National grocery store chain Trader Joe's has thus far refused to enact a policy to stop selling eggs from hens confined in tiny wire coops called battery cages. Egg-laying hens in battery cages are the most intensively confined animal in the United States, each bird living in a space smaller than that of a sheet of paper. Trader Joe's competitors, Whole Foods and Wild Oats, have both agreed to stop selling eggs from battery-caged hens.

Please take the following actions to help persuade Trader Joe's to stop supporting battery-cage cruelty.

1. Trader Joe's needs to hear from its customers that they don’t want the company to continue supporting battery cage cruelty. Please write and mail a letter asking for a cage-free policy to:

Dan Bane, Chairman and CEO
Trader Joe's Company, Inc.
800 S. Shamrock Ave.
Monrovia, CA 91016

2. Call the Trader Joe's customer comment lines at 626-599-3817 (West Coast) and 781-455-7319 (East Coast) and ask the company to adopt a policy to sell only cage-free eggs.

3. Before your next trip to Trader Joe's, print and fill out the HSUS free "customer comment card" to drop off at the store. Feedback from Trader Joe's customers is vital to the success of this campaign. Click here to find a Trader Joe's near you.

Tell them that you are glad that they have dairy-free sorbet but that you want vegan versions of the dairy line.

Call (802) 846-1500 between 9:00 and 5:00 EDT - Monday through Friday. Ask for Consumer Affairs. Or call (800) 738-2450, ext. 7720.

Or click here to fill out their comment form online.

Ben & Jerry's Homemade, Inc.
30 Community Drive
South Burlington, VT 05403-6828

You can also contact Ben and Jerry's and urge them to inspect and enforce the minimum humane standards for the farms that they purchase eggs and dairy from!