Ahold Delhaize Cruelty

Is Ahold Delhaize betraying its customers and the animals in its supply chain?



For years, consumers have been demanding better animal welfare standards from food providers. Nearly a decade ago Ahold Delhaize promised to stop supporting the cruel practice of caging egg-laying hens, but it has not fulfilled that sustainability commitment. While Ahold Delhaize is cage-free in states like Massachusetts, where it’s legally required, it still sells eggs from caged hens in other states. Ahold Delhaize is one of the largest grocery retailers in the US and owns Food Lion, The Giant Company, Giant Food, and Stop & Shop.


Hens trapped in cages have no space to move or engage in any natural behaviors. They are forced to live, breathe, and lay eggs for human consumption amongst feces and rotting bodies. For hens in cages, it’s hell on earth. Customers have been misled and have a right to know what their hard-earned money is paying for.


Ahold Delhaize is being heartless and risking losing the trust of its customers. It’s time for Ahold Delhaize to follow through on its ESG commitment and go 100% cage-free everywhere!

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Why Cage-Free?

Confinement

Egg-laying hens are forcefully shoved inside wire cages, and on average, each hen is only afforded as little as 67 square inches of cage space — less than a single sheet of letter-sized paper on which to live her entire life. This intense confinement is the main source for frustration, injuries, and in many cases death.

Injuries

Foot and claw damage are more frequent in cages than in other systems, with lesions, fissures, and twisted or broken claws resulting from stepping on sharp wiring every day. Often, other body parts are caught in the caging, which results in fractured or broken bones, deformities, and further feather wear.

Mental Anguish

Like any animal, chickens are highly motivated to perform natural behaviors. These behaviors include nesting, perching, scratching, foraging, and exploring. Caged chickens are denied all of these natural behaviors, causing them severe distress and frustration.

These states have bans on extreme confinement of animals

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All images representative of typical factory farm conditions Photos courtesy of
  • Hero image: L214 Éthique et Animaux
  • Confinement image: Jo-Anne McArthur • We Animals
  • Injuries image: Jo-Anne McArthur • Animal Equality
  • Mental anguish image: Andrew Skowron • Open Cages

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