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U.S. Poultry and Egg Association

State Executive Conference

Oscar Garrison

V.P. Food Safety Regulatory Affairs

United Egg Producers

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Overview of UEP

The U.S. Egg Industry

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United Egg Producers

National farmer coop since 1968 with current membership producing more than 95% of total U.S. egg production (more than 300 million hens)

Representing Egg Producers on:

Government Relations – offices/representation in DC
HPAI and other disease management
Food Safety
Environment
Animal Welfare
And much more…

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United Egg Producers

150 separate egg company members

Owning 303 million laying hens – more than 95% of U.S.

Board of Directors of 34 egg farmers – most are owners

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United Egg Producers

UEP Committees – 10 to 25 egg producers on each committee:

Government Relations Information Sharing

Food Safety Public Relations

Environment Organic

Animal Welfare EGGPAC

and now a Biosecurity Task Force

UEP’s Scientific Groups:

Scientific Advisory Committee for Animal Welfare

Environmental Scientific Panel

Food Safety Scientific Advisory Council

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U.S. Egg Industry

Mid 1970’s – 10,000 egg farmers in U.S. (est.)
1987 – 2,500 egg farmers
2016 – 175 commercial egg companies represent 99% of all eggs produced in the U.S.

60 companies with more than one million layers
These companies represent approximately 255 million layers or 89% of egg production
17 companies with more than 5 million layers

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U.S. Egg Industry

305 million layers in U.S.

Average size farm around 1.5 million layers

Some farms with more than 6 million layers

90% of eggs still produced in cages

5.5% traditional cage-free
4.5% organic

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Where Producers are Producing the Eggs

Surplus

Balanced

Deficit

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Animal Welfare�Issues

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2001

Has it been enough?

2016

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Timeline of Events

UEP has been

addressing AW

since 1982

UEP Certified

Program established

In 2001

Efforts in MI, AZ, OH,

OR, WA followed

Prop. 2 in

California

Nov. 2008

2011-2013

Pursued Federal

Egg Bill – with HSUS

February 2013

Egg Bill Officially

defeated

HSUS resumed pursuing initiatives and

corporate campaigns

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Cage-Free�Announcements

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Source: USDA Agricultural Analytics

CURRENT Cage Free Production in the U.S.

	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008
Total U.S. Cage-Free Flock:	9.9%	8.7%	5.7%	5.9%	6.0%	5.4%	4.4%	3.6%	3.5%
Layers (millions)	30.0	24.4	17.2	17.1	16.9	15.2	12.2	10.2	9.8
USDA Organic:	4.5%	4.2%	2.9%	2.8%	3.0%	2.6%	2.2%	1.8%	1.7%
Layers (millions)	13.5	11.4	8.7	8.2	8.5	7.4	6.1	5.1	4.9
Traditional Cage-Free:	5.5%	4.50%	2.80%	3.10%	3.00%	2.80%	2.20%	1.80%	1.70%
Layers (millions)	16.6	13.0	8.5	8.9	8.3	7.8	6.1	5.1	4.9

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Grocers Cage Free Announcements

Grocers		Cage-Free Date	Outlets	Annual Eggs
1	Basha's	2016	108	151,200,000
2	Nugget Markets	2017	12	16,800,000
3	Raley's	2020	122	170,800,000
4	Gelson's Markets	2020	26	36,400,000
5	Ahold USA (Giant, et al.)	2022	790	1,106,000,000
6	Allegiance Retail (Foodtown, et.al.)	2022	85	119,000,000
7	BJ's	2022	210	294,000,000
8	Sprouts Farmers Market	2022	232	324,800,000
9	Albertsons/Safeway	2025	2,195	3,073,000,000
10	ALDI	2025	1,490	1,260,000,000
11	Associated Food Stores	2025	417	604,600,000
12	Brookshire Grocery Co.	2025	150	210,000,000
13	Costco	2025	470	2,900,000,000
14	Delhaize America (Food Lion, et al.)	2025	1,326	1,856,400,000
15	Dollar General	2025	12,065	320,000,000
16	Giant Eagle	2025	210	294,000,000
17	Grocery Outlet	2015	244	210,000,000
18	H-E-B	2025	307	429,800,000
19	Ingles Markets	2025	202	282,800,000
20	Kings Food Markets	2025	25	35,000,000

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Grocers Cage Free Announcements

21	King Kullen	2025	37	51,800,000
22	Kroger	2025	2,806	3,942,000,000
23	Lowes Food Stores	2025	94	131,600,000
24	Lowe's Pay-n-Save	2025	144	201,600,000
25	Meijer	2025	224	313,600,000
26	Price Chopper	2025	56	78,400,000
27	Price Chopper/Market 32	2025	135	189,000,000
28	Save Mart Supermarkets	2025	217	303,800,000
29	Schnuck's	2025	103	144,200,000
30	Smart & Final, Inc.	2025	261	365,400,000
31	SpartanNash	2025	160	224,000,000
32	Southeastern (Winn-Dixie, et al.)	2025	763	1,068,200,000
33	Stater Bros.	2025	169	236,600,000
34	SuperVALU	2025	670	670,000,000
35	Target	2025	1,500	1,590,000,000
36	Trader Joe's	2025	456	638,400,000
37	The Fresh Market	2025	169	236,600,000
38	Tops Markets	2025	164	229,600,000
39	Wakefern (ShopRite, et al.)	2025	374	490,700,000
40	Walmart	2025	4,414	11,500,000,000
41	Wegman's	2025	90	126,000,000
42	WinCo Foods	2025	101	85,100,000
43	Woodman's Markets	2025	16	22,400,000
44	Boyer's Food Market	2026	18	25,200,000
45	Weis	2026	166	232,400,000
	Total		33,885	36,790,000,000

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Food Distributors Cage Free Announcements

Food Distributors		Cage-Free Date	Annual Eggs
1	Delaware North	2016	370,000,000
2	Compass Group	2019	377,000,000
3	Aramark	2020	215,000,000
4	Sodexo	2020	239,000,000
5	Schwan Food Co	2020	37,000,000
6	Centerplate	2020	600,000
7	C&S Wholesale Grocer (private label only)	2025	427,000,000
8	Sysco	2026	1,274,000,000
	Total		2,939,600,000

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Food Manufacturers Cage Free Announcements

Food Manufacturers*		Cage-Free Date	Annual Eggs
1	LeBrea Bakery	2016	2,500,000
2	Nestle's	2020	185,000,000
3	Unilever	2020	350,000,000
4	Barilla America, Inc.	2020	38,000,000
5	Mondelez	2020	68,000,000
6	PepsiCo. (Quaker)	2020	10,000,000
7	Otis Spunkmeyer	2023	100,000,000
8	Bimbo Bakeries USA	2025	175,000,000
9	Kellogg's	2025	400,000,000
10	General Mills	2025	331,000,000
11	Flowers Foods	2025	100,000,000
12	Snyder’s-Lance	2025	100,000,000
13	Kraft Heinz	2025	313,000,000
	Total		2,172,500,000

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Hospitality and Travel Cage Free Announcements

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Hospitality & Travel		Cage-Free Date	Annual Eggs
1	Hyatt Hotels & Resorts	2011	3,000,000
2	Marriott	2015	25,600,000
3	Walt Disney	2016	57,600,000
4	Hilton	2017	4,100,000
5	Starwood Hotels (Sheraton)	2022	5,800,000
6	Royal Caribbean	2022	6,900,000
7	Carnival Corp.	2025	7,000,000
	Total		110,000,000

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Restaurant Cage Free Announcements

Restaurants		Cage-Free Date	Outlets	Annual Eggs
1	Red Robin	2010	300	2,000,000
2	Noodles & Co.	2013	410	14,000,000
3	Taco Bell	2016	6,000	130,000,000
4	Shake Shack	2016	66	2,000,000
5	Burger King/Tim Horton's	2017	8,600	1,200,000,000
6	Au Bon Pain	2017	300	41,000,000
7	Darden Restaurants, Inc.	2018	1,528	10,000,000
8	Arby's	2020	400	12,000,000
9	Panera Bread	2020	1,800	120,000,000
10	Einstein Bros	2020	600	9,000,000
11	Peet's Coffee	2020	200	3,000,000
12	Caribou Coffee	2020	274	4,000,000
13	Cheesecake Factory	2020	200	6,000,000
14	Starbuck's	2020	12,937	195,000,000
15	Wendy's	2020	6,500	890,000,000
16	California Pizza Kitchen	2022	250	17,000,000
17	CraftWorks Restaurants	2022	200	2,500,000
18	Bloomin' Brands	2025	1,220	1,300,000
19	Bob Evans	2025	600	100,000,000
20	Carl's Jr/Hardee's	2025	1,950	59,000,000

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Restaurant Cage Free Announcements

21	Bojangles	2025	671	92,000,000
22	Dairy Queen	2025	4,500	40,000,000
23	Dunkin' Donuts	2025	8,000	390,000,000
24	Jack in the Box/Qdoba	2025	3,000/640	108,000,000
25	McDonald's	2025	14,000	2,120,000,000
26	P.F. Chang's	2025	210	7,000,000
27	Quizno's	2025	1,500	45,000,000
28	Sonic	2025	3,500	155,000,000
29	Subway	2025	27,000	110,000,000
30	Taco John's	2025	400	8,000,000
31	TGI Friday's	2025	990	7,000,000
32	White Castle	2025	400	12,000,000
33	IHOP	2025	1,579	214,000,000
34	Applebee's	2025	1,870	4,000,000
35	Shoney's	2025	134	36,000,000
36	Golden Corral	2026	484	20,000,000
37	Cracker Barrel	2026	635	220,000,000
38	Chick-fil-A	2026	1,950	57,000,000
39	Denny's	2026	1,600	400,000,000
40	Krispy Kreme	2026	300	620,000,000
41	Krystal Burger	2026	350	10,000,000
	Total		118,048	7,500,000,000

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Convenience Stores Cage Free Announcements

Convenience Stores		Cage-Free Date	Outlets	Annual Eggs
1	WAWA	2020	725	69,100,000
2	CVS	2025	7,600	71,100,000
3	7-Eleven	2025	9,700	118,500,000
4	Walgreen's	2025	8,173	76,500,000
	Total		26,198	335,200,000

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Does NOT include others that will announce today, tomorrow, next week and next month

In Summary

Combined Estimated Cage-Free Requirements by Sector
Food Category		Annual Eggs	Hens Needed	% of Current Flock
1	Food Distributors (8)	2,940,000,000	10,900,000	3.8%
2	Restaurants (41)	7,500,000,000	27,700,000	9.6%
3	Hospitality & Travel (7)	110,000,000	410,000	0.1%
4	Grocery (45)	36,790,000,000	136,100,000	47.2%
5	Manufacturers (13)	2,170,000,000	8,000,000	2.8%
6	Convenience (4)	335,000,000	1,200,000	0.4%
	Total	49,845,000,000	184,310,000	63.9%

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Conventional Caged Egg Production

Around $15/hen

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Conventional Caged Egg Production

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Conventional Caged Egg Production

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Enriched Colony Egg Production

Around $25/hen

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Enriched Colony Egg Production

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Cage-Free Egg Production

Minimum of $40/hen

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Cage-Free Egg Production

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UEP supports ALL

3 Production systems

(and science does too!)

And we adamantly support

consumer choices!

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We MUST Build

A Social License

In order to have

Public Trust!!!

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Next Steps

UEP supports ALL three production systems – as does science

And we adamantly support consumer choices

Our scientific and producer committees met June 28-30

What is cage-free? Aviaries? Doors?

Pullet rearing for Aviaries?

Answers by our Annual Executive Conference and Board Meeting

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Happy to answer

questions?

Oscar S. Garrison | Vice President, Food Safety Regulatory Affairs

United Egg Producers

1720 Windward Concourse, Suite 230 | Alpharetta, GA 30005

D: 770-360-9220 | C: 706-202-3979