Lever Foundation Praises Shake Shack for Landmark Commitment to Use Cage-Free Eggs Globally

August 17, 2020 Lever Foundation

Shake Shack, the fast-growing New York City-based restaurant chain with nearly 300 locations globally, won praise today from animal protection non-profit Lever Foundation for committing to use only cage-free eggs in its restaurants worldwide.

EggLife Foods Announces Partnership with Tony’s Fresh Market for Additional Illinois Distribution

August 10, 2020 EggLife Foods

EggLife Foods, Inc., the Chicago-based food brand that uses cage-free eggs, not flour, to reimagine carbohydrate-heavy foods, announces that it is expanding its distribution with Tony’s Fresh Market. The expansion will include all 16 Tony’s locations in the Chicagoland area.

Maine Might be the Next State to Require Cage-Free Eggs

February 19, 2020 Associated Press

Maine might join a growing number of states that require cage-free facilities for chickens that lay eggs for commercial consumption.

Eggs Sold in Michigan Will be Cage-Free by the End of 2024

November 22, 2019 Alyssa Burr, Mlive.com

Lieutenant Governor Gilchrist signed Senate Bill 174, which states all egg-laying hens in Michigan will be in cage-free systems and no non-cage free eggs will be legally allowed to be sold in Michigan.

Cal-Maine Foods Announces $ 148M of Expansion Projects to Increase Cage-Free Capacity

April 2, 2019 Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.

On March 29, 2019, Cal-Maine Foods’ Board of Directors approved a major expansion of the cage-free capacity at the Company’s Delta, Utah, facility. This expansion includes new facilities for 2.0 million cage-free hens, a processing plant, additional pullet capacity, and renovation of existing capacity to cage-free for another 1.4 million hens, with initial capacity expected to come on line beginning in late 2019 and completion by early 2022.