Food Business - Animals Aotearoa

Largest coffee company and another restaurant brand sign the BCC, as café industry ranking report released

Columbus Coffee and Mexico Restaraunt latest brands to sign the Better Chicken Commitment.

A dog’s dinner that’s better welfare than our own

Photo of a small golden coloured puppy, looking into the camera, with their head in a bowl that is labelled with a paw print and the word “Food.”

Many pet food companies have much higher welfare standards that human food brands.

Kiwi Café Giant Joins The Movement Towards Higher Welfare for Chickens

An image from behind a coffee counter with sandwiches and sweets in the cabinet and a coffee machine on the left. There is a blue filter over the image and then the logos for Bird on a Wire and The Coffee Club. Under the logos is the text "Sign the Better Chicken Commitment"

The Coffee Club and Bird on a Wire are the latest big brands to sign the Australia-New Zealand Better Chicken Commitment.

Volunteers protest Nando’s in Auckland, Hamilton, Porirua, Wellington and Christchurch.

Pressure increases as volunteers head out to Nando’s stores in Auckland, Hamilton, Porirua, Wellington and Christchurch.

New study compares cost of Better Chicken Commitment and low-welfare chicken

A woman wearing a blue overall, crouching down on the floor of a chicken shed with a clipboard and pen in her hands. Next to her is a bale of straw with small brown and white chickens perched on top. In the background, many small chickens are on the floor of the shed or sat on wooden perches. Natural light in entering the shed via a series of windows.

New study shows cost of giving chickens better lives via the BCC.

Why does Nando’s only care about chickens in some countries?

Nando’s, all chickens deserve better treatment.

What we’ve achieved for animals in 2022, with your help

A white-feathered chicken standing on a striped towel on the grass with a pair of sunglasses on the towel. There is a wall and plant pots behind her.

After two years in existence, this is what we’ve achieved at Animals Aotearoa for farmed animals.

A year ago Aotearoa was shocked to see the inside of a free-range factory farm

11,000 people watched Farmwatch footage on RNZ’s Facebook page, and countless more heard the story on the radio or watched it on TV. But a year on, what has changed for chickens?

World’s largest meal kit, HelloFresh, joins the Better Chicken Commitment in NZ

HelloFresh brings their commitment to chicken welfare from overseas to customers in NZ.

Nando’s and Pita Pit’s chicken double-standards exposed in latest Animals Aotearoa campaign

Today, we launched a campaign against Nando’s and Pita Pit, two fast-food companies from the Delivering Better report, on their failure to improve chicken welfare.