What do Michael Vick & Lunardi's Supermarket have in common?

On Sunday, August 26 at 4 PM, East Bay Animal Advocates (EBAA) will speak out against Lunardi's Supermarket's continued support of chicken cruelty. At the grocery chain's Walnut Creek store, EBAA will urge Lunardi's Supermarket to ban the sale of eggs from chickens confined to cages for their entire lives. The store address is 1600 Palos Verdes Mall in Walnut Creek.

Lunardi's Supermarket is the lead competitor of Andronico's Market, which stopped selling eggs from caged chickens in October 2006. In May, Rainbow Grocery became the first San Francisco-based retailer to oppose cruel egg industry practices. Both Rainbow Grocery and Andronico's Market have joined a growing national network of cities, educational institutions, farmers, and retailers that oppose the intensive confinement of laying hens -- a notoriously cruel yet common egg industry practice.

Each year over 19 million egg-laying hens in California are raised in concentrated confinement to produce eggs for consumers. According to the California Poultry Workgroup, the vast majority of egg-layers in California are confined to tiny cages. Each bird is limited to less than
67 square inches of space for her entire life.

East Bay Animal Advocates (EBAA) is an animal protection non-profit organization based in the San Francisco Bay Area. California is home to one of the most industrious and concentrated animal agriculture areas in the world. Through consumer education, corporate outreach, direct aid and legal research, EBAA analyzes the impact of the California agricultural industry on animals, humans and the environment.