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Dunkin' Donuts pledges transition to cage-free eggs

Dunkin' Donuts today announced that it has pledged to transition to cage-free eggs and gestation crate-free pork.

March 30, 2015

Dunkin' Donuts today announced that it has pledged to transition to cage-free eggs and gestation crate-free pork. The company will examine its international supply chain to understand the feasibility of transitioning to 100-percent cage-free eggs globally, and set a global target date based on this assessment. 

By the end of next year, 10 percent of all eggs sourced for Dunkin' breakfast sandwiches in the U.S. will be cage-free. Dunkin' Donuts will also source only gestation crate-free pork in the U.S. by 2022. In a partnernship The Humane Society of the United States, Dunkin' Brands is working with suppliers to update its animal welfare policy and meet its target goals.

Senior Director of Corporate Social Responsibility for Dunkin' Brands Christine Riley Miller said in a statement, ''Dunkin' Brands and our franchisee community care about the welfare of animals and their humane treatment. We set a goal to source 5 percent cage-free eggs by 2013, an accomplishment we are proud to have achieved. Now, working with our suppliers and The Humane Society of the United States, we are setting new commitments to help the egg and pork industries eliminate cages to demonstrate our responsibility to animal welfare and sustainable, ethical sourcing.''