have complained and want to know if this is true. They have other options and are choosing the simplest.

I wonder if Jamie Oliver is supporting this since he is a patron of the BHWT!

[northepaul]

Have a look at the bottom of this thread....see what they have to say for themselves!

http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...c-bananas.html

[Suechooks]

I went to Sainsbury's this morning specially to check this out. Our store have NO caged eggs but a lot of Barn eggs and pleny of Free Range! Completely floored me as I was ready to go to Customer service and do battle!

[HayleyB]

Well I'm not changing to batteries, my girls would have a fit..

[Snadger]

Well I'm not changing to batteries, my girls would have a fit..

Next they'll be telling us battery hens are eco friendly......like battery cars!

[HayleyB]

Next they'll be telling us battery hens are eco friendly......like battery cars!

I'd like to see a battery car tow three tonnes, doing my best to bring back global warming with my Landie

[glasgowdan]

The public aren't smart enough to make informed decisions. If the shop has battery eggs they will buy them. If the shop only has barn and FR eggs, they will buy them. It IS the shops and supply chain to blame.

I've not bought eggs since September when I got my hens though, still get an egg a day from each of them, and sell about 10 a week surplus to pay for their food. Neighbour loves it!

[Caro]

The public aren't smart enough to make informed decisions. If the shop has battery eggs they will buy them. If the shop only has barn and FR eggs, they will buy them. It IS the shops and supply chain to blame.

I've not bought eggs since September when I got my hens though, still get an egg a day from each of them, and sell about 10 a week surplus to pay for their food. Neighbour loves it!

Dan, that's an outrageous comment! If you're right then we must all be brighter than average and that's why we don't buy battery eggs. Heaven help us if the powers that be find any more reasons to make our decisions for us. How about we are only supplied with gas/electricity for a few government-decided hours per day to reduce carbon emissions? Or, we stop selling all white bread because brown is healthier? Or, we get a rations card for alcolhol to make sure we don't get more than the recommended units a week? (Personally that last one )

I think it's up to the buying public. Don't buy it, and the supermarkets will stop selling it. There are those out there who care and who get the message across, particularly Jamie & Hugh. Education is what is needed, not state enforcement!

[Hilary B]

I won't buy barn eggs either. I don't reckon it to be ANY better than cage! At least in a cage system the farmer is unlikely to miss noticing a dead one for days on end, and the feed is fully accesible!
Not that some 'just-about-count-as-free-range systems are a lot better. IMO there should be a limit on the number of hens in one unit for it to count as free rqange. It's not much use having a pop-hole per 50 birds if there are a thousand sharing 20 pop-holes!

[HayleyB]

I only buy food containing eggs eg pasta if they are categorically stated as free-range. Our ice cream is mackies or Ben & Jerry or G&B as they are the only makes I know use free-range eggs.

[Two_Sheds]

The public aren't smart enough to make informed decisions. If the shop has battery eggs they will buy them.

Sadly, you're right.
The general Sun-buying public is not informed about animal welfare. They are only told which model is sleeping with which footballer this week.

[tlck9]

This is the response to the email I sent to Sainsbury's

Thanks for your email. I understand your concern over the decision to sell eggs sourced from caged hens.

Due to adverse weather conditions our suppliers were unable to reach all the farms that supply our free-range eggs. As a temporary measure, we were forced to source a small volume of eggs from caged hens under the Goldenlay brand. This was simply to maintain stock of eggs and was not a show of intent to backtrack on our policy.

Fortunately this is no longer happening and we are once again not stocking eggs sourced from caged hens.

I appreciate you contacting us regarding this and for your continued support on this issue.


Kind regards

Customer Manager