Tesco Ireland has confirmed that all its own label range of fresh eggs now contains barn, free range, and organic eggs only, reflecting a welfare commitment to do so before 2025.
Ahead of its committed schedule, and working with its long-term partner, Greenfield Foods, Co Monaghan, Tesco has successfully moved all its almost 20 million dozen eggs sold annually to barn, free range, and organic Irish farmed eggs only.
All of Tesco Ireland’s eggs are sourced from Bord Bia accredited Irish farms, and with this improvement in welfare standards, builds on the retailer’s ongoing commitment to support sustainable Irish agriculture and producers.
Fresh category director, John Brennan, Tesco Ireland, said “Our partners in Greenfield Foods are the egg-sperts in the industry leading the way on sustainability of the sector, and that includes bird welfare.
Since late last year, following considerable investment and a carefully planned transition, this move to barn, free range, and organic only eggs in our range, is a significant step-up in welfare standards for the poultry industry in Ireland.
Furthermore, customers can be assured that when buying Tesco eggs, they are purchasing 100% Irish eggs, reflecting our commitment to Irish agriculture and high-quality standards. And we’re not done yet, by year end, we hope to have transitioned all Tesco products, which contain eggs, to be made using barn eggs.”
Tesco is a significant contributor to the Irish economy and is playing a leading role in the development of the Irish food and agriculture sectors through its support of a 500 strong network Irish suppliers, and in turn over 13,000 farming families. All the fresh beef, chicken, lamb, pork, and eggs that Tesco Ireland sells are 100% Irish.
Analysis by Indecon Economic Consultants confirms that Tesco is the single largest retail purchaser of Irish food and drink in the world, buying €1.6 billion of Irish food and drink annually, which is more than the value of Irish food and drink exported to any country in the European Union.
