Animal rights group sues Batavia-based ALDI, claims it misled consumers on cage-free eggs pledge

Animal rights group sues Batavia-based ALDI, claims it misled consumers on cage-free eggs pledge

Batavia-based ALDI Inc. is being sued by an animal rights group, alleging deceptive marketing of its egg products as 100% cage-free by 2025, according to a lawsuit filed in the District of Columbia Superior Court.

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Our legal team just filed what we believe is the first-ever lawsuit challenging battery cage egg sales against a company’s claim to uphold the Five Freedoms of animal welfare. The defendant? ALDI Inc. Here’s what went down behind the scenes: Back in 2016, ALDI made a very public promise to go 100% cage-free by 2025. They promoted it everywhere—press releases, social media, corporate responsibility reports. Consumers trusted them. We documented i…