Did Costa Coffee con its customers into believing they would go 100% cage-free?

While thousands of companies are moving away from intense animal confinement practices throughout their entire operating regions, Costa Coffee continues to profit from animal abuse within its supply chains. It has been 6 years since Costa made the promise to go 100% cage-free globally yet it has disclosed no meaningful regional progress toward ending the abuse of hens. Costa continues to source eggs from hens forced to live their entire lives in tiny wire cages.

A hen in these cages is often only given the space of a piece of paper and is unable to spread her wings or engage in any natural behaviors. Cage facilities are not only cruel; they also pose high risks for salmonella contamination. When it comes to animal welfare, Costa Coffee is simply behind the times and behind its competitors.

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Confinement

Egg-laying hens are forcefully shoved inside wire cages, and on average, each hen is only afforded as little as 67 square inches of cage space — less than a single sheet of letter-sized paper on which to live her entire life. This intense confinement is the main source for frustration, injuries, and in many cases death.

Injuries

Foot and claw damage are more frequent in cages than in other systems, with lesions, fissures, and twisted or broken claws resulting from stepping on sharp wiring every day. Often, other body parts are caught in the caging, which results in fractured or broken bones, deformities, and further feather wear.

Mental Anguish

Like any animal, chickens are highly motivated to perform natural behaviors. These behaviors include nesting, perching, scratching, foraging, and exploring. Caged chickens are denied all of these natural behaviors, causing them severe distress and frustration.

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All images representative of typical factory farm conditions Photos courtesy of

Hero image: L214 Éthique et Animaux
Confinement image: Jo-Anne McArthur • We Animals
Injuries image: Jo-Anne McArthur • Animal Equality
Mental anguish image: Andrew Skowron • Open Cages

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