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Sonic to source 100% cage-free eggs by 2025

Sonic Corp announced it will serve 100-percent cage-free egg products in its restaurants by 2025.

February 3, 2016

Sonic Corp announced it will serve 100-percent cage-free egg products in its restaurants by 2025. Each year, Sonic purchases 155 million eggs to serve 81 million Breakfast Burritos and Breakfast Toaster sandwiches, according to a company press release.

"Today's customer wants to know their food is sourced responsibly," said Cliff Hudson, Sonic Corp. CEO. "Our announcement today reinforces SONIC's continued commitment to the care and welfare of the animals in our supply chain and transparent communication with our customers about our practices."

"SONIC was one of the first restaurant chains to address animal welfare, and its cage-free announcement now demonstrates how seriously it takes the issue," said Matthew Prescott, senior food policy director for The Humane Society of the United States. "We welcome SONIC's shift to cage-free eggs as an important advancement."

The company has also committed to eliminating gestation crates for sow housing from its supply chain by 2022. the release stated.