PLEASANTON, Calif. — Safeway Inc. has become the first major grocery retailer in the United States to make a national commitment to Certified Humane® cage-free eggs.
In 2008, Safeway began an initiative with existing suppliers to have all Lucerne Cage-Free and O Organics shell eggs sourced from farms that are Certified Humane. In 2010, Safeway announced a goal of increasing sales of cage-free eggs from 6 percent to 12 percent of the shell egg category within two years. Today more than 15 percent of overall egg sales in the category are cage-free eggs. In addition, the company. . .
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