9 out of 10 Charlotteans believe

Promises should be kept.

Harris Teeter broke theirs.

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Charlotte shoppers, in their own words

  • 1.5 millionanimals suffering in cages
  • Onebroken promise to free them
  • Thousandsof betrayed shoppers

You trusted Harris Teeter. Their promise should have freed 1.5 million egg-laying hens from cages. Make them keep it.

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Harris Teeter went quiet.
Charlotte got louder.

It’s on TV. And in our streets.
Your move, ’Teeter.

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See how Charlotte gave a caged hen her wings, one feather at a time.

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Harris Teeter knows exactly how to handle something with care. But when it comes to animals, they chose not to.

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They promised to go cage-free. Customers are asking why they haven’t.

No animal deserves a life in a cage

This is a sheet of letter paper.

And this is all the floor space Harris Teeter gives caged hens.

About 67 square inches each: the cage standard Harris Teeter still allows in its supply chain. Drawn here to scale.

She can’t spread her wings.

Spread wide, a hen’s wings span about 28 inches: more than three sheets of paper, side by side. Drawn here to scale.

She lives her whole life like this.

She’s smart, social, and curious, and can feel fear and suffer just like a dog or cat. Yet for over a year she’s confined to a space too small to even stretch, in constant distress, and on wire that causes her pain. She will leave her cage just once: on the last day of her life, as she’s trucked to slaughter.Video: hens in a cage facility allegedly in the supply chain of Kroger, Harris Teeter’s parent company. Footage: International Council for Animal Welfare (ICAW).

Why Charlotte

The fight to end cages runs through Charlotte.

  1. Here.

    Harris Teeter is a Charlotte company, headquartered just down the road in Matthews. It’s Kroger’s premium chain, and the people it answers to are us: its shoppers here.

  2. Now.

    Across the US, grocers have already gone cage-free. Harris Teeter is one of the biggest holdouts: its broken promise is a barrier to change, for hens and for all of us who were promised better.

  3. You.

    That’s why Charlotte holds the key. A company that counts on loyal customers can’t ignore us when we speak up together.

Make them keep their word.

Harris Teeter figured you wouldn’t care. Prove them wrong, Charlotte.

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Harris Teeter made a promise. We’ll keep asking until they keep it.