By Karen Buch
Special to Poultry Times
CHICAGO — The U.S. egg industry is a thriving $10 billion dollar a year industry, producing about 75 billion eggs annually. Sixty percent of the eggs produced are used directly by consumers while remaining eggs are used by the foodservice industry or turned into egg-containing products. The average American consumes 268 eggs a year.
More than 160 major companies have announced that they will shift to cage-free eggs, most by the year 2025, including McDonald’s, Subway, Wendy’s, Disney, Campbell Soup, Mondelez International, ConAgra, Starbucks, Kellogg, General Mills. . .
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