Satisfying their customers who don't want to buy caged eggs? Being seen to do the right thing (by customers and members of the public) regarding animal welfare connected to the products they sell.. corporate social responsiblity..

 

If Woolies didn't sell free range (and organic) eggs, I would go  elsewhere to biuy them. As it is, those eggs are the first to sell out now, and there is often hardly any, or one none left on the shelf when I want some.

 

I should add, as in the opening post, Coles are doing similar as well.

How could not eating chooks give you anorexia? Anorexia is an illness, a mental health issue and has nothing to do with chooks lol

I never buy cage eggs and for the past year I haven't bought anything but free range chicken,,, which is a hassle because its very expensive and hard to find.

Free range eggs and chicken meat  (and organic is even better) is a better quality product also.

 

 

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@newstart2380 wrote:

At the end of the day I want to buy the cheapest eggs available, they are all the same and taste the same and I don't care where they come from.

Now this will upset the animal liberationists but I know a lot of you feel and think the same way as I do, the hip pocket is all important when trying to budget and feed a family.

Don't jump on me with your negetive hate comments, I don't care and have the right to express my opinion.

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Doesn't bother or even surprise me, Newstart, it is exactly what i would have expected of you.

Campbell [Voiceless CEO] suggested numerous ways in which corporations could promote change in relation to animal welfare, such as incorporating animal welfare into existing CSR [corporate social responsibility] policies, ensuring ethical guidelines are met in relation to food purchases, and forming strategic relationships with bodies committed to animal welfare.

 

Campbell also pointed out that, as social expectations change, it is good business to be seen as acting ethically, and cited the example of Coles phasing out sow-stall pork - and the subsequent good will generated by that decision - as an example of how ethics can be combined with smart business decisions.

 

"The law, as we know, takes time to catch up with and respond to changing community values," she said.

"Ethical businesses, and the demands of their customers, can be a much quicker driver for change."

 

http://www.lawyersweekly.com.au/news/in-house-lawyers-urged-to-broaden-csr-reach

 

newstart : but I know a lot of you feel and think the same way as I do, the hip pocket is all important when trying to budget and feed a family.

 

You don't know that at all. I was of the impression from your posts that your family is grown up and don't live at home?

An extra $1 or two spent on free range eggs isn't going to break the bank for a couple or small family either.

 

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@just_me_karen wrote:
How could not eating chooks give you anorexia? Anorexia is an illness, a mental health issue and has nothing to do with chooks lol

I never buy cage eggs and for the past year I haven't bought anything but free range chicken,,, which is a hassle because its very expensive and hard to find.

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We are lucky, our local Farmers Market (well co-operative really  it's open 7 days a week) sells free range eggs from a local farm and they are not much more expensive than cage eggs from the supermarket.

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@newstart2380 wrote:

At the end of the day I want to buy the cheapest eggs available, they are all the same and taste the same and I don't care where they come from.

Now this will upset the animal liberationists but I know a lot of you feel and think the same way as I do, the hip pocket is all important when trying to budget and feed a family.

 

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I buy my free range eggs from ALDI or our market, and they are only about $3.50 - $4. 
Maybe you cannot tell the difference, but if you think that stressed birds kept out of natural light and fed hormones and antibiotics all their lives produce good quality eggs, well that is your problem.  I personally like high quality food. 

I haven't bought cage eggs for at least 10 years, probably more and now the Coles I shop at always has freen range chicken from Mt Barker.  I don't know if it is available in other states.

 

There is no comparison.  Free range is so much nicer and at least the chicken didn't suffer such a cruel life.

 

Five years is too long.  They have already been talking about this for years so why not just do it.