Aldi has hit its commitment to sell only cage-free eggs more than a year ahead of schedule.
The discounter has been working with its suppliers to move to higher hen welfare in recent years, with all its UK stores now only selling cage-free eggs.
All of Aldi’s eggs are also British Lion Code-approved, and the chain now sells more British free-range eggs than any other UK supermarket (Kantar data).
Julie Ashfield, Managing Director of Buying at Aldi, said: “Improving animal welfare is incredibly important to us at Aldi, and by working with our suppliers, we have been able to hit our 100% cage-free target more than a year early.
“Our British suppliers are at the heart of our business and without them Aldi wouldn’t be where it is today and we are proud to work with so many UK egg farmers.”
Aldi noted that it has invested more than £50m into UK egg farming and producers over the past two years as part of its support for the British cage-free egg industry.
