There’s No Vegan Egg Shortage—Find Out Where PETA Is Shelling Out Free Vegan Egg Sandwiches
PETA has the solution to the egg shortage and bird flu crisis—vegan eggs! By opting for animal-free eggs, you can help save money and chickens exploited by the egg industry as egg prices reach record highs. PETA is showing just how easy—and tasty—it is to make the switch by handing out thousands of free vegan egg salad sandwiches nationwide.
Let’s Lay Out the Facts—5 Ways Chickens Pay the Highest Price for Eggs
The price of eggs has ALWAYS been too high for the more than 300 million hens suffering on egg farms every year in the U.S.
1. Male chicks are ground up alive. At hatcheries, workers grind up male chicks alive almost immediately after hatching because they’re considered “useless” to the egg industry.
2. Hens are genetically manipulated for profit. The egg industry genetically modifies chickens to produce more eggs than their body can keep up with. After about 2 years on farms, their bodies break down, and they are killed.
3. ‘Cage-free’ and ‘free-range’ labels are misleading. Companies cram hens into crowded sheds with little more than a square foot of floor space each.
4. Egg farms are breeding grounds for deadly diseases. Stressed chickens are forced to stand in their own feces—if they can even stand. These dirty sheds are the perfect conditions for bird flu. Since January 2025, farmers have killed more than 45 million chickens due to bird flu.
5. One bird flu case means mass killings. Workers killed more than 5 million chickens at one of the world’s largest egg factories after a single case of avian influenza was detected.
Chickens are highly intelligent, form deep social bonds, and even dream when they sleep. When able to express their natural behaviors, chickens spend their time foraging in dirt and grass with their friends.
Most hens spend their short miserable lives crammed inside wire-floored cages where they don’t even have enough room to spread their wings. When their bodies can no longer produce eggs, the gentle chickens are trucked to slaughterhouses. There, workers hang them upside down and their throats are slit before they’re dragged through scalding hot de-feathering tanks, often while still conscious.
PETA Is Shelling Out Free Vegan Egg Sandwiches—Here’s Where
Tucson, Arizona (January 29, 2025): PETA’s “Tommy Tofu” mascot and supporters dished out 500 free vegan egg salad sandwiches made with a delicious mix of tofu and Just Egg, courtesy of Tucson’s Midtown Vegan Deli & Market.
Athens, GA (January 30, 2025): In response to bird flu hitting a Georgia chicken farm, PETA’s Commando Chicks—dressed in military outfits and combat boots—reported for duty near Chick-fil-A to give away 500 free vegan egg salad sandwiches made from delicious protein-packed tofu.
How Many People Has Bird Flu Killed?
In November and December 2024, bird flu:
- Killed 17.2 million egg-laying hens and 43 million other chickens
- Sickened dozens of humans and killed one man
- Infected more than 900 herds of cows in the dairy industry
No PETA Giveaway in Your City? No Problem!
If you couldn’t try an egg-free sandwich at the PETA giveaways, snag a Just Egg coupon to try it yourself.
In addition to the delicious egg salad sandwiches made from tofu and Just Egg that we’ve been giving away, there are lots of other easy swaps for eggs.
You can purchase other ready-to-eat egg-free products, like WunderEggs, or create your own vegan egg using chickpea flour, flaxseeds, or aquafaba. Learn more about going vegan and receive loads of animal and cost-saving recipes by joining PETA’s 3-Week Vegan Challenge:
