McDonald’s Corp. announced on Feb. 6 that it reached its goal of sourcing 100% cage-free eggs in the United States two years ahead of the original goal. The quick-service restaurant first made the pledge to move to cage-free eggs in 2015.

Seattle-based Amazon said Wednesday that all national- and private-brand selections of eggs at Amazon Fresh in the United States are now cage-free only and meet third-party certification requirements

It’s an eggcellent time to be alive for chickens. Consumers have placed higher priority on animal welfare when making purchase decisions—a shift that’s fueled more than 1,100 food corporations to utilize cage-free eggs, an expert contends.

The parent of Burger King, Tim Hortons and Popeyes is the largest restaurant group to publicly report on its progress in transitioning to cage-free eggs.

As consumers clamor for cruelty-free protein at the grocery store and in restaurants, big food is obliging them -- hundreds of companies have pledged to sell only cage-free eggs by 2025…

Walmart will switch to selling cage-free eggs only by 2025, the company said Tuesday. The country's largest retailer joins a growing list of companies that have made the pledge…

The move by the nation’s largest egg producer to revamp some hen houses underscores a broader industry shift toward cage-free eggs…

McDonald’s, Dunkin’ Donuts, General Mills and Nestle all said this fall they are gradually switching to cage-free eggs in the US. Consumers are buying more cage-free and organic eggs. Laws in five states, including California, ban caged hens…

On Monday, Taco Bell became the latest fast-food company to announce its plan to use only cage-free eggs. The commitment comes in the wake of similar announcements made by virtually all of its competitors…

The world’s largest packaged foods company, Nestlé, released a statement on November 2 announcing their initiative to transition to cage-free eggs. They vowed to make the transition in the U.S. and Europe by as soon as 2020 and globally by 2025…

McDonald’s USA announced Thursday that it has reached a milestone with 33 percent of its egg supply converted to cage-free, delivering meaningful progress towards its 10-year commitment to source 100 percent cage-free eggs by 2025…

The parent company of Taco Bell, KFC and Pizza Hut has announced a new policy to use more cage-free eggs. Yum! Brands announced earlier this month a pledge to only use eggs from cage-free hens at its nearly 50,000 restaurants across more than 150 countries by 2030…

Without much fuss and even less public attention, the nation’s egg producers are in the midst of a multibillion-dollar shift to cage-free eggs that is dramatically changing the lives of millions of hens in response to new laws and demands from restaurant chains…

Despite supply chain disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, companies and producers continue to make progress on their commitments to source eggs from cage-free hens…

Target has announced that it is working this year to increase its offerings of cage-free egg products in stores across the country, with a goal of having 100 percent cage-free eggs by 2025…

Walgreens officials announced the pharmacy and healthcare chain will transition to using only cage-free eggs at all of its 9,102 locations in the United States by the end of the year…

It's all about the cage-free eggs that will eventually sit atop your breakfast sandwich. Animal welfare advocates, not to mention increasingly health-conscious consumers, are cheering the move by quick-service chains, from McDonald's to Panera, to switch to eggs laid by uncaged chickens…

A recently published report shows the current progress of corporate cage-free commitments with 2021 deadlines that have been fulfilled, are still in progress or are not reporting a status…

On Wednesday, the world's second-biggest burger chain pledged that all of its eggs and pork will come from cage-free chickens and pigs by 2017, hoping to satisfy rising consumer demand for humanely produced fare and increase its sales in the process…

The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated (NASDAQ: CAKE) today announced that it is working to accelerate its bakery operations' transition to cage-free eggs to the end of 2022, three years ahead of schedule…

Conagra Brands, Inc. is moving up the date for its transition to 100% cage-free eggs. The Chicago-based company announced on June 28 that it now plans to convert 100% of its egg usage to cage-free by the end of fiscal year 2024…

Sprouts Farmers Market is now sourcing all shell and liquid eggs sold at its 370-plus stores from cage-free, organic or free-range farms. The grocer’s Our Brands eggs have been “cage-free or better” since 2016, offering such attributes as being pasture-raised…

From McDonald's to Costco, Big Food has been declaring a shift to buying only cage-free eggs. Three more companies took the step this month: Denny's, sandwich chain Quizno's and Mondelez International, maker of Ritz crackers and Chips Ahoy cookies…

In a move that has significant implications for American and Canadian egg producers, the McDonald’s Corporation is announcing that it will begin phasing out the use of eggs from hens housed in cages…