Battery eggs are on the way out. Quite literally: they’ve been removed from the theoretical ‘basket’ of goods the government compares year to year to see how prices are going up or down.
While I would love to say that this is because more people are keeping their own little flock at home, the truth of the matter is almost as good: battery eggs simply aren’t as representative of peoples’ buying habits as they once were. As the Telegraph explains:
Battery eggs have been ejected from the average British shopping basket for the first time since 1947.
Instead, more ethical free-range eggs have appeared, accompanied by rose wine and rotisserie chickens, reflecting the changing tastes of consumers…
Animal welfare campaigns by Jamie Oliver and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall appear to have had the desired effect: large eggs have been replaced in the basket by large free-range eggs.
Strangely, cat food has been removed, too, which I don’t entirely understand. MP3 players have also gone, to be replaced by portable video players.
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That’s great news!
Now, the next challenge is to get people to willingly buy smaller eggs …
That’s great news, isn’t it (except possibly for the cats)? Consumer power can work, eventually…
Lets hope more and more people start having a few Chickens of their own.
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