Petition of Cage-Free egg's Reactions of companies to which we submitted

We launched a petition called “Stop Confining Hens which Produce Eggs for us in Cruel Cages.” On 2018 June 18, it already has gathered more than 16,350 signatures.
This petition was launched to ask companies and government to shift from cage eggs which confines hens in tine cages to free range or barn eggs.
We asked companies to meet us to discuss cage-free policy and to accept the petition and documents writing about information related to cage-free movement. (We did the same thing also in 2017. You can find the results from here in Japanese.)
As we gather more and more signatures, it will be more difficult for companies to ignore cage-free movement. If you have not signed yet, please do so from this link.

Companied we submitted the petition

Costco Wholesale Japan, Ltd

Costco Wholesale Global states that they are increasing the percentage of cage-free eggs on their website.Costco Wholesale Japan is not yet cage-free. They said that they sell free-range eggs at 12 stores in Japan. We will keep asking them to increase the percentage of cage-free eggs.

Doutor Coffee Co., Ltd
Tully’s Coffee Japan Co., Ltd.
Subway Japan Inc.

Subway in North America and Latin America has goal to go cage free by 2025. Subway in Australia made policy in 2014 to go cage free. Subway Japan answered that they are not yet cage free and they do not have plan to go cage free by what time.

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Japan

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts has a goal to go cage free by 2026. We asked Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Japan if this policy is also applied to Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Japan, but they said they cannot answer that question.

What staffes of those companies often say is “It is another company who is buying the ingredient for us.” “We do not decide what ingredients to buy.” It looks like they are trying to avoid responsibility. Since they are buying the ingredients from the “another company,” they have rights to decide what ingredients to use.
We will keep asking companies to shift to cage-free eggs and keep giving them information about cage-free movement.

Companies which refused to accept the petition

Saint Marc Holdings Co., Ltd.

Even though they said they understand there are opinions to see cage eggs cruel and more than 16,000 people want cage free eggs, they refused to accept the document and the petition.

BK Japan Holdins

BK Japan Holdings is in charge of sales tactics of Burger King Japan. Restaurant Brands International is a parent company of Burger King and it has policy to go cage free globally (without target date). Burger King in US, Canada and Mexico also have goal to go cage free by 2025. We asked BK Japan Holdings about their cage free policy, but they said they do not get information from parent company and they are just one franchise of Burger King in US therefore they just follows what Burger King in US tells them to do. They refused to accept the petition and the document.

We contacted Burger King in US asking if the policy is also applied to Burger King in Japan, asking to covey the policy to Burger King in Japan, to encourage Burger King in Japan to also make the policy about cage-free. We did not get answer so far. It seems like they are ignoring us.

Some companies did not even reply to our messages. Even though they gave us answer, some companies refused to accept the petition and the document.
It is disappointing that they cannot even accept the voices of more than 16,000 citizens and cannot look at it.
However, some companies gave us positive reaction such as “We have been thinking animal welfare is an issue we need to think about. We would like to study from you.”
Some companies started to recognize the importance of animal welfare because the voices of citizens are getting bigger.

We need more voices

If you care for hens confined in tiny filthy cages, please ask companies to shift to free range or barn eggs. Let your friends know about this terrible situation hens are facing.
Sign the petition.
Stop Confining Hens which Produce Eggs for us in Cruel Cages

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