Company has offered cage-free eggs for more than ten years
SpartanNash (Nasdaq: SPTN) announced today that it plans to transition
to selling 100 percent cage-free eggs at its 160 grocery retail stores
by 2025 or sooner based on available supply, affordability and customer
demand. Cage-free eggs include eggs labeled with any of the following:
cage free, free range, USDA or Quality Assurance International Certified
Organic, or pasture raised. Currently, SpartanNash offers cage-free eggs
in all of its 160 retail stores under the Full CircleTM,
Green Meadows or Eggland’s Best brands. The company has been selling
certified organic eggs which are cage-free for more than ten years.
“SpartanNash recognizes
that farming practices evolve
based on new information, technologies, agricultural advancements and
consumer preferences,” notes Larry Pierce, EVP, Merchandising and
Marketing. “Consequently, we rely on industry, agricultural and
veterinary experts to stay abreast of scientific developments. Such
experts have told us that it will take years to modify facilities to
ensure an adequate supply of safe, sustainable cage-free eggs. For this
reason, our buyers are working closely with our suppliers to ensure we
have access to a number of cage-free egg brands for our retail store
customers.”
About SpartanNash
SpartanNash (SPTN) is a Fortune 400 company and the leading food
distributor serving U.S. military commissaries in the world. The
Company's core businesses include distributing grocery products to
military commissaries and exchanges and independent and corporate-owned
retail stores located in 47 states and the District of Columbia, Europe,
Cuba, Puerto Rico, Bahrain and Egypt. SpartanNash currently operates 160
supermarkets, primarily under the banners of Family Fare Supermarkets,
Family Fresh Markets, D&W Fresh Markets, and Sun
Mart.
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