Grill’d partners with RSPCA to ‘say no’ to battery cage eggs
Burger chain Grill’d has partnered with the RSPCA to raise awareness about the use of battery cage eggs in food services across Australia.
The campaign asks Australians to sign a petition against the use of battery eggs which will also put them into a draw to win an overnight stay at the restaurant Brae.
According to the minute long video starring Grill’d founder and managing director, Simon Crowe, approximately 11 million chickens are in battery cages to produce eggs for Australia’s food suppliers.
Heather Neil, CEO at RSPCA Australia, said in a statement: “Right now, nearly three quarters of Australia’s hens have a miserable existence confined to battery cages, and while consumers are buying more cage-free in the supermarket, the vast majority of eggs used in food services are still coming from hens in cages.
“For the first time in more than 15 years we have an opportunity to change this, and we’re absolutely delighted to have Grill’d supporting our campaign to make sure Australians know about it.”
Crowe said: ““At Grill’d we have been serving free range eggs since opening our doors in 2004. We are proud and passionate to get behind the RSPCA campaign to end battery caged farming for hens.
“This gives us the opportunity to help spread the word about an important cause and support the movement to be good eggs.”
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Can see straight through this one – however not bad to turn around a new campaign in a couple of months after their Easter Bunny burger farce
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For transparency, I’d like to know whether Grill’d’s Chicken (not just egg) supplier also has cagged hens or is owned by a conglomerate that owns cagged hens farms.
It’s one thing to call on consumers, it’s another thing to call out the supply chain where these caged hens and eggs are. Which I suspect Grill’d probably doesn’t want to do for a reason.
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More ethical eggs doesn’t translate to more ethical burgers it seems. Grill’d suggests ‘not deep fried’ or ‘not bathed in fat’. In reality it means one burger is 1/3+ of your daily energy intake.
https://www.choice.com.au/food-and-drink/eating-out/fast-food/articles/are-gourmet-burgers-healthier
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Hey there,
At Grill’d, for our meat chickens, we only use chicken breasts from RSPCA approved chickens from Australian family owned primary producers. There’s currently no nationally consistent or legally enforceable definition of ‘free range’ for meat chickens.
As long as this is the case, and as long as there remains no independent certification against standards that aim to improve animal welfare, ‘free range’ remains primarily a marketing term that cannot be relied upon as a guarantee of good welfare. In reality, good animal welfare relies upon a combination of factors, including good stockmanship and management, appropriate housing, and the ability to meet the animal’s behavioural needs – all of which are part of the RSPCA Approved Farming Scheme Standards.
Hope that helps.
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Aren’t these the same jerks who released rabbit burgers for Easter? Pfft.
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