Representative of typical practicesTell TARGET leaders to ban cruel farming practices!
Target lets its egg suppliers treat animals like garbage. Hens laying eggs for Target are trapped inside tiny metal cages. Baby male chicks are disposed of. Target claims to be committed to the “highest ethical standards.” Clearly, it’s lying.
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Target lets its egg suppliers dispose of baby chicks like garbage.
Image representative of typical conditionsYou read that right. In Target’s egg supply chain, male chicks are discarded in the most brutal way: they are tossed into a meat grinder. They can’t lay eggs, so they are useless to Target’s bottom line. Only a short time after their birth, they face a gruesome death. Technology exists to prevent this cruelty.
Does Target care? It doesn’t seem so.
Target lets its egg suppliers cram hens in tiny cages.
Image representative of typical conditionsLife is horrible for the hens laying eggs for Target. They are trapped inside tiny wire cages and suffer from injuries and mental anguish every single day. Keeping hens in cages is so controversial and inhumane that it is illegal in many states and all of Europe. Not even McDonald’s will use eggs from caged animals. Target claims to hold itself to the “highest ethical standards.” How is this ethical?
Many people shop at Target because they believe it’s a modern, responsible retailer with high-quality products. They would be surprised to know the company’s food standards are lower than those of fast food chains like McDonald’s and Taco Bell.
A survey of Target customers found that the overwhelming majority (82%) believe chickens should be housed in open barns with no cages. Target has allowed consumers to get a false impression; Target's marketing glosses over the reality of its supply chain for eggs. 66% of surveyed shoppers either wrongly believed egg cartons contained cage-free eggs or were unsure.
Target customers deserve better than this.
Target’s customers deserve better than these low standards.
