Labels to look out for
Which products should I support?
Waitrose:
Winner of the CIWF ‘Compassionate
Supermarket of the Year Award 2005/2006’. Winner
of the RSPCA ‘Alternative Award’ for
welfare- friendly Food Retailer 2005.
Waitrose OrganicsDirect
allows customers to order organic food boxes online
for home delivery. According to the
company, Waitrose accounts for 10 per cent of the organic
market. All Waitrose own- label and organic eggs come
from free-range sources.
www.waitrose.com/food_drink/foodexpertise/index.asp
Marks
and Spencer’s:
Ranked
second in the CIWF Awards, awarded ‘Investment and
Innovation in Farm Animal Welfare and Research 2005-2006’.
Winner of the CIWF ‘Welfare Ideal - Most Advanced Supermarket’ 2003 award.
According to Marks and Spencer’s consumer information,
they source all their eggs from free-range producers, including
eggs used as ingredients in other food products. Fresh chicken
sold at Marks and Spencer’s is from a slow-growing
strain of chickens, and they claim to have shifted their
fresh pork to a slow-growing strain as well.
www.marksandspencer.com (M&S
Commitment)
In January 2007, Marks and Spencer's announced a new 100-point £200m eco-plan, including converting all their fresh turkey, geese, duck and pork to free range, tripling their sales of organic food and launching organic cotton, linen and wool.
Co-op:
Ranked third in the CIWF awards, awarded ‘Most
Improved Supermarket 2005-2006’. First retailer committed
to carrying RSPCA Freedom Food (since 1994).
www.co-op.co.uk
Farm Gate Direct:
Online retailer sourcing
food from producers certified to RSPCA Freedom Food Standards.
www.farmgatedirect.com
2007 winners of the CIWF Good Egg Awards:
Recheis, Biocoop, Sainsbury's, Jumbo Supermarkten, REWE Group Austria, Starbucks, Pret a Manger, Marks & Spencer, McDonald's UK, Colruyt, Waitrose, UGO Foods Group, JD Wetherspoon, Penny Markt, Whole Foods Market, Microsoft, Sky, Naturata, P. P. H. Tast, Merkur, Eden Project, E-Coop,
Ecobotiga La Magrana, Billa
Find out more about the CIWF Good Egg Awards >>
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