Comments on: Trader Joe’s Wants You To Know Your Eggs http://dangreenblatt.com/blog/2008/09/09/trader-joes-eggs/ :: lost at the intersection of technology, design and user experience Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:49:00 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: New York Times Article on Egg Labeling :: Focus + Context http://dangreenblatt.com/blog/2008/09/09/trader-joes-eggs/comment-page-1/#comment-253 New York Times Article on Egg Labeling :: Focus + Context Sun, 21 Sep 2008 02:36:02 +0000 http://dangreenblatt.com/blog/?p=118#comment-253 [...] previously written about Trader Joe’s transparency in egg labeling terms (they have a poster with definitions [...] [...] previously written about Trader Joe’s transparency in egg labeling terms (they have a poster with definitions [...]

]]> By: Dan http://dangreenblatt.com/blog/2008/09/09/trader-joes-eggs/comment-page-1/#comment-188 Dan Wed, 10 Sep 2008 04:09:49 +0000 http://dangreenblatt.com/blog/?p=118#comment-188 I did a little more research about Trader Joe's history with eggs, and apparently, up until 2005, their <a href="http://www.hsus.org/farm/camp/nbe/traderjoes/trader_joes_goes_cage_free.html" rel="nofollow">record wasn't so great</a>; they bought eggs from farms that used an inhumane method of caging called "battery caging," which leaves hens with no space to stretch their wings or turn around. <br /> In 2005, after this was exposed, the Human Society of the United States convinced Trader Joe's to agree to the following stipulations: <ul> <li>All Trader Joe's brand eggs will be converted to cage-free eggs. <li>Any egg promotions by Trader Joe's will be devoted solely to cage-free egg sales </ul> <br /> I wonder if the sign is a reaction to that? I guess it's good that they don't use farms which engage in battery caging any more, but it's disturbing that it took the HSUS to convince them that this was something they should care about .... I did a little more research about Trader Joe’s history with eggs, and apparently, up until 2005, their record wasn’t so great; they bought eggs from farms that used an inhumane method of caging called “battery caging,” which leaves hens with no space to stretch their wings or turn around.

In 2005, after this was exposed, the Human Society of the United States convinced Trader Joe’s to agree to the following stipulations:

  • All Trader Joe’s brand eggs will be converted to cage-free eggs.
  • Any egg promotions by Trader Joe’s will be devoted solely to cage-free egg sales

I wonder if the sign is a reaction to that? I guess it’s good that they don’t use farms which engage in battery caging any more, but it’s disturbing that it took the HSUS to convince them that this was something they should care about ….

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