Cage-Free eggs

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. Announces Expansion Plans for Additional Cage-Free Production Capabilities

October 8, 2024 Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.

The projects will include the addition of five new cage-free layer houses across the Company’s locations in Florida, Georgia, Utah and Texas. The Company plans to start construction by the end of calendar 2024 and expects the projects to be completed with additional production capacity for approximately 1.0 million cage-free layer hens by late summer 2025. These additions will primarily replace recently retired caged facilities and add to the Company’s cage-free capacity. …

Colorado’s Move to Make All Eggs Sold in Stores Cage-Free Will Impact Consumers’ Grocery Bills

December 20, 2022 MEGAN ULU LANI BOYANTON, Fort Morgan Times

A state law requiring that all eggs sold in Colorado’s grocery stores be cage-free goes into effect on Jan. 1, and businesses, producers and consumers will all feel the impact of the change. …

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. Announces $82M for Capital Projects to Expand Company’s Cage-Free Production Capabilities

March 31, 2022 Cal-Maine Foods

Cal-Maine Foods announced that its Board of Directors has approved new capital projects to further expand the Company’s cage-free egg production capabilities. The Company plans to fund the proposed projects for an estimated total of $82 million through a combination of available cash on hand, investments and operating cash flow. …

Sprouts Farmers Market Reaches Cage-Free or Better Egg Commitment

January 21, 2022 Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.

Sprouts Farmers Market, which has been at the forefront of sourcing cage-free or better eggs for many years, is now sourcing all shell and liquid eggs sold across its more than 370 stores from cage-free, organic or free-range farms. The specialty grocer’s Our Brands eggs have been cage-free or better since 2016. …

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. Announces $23.0 Million Capital Project to Expand Cage-Free Production in Florida

November 4, 2021 Cal-Maine Foods

The project will include the construction of two cage-free layer houses and one cage-free pullet house with capacity for approximately 400,000 cage-free hens and 210,000 pullets, respectively. Construction will commence immediately with first pullet placements planned by mid-May 2022 and the first layer house finished by October 1, 2022, with the second layer house and project completion expected by February 1, 2023. …