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VISIT WEGMANSCRUELTY.COM FOR INFORMATION ON HOW TO GET INVOLVED!
Wegmans Cruelty is a half hour documentary produced by a small investigative team from the organization Compassionate Consumers. Organization members contacted Wegmans Food Markets to try to hold some meaningful dialogue about the conditions at Wegmans Egg Farm, and were then misled and dismissed by Wegmans representatives. The team set out to capture actual footage inside the farm and create a film based on their experience. Compassionate Consumers is distributing the film through the Internet for free, and on DVD for $7.
Visit this website -- WegmansCruelty.com for even more details about the Wegmans campaign. Also see http://wegmanscruelty.blogspot.com for more news coverage and discussion.The film features statements from Wegmans representatives, interviews with the investigators, and footage of what life and death is like inside of a battery cage facility. Approximately 98% of all eggs produced in the United States come from hens that are housed in battery cages. Often unknowingly, customers are supporting the practices of modern egg farming by purchasing eggs.
Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. is a 69-store supermarket chain with stores in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Virginia. The family-owned company, founded in 1916, is recognized as an industry leader and innovator. Wegmans has been named one of the 'Top 100 Companies to Work For' by Fortune Magazine for the last several years. In 2005, Wegmans ranked number one on the list.
Compassionate Conusmers is a Rochester based animal advocacy group. Formed in 2004, the group aims to inspire consumers to educate themselves about the impact of their food choices. Compassionate Consumers is calling for a boycott of battery cage eggs.

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Compassionate Consumers is a not-for-profit animal advocacy organization based in Rochester, NY. CC focuses on the cruelty of animals in agriculture and encourages consumers to adopt a vegetarian diet or seek out more humane animal products. Also considered a consumer advocacy group, CC believes that everyone has the right to know and obligation to find out where their food comes from. CC helps to ensure that consumers have access to truthful and reliable information regarding how their food is produced so that they are able to make informed and compassionate choices.
Compassionate Consumers was founded in 2004 by a small group of people concerned about animal welfare in the food industry. Many people have little or no connection to where any of their food comes from. Farm animals are often hidden from view in large warehouse-like facilities; and the origin of any specific animal product can be difficult to trace. Out of sight, out of mind - and its time for that to change. This is the spark that began the organization and its drive to bring information to the public about these issues.For more information, please visit
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Find A Wegmans Store Near You to contact about Wegmans Cruelty!

Contact Wegmans at 1-800-WEGMANS or write to them at:
Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. c/o Jo Natale 1500 Brooks Avenue PO Box 30844 Rochester, NY 14603-0844
You can also use their online contact form .When you contact Wegmans:
Ask for a tour of the egg production facility.
Request that they work with a humane organization such as the Humane Society of the United States to either improve conditions at their farm or prove that the animals are being treated humanely.
Tell them you are boycotting Wegmans and other battery cage eggs until shown proof that conditions are to your satisfaction.
Ask them to follow suit with the European Union and stop using "battery cages" at their egg farm.Join the e-mail updates list about the Wegmans Cruelty campaign!
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/compassionateconsumers/
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Wegmans Cruelty demo report - 4/29/2007

    Today in Rochester, seven activists stood up for the 750,000 hens confined to battery cages at the Wegmans Egg Farm in Wolcott, New York.  We distributed several free copies of...
Posted by WegmansCruelty.com on Sun, 29 Apr 2007 03:24:00 PST

Wegmans negotiating sale of its egg farm

http://www.mpnnow.com/news/view_story.php?articleId=5694&nbs p;  Wegmans may sell egg farm   By JULIE SHERWOOD   Messenger Post Staff   Posted: Jan 9, 01:00 PM EST&nb...
Posted by WegmansCruelty.com on Tue, 09 Jan 2007 01:48:00 PST

Wegmans Cruelty demo report - 12/23/2006

On Saturday, December 23, 2006, eight activists from around the country stood up for the 750,000 hens at Wegmans Egg Farm.  Demonstrators were well-received by members of the public and employees...
Posted by WegmansCruelty.com on Mon, 25 Dec 2006 12:00:00 PST

Wegmans Cruelty demonstration in Canandaigua, NY

CA students protest at Wegmans By MIKE COSTANZA Messenger Post Staff Posted: Dec 17, 06:00 AM EST They say the grocery chain's egg farm is cruel to chickens. CANANDAIGUA  Canandaigua Ac...
Posted by WegmansCruelty.com on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 03:24:00 PST

Rochester Demo Report: November 24, 2006

Today, activists in Rochester, NY took some serious time out of their busy schedules to stand up for animals.  Nearly twenty animal advocates came out to the Pittsford Wegmans this afternoon to v...
Posted by WegmansCruelty.com on Sat, 25 Nov 2006 10:23:00 PST