Cage-Free Au Bon Pain

Au Bon Pain is the latest restaurant chain to use eggs that do not come from hens confined in cramped battery cages. ABP Corporation, the company that manages the restaurant chain, announced last week that only cage-free eggs will be used in all of its 39 Massachusetts locations. The Humane Society of the United States worked with the Boston-based business to improve its animal welfare standards. Other national restaurant chains have already started to phase in cage-free eggs, including Burger King, Wendy’s, and Denny’s. Battery cages for egg-laying hens are currently banned in California and Michigan.