Dunkin’ Donuts says all eggs will be cage-free by 2025
It will take 10 years.
Dunkin’ Donuts announced Monday that all of its eggs will be from cage-free sources by 2025.
The move follows similar announcements by the Canton-based coffee chain’s competitors. McDonald’s said in September it would shift to 100 percent cage-free eggs within 10 years, while Starbucks has vowed to become 100 percent cage-free by 2020.
In March, Dunkin’ announced a goal of going 10 percent cage-free by the end of 2016, and has sourced 5 percent of its eggs from cage-free hens since 2013. Dunkin’ also promised in March that, by 2022, it would no longer source pork from animals kept in gestation crates, which prevent animals from moving or extending their limbs.
Dunkin’ has been working with the Humane Society of the United States to implement its changes.
The animal welfare group is among the backers of a proposed Massachusetts ballot question that would ban the sale of meat or eggs from animals that are kept in such a way that they cannot extend their limbs, turn around, or lie down.
If approved, the law would take hold in 2022. According to an August report from The Boston Globe at the launch of the ballot push, Humane Society President Wayne Pacelle said he expects that by 2022, most retailers will have already moved to cage-free eggs.
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