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<\/p>\nSainsbury’s announced it will stop selling brown eggs altogether, switching exclusively to white-shells under its own-brand range in a bid to reduce its carbon footprint<\/p>\n
Sainsbury’s said it will no longer sell brown eggs (stock)(Image: Getty)<\/p>\n
A major supermarket switch by Sainsbury’s has prompted responses from Morrisons <\/a>and Waitrose.<\/p>\n The UK’s largest supermarket chain<\/a> announced it will stop selling brown eggs altogether, switching exclusively to white-shells under its own-brand range.<\/p>\n Sainsbury’s<\/a> said the change supports its push toward sustainability and net zero targets by 2035, as white eggs have a lower carbon footprint than brown eggs.<\/p>\n But Morrisons<\/a> and Waitrose<\/a> have confirmed they’ll keep stocking brown eggs, insisting customers should have the option to choose. A Waitrose spokesman said the retailer could “achieve high welfare and reduce our environmental impact at the same time”.<\/p>\n Morrisons agreed, pledging to keep brown eggs in its own-brand selection to allow customers the freedom to choose their preferred colour. “Customers are continuously looking for ways to shop more sustainably,” the supermarket said.<\/p>\n Morrisons and Waitrose say customers should have the option to choose (stock)(Image: Getty)<\/p>\n The move by Sainsbury’s comes as the supermarket tries to reach net zero targets by 2035. It says white eggs come from white-feathered hens, which have longer laying lives and lower feed requirements, producing the same output with a smaller carbon footprint.<\/p>\n Research from SAC Consulting found white eggs have a 12.7 per cent lower carbon footprint.<\/p>\n The chain says it hopes to achieve net-zero across its own operations by 2035 and its full supply chain by 2050.<\/p>\n A Sainsbury’s spokesperson said: “White eggs have the same delicious taste and nutritional benefits as their brown counterparts but result in lower carbon emissions and better welfare outcomes for the hens that lay them.”<\/p>\n A Waitrose spokesman said: “We are committed to the highest standards of animal welfare and quality, championing British eggs from trusted, high-welfare farms.<\/p>\n “We are also on track to achieve net zero across our UK farms by 2035, demonstrating that we can achieve high welfare and reduce our environmental impact at the same time.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sainsbury’s announced it will stop selling brown eggs altogether, switching exclusively to white-shells under its own-brand range in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":624037,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[84,59,211752,725,719,56,54,55,141752],"class_list":["post-624036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-gb","tag-sainbury","tag-sainsburys","tag-supermarkets","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-waitrose-ltd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=624036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624036\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/624037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=624036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=624036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=624036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Egg](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1_Egg-carton-with-white-eggs-and-brown-eggs.jpg\")
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