Jollibee commits to use cage-free eggs in all locations

Jollibee Foods Corporation, Asia’s biggest restaurant group and operator of 18 brands and more than 6,300 restaurants, cafés, and bakeries worldwide, has announced a new commitment to use 100% cage-free eggs in all of its businesses worldwide. 

In addition to managing a number of francs, Jollibee, which has more than 1,600 locations worldwide, also controls the international restaurant and café chains Chowking (over 600 global locations), Yonghe King (over 420 locations), Mang Inasal (over 570 locations), Highlands Coffee (over 600 locations), Milksha (more than 280 locations), and Greenwich (more than 270 locations). 

“Through responsible sourcing, which includes animal welfare efforts, we strive to provide our customers the highest quality and safest food offerings,” the company noted in its new responsible sourcing policy. “In this direction, we commit to transition to 100% cage-free eggs in the US by 2025. Globally, we aim for 100% cage-free eggs by 2035 and we will collaborate with suppliers, partners, and industry leaders to achieve this goal.”

“With its new policy goal of shifting to use only cage-free eggs globally, Jollibee Foods Corporation and its numerous restaurant and café brands join a growing list of Asia-based food companies that have set timelines to end the use of cruel caged eggs,” said Robyn del Rosario, Philippines Sustainability Program Manager at the non-profit Lever Foundation, which worked on the issue with the company and several of its iconic food brands over the past eighteen months.

Jollibee Foods Corporation’s pledge comes on the heels of similar commitments made by close to twenty other prominent Philippines-based food and beverage groups since the start of last year, including 75% of hospitality groups in the country as well as convenience and retail players.

It also follows similar pledges in recent years from most other major QSR restaurant groups, including Burger King, KFC, Pizza Hut, Papa John’s, Dunkin Donuts, Costa Coffee and others.