Caged Hens

KFC has chickened out on welfare promises

Rob Percival

| 21st April 2026

KFC pledges to source a third of its chicken from the UK – why is the bar so low on our high street?
Iceland 'left with egg on its face'

Brendan Montague

| 24th July 2025

Iceland reinstates cage-free commitment after sustained campaign.
Ditch the cages

Staff Reporter

| 15th November 2019

Compassion in World Farming calls on UK's top bargain retailers to go cage free.

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