Danish supermarkets Netto and Foetex to stop the sale of battery-cage eggs

Concern over animal welfare cited as main reason for move

Shifa Rahaman

Jun 28, 2016

From September 1, customers at supermarkets Netto and Føtex will no longer be able to purchase eggs laid by caged hens. Several other supermarkets will follow suit over the next year and a half, according to a press release from Dansk Supermarked Group.

Concerns over animal welfare and the tendency of customers to reach for free-range eggs were cited as the main reasons for the move.

“Improving animal welfare conditions are very important to us – and as Denmark’s largest retail company, we take this responsibility seriously,” explained Jeppe Dahl Jeppesen, the director of fresh produce at Dansk Supermarked.

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