Farmfoods has dropped its commitment to stop selling eggs from chickens farmed in cages, becoming the only UK supermarket to have ditched the welfare promise. The chain committed in 2016 to going cage-free by the end of 2025 after campaigning from The Humane League UK, which has now launched a petition in response to what it described as a "betrayal". READ MORE FROM THE CAGE FREE CAMPAIGNGeorge Herd, the chief executive of Farmfoods, made the decision with the company saying it was “unwilling to deny customers access to the good value, nutritious food provided by eggs laid by caged hens.”StressThis claim was made despite the fact that Farmfoods eggs from caged hens cost the same as Aldi’s free-range eggs. Claire Williams, campaigns manager at The Humane League UK, said: “Dropping Farmfoods’ cage-free commitment is a catastrophic blunder from George Herd’s leadership. "We won’t stand by as Farmfoods cages over one hundred thousand desperately suffering hens, betraying their word to customers just so they can line their pockets.