TORONTO – Who owns Jack Astor’s and Canyon Creek restaurants will soon start serving eggs laid by hens not alone in cages.
SIR Corp, who owns the 2 restaurant chains and many others, announced Thursday all 64 of its restaurants will make the shift by September.
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The promise uses public pledges by a number of others to begin dishing up only cage-free eggs too, including Tim Hortons, McDonald’s, and Starbucks. However, many of these companies express it will require between four and 10 years to help make the change.
Currently, about 90 percent of Canada’s egg farmers keep hens in battery cages, which house several hens and provide each one the ground space of a standard piece of paper.
Egg Farmers of Canada, addressing more than 1,000 of the country’s egg farms, recently said its members will come across the growing demand for cage-free eggs.
By 2036, all the eggs produced by its member farms will come from hens living in either enriched cages – bigger units that provide space and amenities, such as perches, for that animals to exhibit natural behaviours – or in free-run, aviary or free-range environments.
