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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
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.
Ranked third in the CIWF awards, awarded ‘Most Improved Supermarket 2005-2006’. First retailer committed to carrying RSPCA Freedom Food (since 1994).
Online retailer sourcing food from producers certified to RSPCA Freedom Food Standards. 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 |
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