Ask Wegmans to phase out battery cages!
First delivery!
On April 17th 2006 we delivered the first batch of over 2,100 petitions to Wegmans corporate HQ.
Thanks so much for your support! If you haven't signed yet, please do: we'll keep on delivering signatures as they come in! Read more...
Along with the Humane Society of the U.S. we're asking Danny Wegman to stop selling eggs from cruel “battery” cages. A company that claims to be an industry leader in animal welfare shouldn't be inflicting unnecessary cruelty. Other large grocery chains have already phased out battery-cage eggs. Why can't Wegmans?
Please add your voice: We'll print out your signatures and deliver them to Wegmans headquarters in Rochester, New York.
Latest signatures
| Date | Name | Where | Shops at | Comments |
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| 2009-07-01 | Cindy DeVore | VA | Wegmans Lake Manassas | Your continued sale of eggs from battery caged hens is disgusting. I have 30 chickens of my own, and I know what type of living conditions they require just to be healthy. Until you STOP selling eggs from battery caged hens, I will STOP shopping at Wegmans. I will also tell all my family and friends not to shop your stores. The practice of battery caging is deplorable. This practice negates everything Wegmans supposedly stands for. You are nothing but liars. |
| 2009-06-26 | Private | Manalapan, NJ | Wegmans Manalapan | |
| 2009-06-26 | Private | N Caldwell, NJ | Wegmans Manalapan | |
| 2009-06-23 | Karen Schelinski | Erie, PA | Wegmans Erie West | |
| 2009-06-19 | Michelle Setaro | Wegmans Fairfax | Stop Cruelty! Please phase out the usage of eggs from birds which are extremely and cruelly confined in battery cages. These poor birds are afforded less than a letter size sheet of paper to live her entire life. Please choose compassion over cruelty! | |
| 2009-06-12 | barbara phillips | w, | Wegmans Taft Rd | that little piece I seen on the chickens turn me off very much. I spend alot of money weekly in your stoe On Taft Rd around 140-160 a week for 2 poeple. For the last month I like certain thing. you haven't had 3 of things I buy every week, 1.Aquafina falvor water , Peach Mango or the wild berry or rasberry. 2. you have had the breakfast bars that I but every week Quaker Oatmeal , Bar with Chocalate chips/. 3 even you own brand of Power drink flavor is orange. Very disappointing. |
| 2009-06-12 | Kyle O'Brien | Rochester, NY | Wegmans Irondequoit | My family and I usually buy our eggs from Wegmans, but we'll be taking our business elsewhere until you stop selling eggs from battery caged hens. |
| 2009-06-11 | Joey Hartmann-Dow | Rochester, ny | Wegmans Marketplace | Thank you! |
| 2009-06-11 | Karen Choate | Lakeview, AR | I am pretty sure that we don't have a Wegmans in Arkansas. If we did, I would not shop there until, and only until, they adopt a better understanding of what their chickens are going through, stuck in cages with so many other chickens that they can barely move, spread their wings, etc. They are being forced to live in battery cages with dead chicken corpses from not adequately taking care of the chickens; they die of dehydration, malnutrition, diseases, etc. Even if I was not a vegan, I would not eat these chickens because of the terribly inhumane conditions and serious neglect of these living, breathing souls. | |
| 2009-06-08 | Private | Rochester, NY | Wegmans Marketplace | I use Wegmans as my grocery of choice, but I've had to stop buying my eggs there. I now get my eggs exclusively from the public market. You've lost my business, can you get it back? |
| 2009-05-25 | Nick Iamon | Rochester, NY | Wegmans Lyell Ave | We will not buy eggs from you until this issue is resolved. |
| 2009-05-25 | Private | Rochester, NY | Wegmans Lyell Ave | We love Wegmans, but we're willing to spend more money to buy cruelty-free eggs elsewhere. |
| 2009-05-19 | Private | Pittsford, NY | Wegmans Pittsford | |
| 2009-05-18 | Jane D | Lakewood, NJ | Wegmans Ocean | You and all employees of both Wegman's and Kreher should feel a deep shame. A society is judged by their treatment of animals. |
| 2009-05-15 | Private | Marlboro, NJ | Wegmans Manalapan | |
| 2009-05-06 | Beatrice Heveran | Dalton, PA | Wegmans Scranton | My husband and I and my mother-in-law all shop at Wegman's and, in particular, buy your so-called cage-free eggs because we care about the animals and our food. We are appalled by your firm's duplicity and will no longer shop there. Instead, we will shop at Weis. Further, we will advise all our friends and acquaintances of Wegman's practices. Sincerely, Beatrice Heveran, Esq. |
| 2009-05-06 | Robin Doughty | Rochester, NY | Wegmans Penfield | I do not buy Wegmans eggs because of this practice. |
| 2009-05-06 | Vanessa Smith | Rochester, NY | Wegmans East Ave | I do not eat eggs (not because of this practice, because they are gross) but feel that I should support those trying to make the world a less cruel place for animals. |
| 2009-05-01 | CELINA MESA | OREGON, | sTOP THIS PRACTICE OF BATTERY CAGE LIVING ...IT IS SICK. | |
| 2009-04-30 | Christopher Hough | Buffalo, NY | Wegmans Amherst St | |
| 2009-04-25 | Dina Santora | Webster, NY | Wegmans Holt Road | Stop this form of unnecessary cruelty. |
| 2009-04-20 | Aaron Smith | Ontario, NY | Wegmans Holt Road | Not cool. Not cool at all. |
| 2009-04-20 | Private | |||
| 2009-04-18 | Melissa Webb | UK, UK | Stop your cruelty | |
| 2009-04-13 | Private | Syracuse, ny | Wegmans Fairmount | I was appalled to see such cruelty to the poor animals just to save a few cents on eggs. After seeing this, I will no longer buy the Wegmans brand; instead, I will purchase the free range eggs that allow animal health to be a priority. |
| 2009-04-11 | Pam Prichard | Belmar, NJ | Wegmans Ocean | |
| 2009-04-10 | e. harvey | WILKES-BARRE, PA | Wegmans Wilkes-Barre | MY FAMILY JUST DISCOVERED THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF WEGMANS. TOO BAD I WONT BE ABLE TO SPEND MY MONEY THERE ANYMORE. GUESS ITS BACK TO WALMART AT LEAST THEY ARE UP FRONT ABOUT BEING DOUCHEBAGS |
| 2009-04-09 | Amy Engstrom | Henrietta, NY | Wegmans Marketplace | All generations in my family have been shopping at Wegmans since it opened over 30 years ago. My grandma used to talk about how good a person that Danny Wegman is. Wegmans has organic products my family eats and at a reasonable price. I had no idea that you would allow chickens to live in such deplorable conditions. All 32 members of my family have decided that if you do not cease the sale of battered caged chickens we will take our shopping elsewhere. Please end this cruel inhumane treatment and do what it takes to upgrade the conditions of the chickens. In the end it will be worth it !! |
| 2009-04-08 | Sage Rakesraw | Rochester, NY | ||
| 2009-04-08 | Private | |||
| 2009-04-08 | Private | Victor, NY | Wegmans Pittsford | Horrified after watching this video. I was raised on a farm with hens and this cruelty is intolerable. |
| 2009-04-08 | Private | Brooklyn, NY | Wegmans Woodbridge | |
| 2009-04-07 | Bobby Phillips | NYC, | Thats nasty | |
| 2009-04-07 | Private | Cicero, NY | Wegmans Taft Rd | Stop using the battery cages. I would've expected more of Wegmans. You should be ashamed of yourselves. |
| 2009-04-07 | Private | DeWitt, NY | Wegmans Dewitt | |
| 2009-04-05 | Private | Wegmans Johnson City | ||
| 2009-04-02 | Private | rochester, ny | Wegmans Geneseo | I am horrified at the conditions of ANY hen houses and chicken farms. Its unbelievable that such a wonderful caring store can have such horrible conditions. I plan to spread the word about the conditions of your hen houses. I understand that the COST of upgrading these conditions. Abusing animals is the last thing I thought you would support. If you did not support it.. you would change this. |
| 2009-04-01 | Private | Liverpool, NY | Wegmans Great Northern | i watched a very disturbing video about your egg farm in rochester your running a million dollar company and cant afford to properly maintain the adequate care of a egg farm hire more people do what is neccesary what a disgrace i will tell others to shop elsewhere you ought to be ashamed of yourself |
| 2009-03-31 | Private | Las Vegas, NV | Please stop this cruelty. | |
| 2009-03-29 | Private | Hamburg, | Wegmans McKinley | Please stop the cruelty! |
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