Does anybody not buy Free Range Eggs ?
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I have always bought "Free Range" eggs, but battery farming was/is still a huge industry so who still buys battery farmed eggs and can we beleive the fact the box says "Free Range"? 
Thought promoted by the fact that my lodgers mother has a small freeholding and we now get gratis proper free running birds eggs as long as we go and and harvest our own - amazing! I'd never really had any experience of chickens before, apart from picking one off the shelf in it's cellophane wrapper
Thought promoted by the fact that my lodgers mother has a small freeholding and we now get gratis proper free running birds eggs as long as we go and and harvest our own - amazing! I'd never really had any experience of chickens before, apart from picking one off the shelf in it's cellophane wrapper
my store sells half a pallet of 10pack non free range eggs a week, thats about 2-300 packs a weekish, against about 50 packs of 6pack free range eggs. So in answer to your question, yes, lots of people do still buy non free range eggs 
Personally I dont like eggs anyway so I dont buy any.
Personally I dont like eggs anyway so I dont buy any.
.... no option here, battery all the way. I suspect that your average SE Asian would look at you as if you were a nutter if you tried to explain to them "chicken welfair" 
digimeistter said:
so who still buys battery farmed eggs
Primarily all the food manufacturers and low-end "restaurants" and fast food joints. For example the frankly delicious Sausage and Egg McMuffin is unlikely to contain free-range goodness, nor are the fried delights within the ubiquitous Olympic down at the Little Chef. Ditto pretty much all ready-made desserts, supermarket ready-meals, I could go on. miniman said:
digimeistter said:
so who still buys battery farmed eggs
Primarily all the food manufacturers and low-end "restaurants" and fast food joints. For example the frankly delicious Sausage and Egg McMuffin is unlikely to contain free-range goodness, nor are the fried delights within the ubiquitous Olympic down at the Little Chef. Ditto pretty much all ready-made desserts, supermarket ready-meals, I could go on. This sort of thing is alive and well in UK cash and carries too...
t regardless of the packaging.
I dont suppose anyone saw that Ch4 thing about counterfeits.
They showed a chap in China making fake eggs, made out of household chemicals, which had margin in them as it was cheaper to make 6 fake eggs and sell them under the cost of real eggs than it was to keep chickens.
Mindbending.
They showed a chap in China making fake eggs, made out of household chemicals, which had margin in them as it was cheaper to make 6 fake eggs and sell them under the cost of real eggs than it was to keep chickens.
Mindbending.
Plotloss said:
I dont suppose anyone saw that Ch4 thing about counterfeits.
They showed a chap in China making fake eggs, made out of household chemicals, which had margin in them as it was cheaper to make 6 fake eggs and sell them under the cost of real eggs than it was to keep chickens.
Mindbending.
Amazing stuff.They showed a chap in China making fake eggs, made out of household chemicals, which had margin in them as it was cheaper to make 6 fake eggs and sell them under the cost of real eggs than it was to keep chickens.
Mindbending.
And presumably he can make them with out [rammage]the spunks (red bits)[/rammage] in!
miniman said:
digimeistter said:
so who still buys battery farmed eggs
Primarily all the food manufacturers and low-end "restaurants" and fast food joints. For example the frankly delicious Sausage and Egg McMuffin is unlikely to contain free-range goodness, nor are the fried delights within the ubiquitous Olympic down at the Little Chef. Ditto pretty much all ready-made desserts, supermarket ready-meals, I could go on. I'll always buy free-range too. Why not? It costs a little more but I feel better for not contributing to an intensive, factory-farmed product that demonstrates precious little concern for the welfare of the birds themselves. Plus, I think they cook/taste better too
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