Corporate Information
Ingles and Animal Welfare
Ingles is committed to supporting the humane treatment of animals. It is our belief that animals should be raised, transported, and processed in a manner that is safe, clean, and free from cruelty and neglect. To illustrate our support, we have adopted the animal welfare guidelines of the Food Marketing Institute (FMI). These guidelines are continuing to evolve as we work with independent experts in the areas of food safety and animal welfare to ensure that the safety of the food products sold in our stores is not compromised and that the animals that are processed into products sold at Ingles stores are treated humanely.
Ingles has policies that, when considering all factors , we a) will give buying preference to poultry suppliers that use, or agree to switch to controlled atmosphere stunning or controlled atmosphere killing , b) will give buying preference to pork producers that are phasing out gestation stalls, and c) will continually strive to increase the volume of cage free eggs for our consumers.
In addition, Ingles has joined The Humane Society of the United States in its campaign to end Canada's commercial seal hunt.
We believe in good animal handling practices and we monitor our suppliers for compliance. Ingles Markets prides itself in doing business with vendors that support strict animal welfare guidelines. These vendors are at the top of the industry standards and are leading the field in animal welfare issues.
Ingles Markets associates and customers are passionate about Animal Welfare. As such, we will continue to partner with FMI to develop a collaborative approach to ensure ongoing improvements in animal welfare.
