Canada’s biggest grocers have failed to deliver on promises to switch to cage-free eggs by 2025, falling behind other retailers around the world.

In 2016, the Retail Council of Canada announced that grocery retailers, including Loblaw, Sobeys, Metro and Walmart, would go cage-free by 2025. It was part of a wave of similar promises at the time by food companies, retailers and restaurant chains around the world. But after nine years, none of the Canadian grocers are anywhere close to reaching their cage-free goals, with some retailers saying there simply isn’t enough supply. Roughly 80 per cent of all Canadian laying hens still kept in some type of cage as of last year.

“It’s really disappointing,” said Riana Topan, program director with Humane World for Animals Canada. “They’ve made very

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