Activism & Animals Active Updated Aug 17, 2026
Germany's supermarket welfare pledge under watch
Germany's biggest supermarket chains, including Lidl, Kaufland, REWE and EDEKA, pledged to phase out meat and dairy from the lowest animal-welfare housing categories by 2030, but a DUH-commissioned study found the contracts needed to guarantee that supply are still unsigned. This storyline tracks whether retailers lock in binding commitments before the deadline or let the pledge lapse.
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Aug 17, 2026 Latest
A DUH-commissioned study found Germany's largest supermarket chains, Lidl, Kaufland, REWE and EDEKA, are stalling on their pledge to phase out the lowest animal-welfare meat categories by 2030, with only a third of the ten largest German slaughterhouses approached agreeing to participate and the contractual foundations for the pledge still lacking. Aldi said roughly a third of its private-label sales already come from higher-welfare housing categories 3 through 5.
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