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Sodexo’sSecretIngredient:AnimalCruelty

The global food giant swore it would end the worst cruelty it was responsible
for. Now, with little sign that it intends to keep its promises, time is running
out for millions of animals.

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Sodexo doesn’t want you to know its secrets. The foodservice provider, which
serves schools, university dining halls, hospitals, and office buildings around
the country, sources its ingredients from factory farms that perpetuate the
worst forms of animal cruelty. These industrial farms condemn millions of pigs,
chickens, and egg-laying hens to a lifetime of misery—confined in dark sheds,
trapped in their own waste, and suffering from excruciating injuries every day.

Sodexo promised its clients and consumers that the company would “[uphold] the
highest standards of corporate responsibility” and end these horrific abuses.
Yet, the company hasn’t made adequate progress toward fulfilling these promises.
Sodexo’s failure to live up to its responsibilities harms the millions of
animals suffering in its supply chains, misleads consumers, and puts its
clients’ reputations at risk.

It’s time for Sodexo to stop hiding behind empty promises and make real
progress—for the animals and for its customers. Tell Sodexo to do the right
thing and stop serving animal cruelty.

As more institutions prioritize environmental, social, and government
responsibility when making foodservice choices, Sodexo is falling behind the
times. Other foodservice providers are leading the way with strong animal
welfare policies, and they’re taking steps to follow through on their promises.
Meanwhile, Sodexo—a self-proclaimed “industry leader”—is leaving clients in the
dark on animal welfare.


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SODEXO PROMISED TO PREVENT CHICKENS BEING BOILEDALIVE.

Chickens raised for Sodexo's suppliers endure the worst forms of abuse
imaginable—from the day they are born, to the day they are violently killed. The
chicken industry condemns birds to a life of suffering from day one by
selectively breeding them to grow so large, so fast, they can barely support
their own weight. Their explosive growth rate predisposes chickens to a host of
horrific diseases and injuries, including white striping disease. Some chickens
can't even stand up or move, leaving them trapped on a filthy factory farm
floor, lying in their own waste. 

After 4 to 6 weeks of suffering through these conditions, a chicken's short life
comes to an end at the slaughterhouse, where they will experience even more
gruesome treatment. These slaughterhouses shackle birds upside-down by their
ankles, slit their throats, and submerge them in scalding tanks. Many birds are
still conscious when they enter the scalding tank, leaving them to be boiled
alive.

Sodexo said it would stop supporting these horrific practices, but it has yet to
take real action steps or make a plan to stop this cruelty. Because of the
company's empty promises, millions of birds are suffering—and time is running
out.


Konrad Lozinski • Open Cages


SODEXO PROMISED TO LET HENS STRETCHTHEIRWINGS.

Despite making initial progress by switching a portion of its egg supply to be
cage-free, some Sodexo suppliers still trap egg-laying hens in battery cages for
the majority of their lives, packing a typical hen into a space the size of a
sheet of paper with up to ten other birds. These archaic cages confine birds so
tightly that they can't even stretch out their wings, let alone engage in any of
their natural behaviors. The cage's abrasive wire-mesh material digs into hens'
feet and feathers, leaving them with painful lesions and even lifelong foot
deformities. As a result of their intensive confinement, intelligent, sensitive
hens spend every day in physical and mental agony.

It doesn’t have to be this way. Other industry leaders already source 100%
cage-free eggs. Meanwhile, Sodexo originally promised to eliminate cages in the
US by 2020 (and switch to 100% cage-free shell eggs by 2014), but after adopting
a global policy pushed back its timeline to 2025 instead of accelerating
progress in the US. After reporting relatively similar numbers since 2019, it’s
time for Sodexo to start making consistent progress to reach 100% cage-free.


Konrad Lozinski • Open Cages


SODEXO PROMISED TO LET MOTHER PIGS TURNAROUND.

Mother pigs are loving, emotional, and fiercely protective of their babies—but
Sodexo's suppliers abuse and exploit them like they are nothing more than
machines. These factory farms keep pregnant pigs—known as breeding sows—in
crates that are barely bigger than their own bodies. A sow will spend the
entirety of her four-month pregnancy in a seven-foot by two-foot gestation
crate, restricted so tightly that she can't even turn around. The stress of
confinement weakens a pig's cardiac function, immune system, and bone strength,
and the pressure of the cage against her body leaves her with painful sores and
abrasions. Gestation crates also cause severe mental anguish, with female pigs
exhibiting signs of boredom and even depression. 

This intensive confinement is so cruel that several states, including
Massachusetts and California, have voted to make gestation crates illegal, and
large food companies have followed suit to become crate-free. However, Sodexo
still supports this egregious cruelty.

Recently, Sodexo did the right thing by committing to source pork from mother
pigs that spend less time in crates by 2025, but the company has not yet defined
a clear path to eliminate crates from its purchasing entirely.


Konrad Lozinski • Open Cages


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