Missouri & Illinois Walmarts Making Big Animal Changes in 2025

Many love to make changes once the calendar flips to a new year. Missouri and Illinois Walmart stores are no different as they're planning to implement big changes in 2025 and it has to do with animals.

I found this just out of curiosity as I was looking over the new Walmart Policies and Guidelines for 2025. Most of the new policies have to do with the treatment of animals. Here are the exact words straight from Missouri and Illinois Walmart stores about what's going to happen:

"At Walmart and Sam’s Club we are committed to providing our customers with safe, affordable, and sustainable food as well as promoting the humane treatment of animals."

How will Missouri and Illinois Walmart stores make sure animals are treated better?

The new policies say the following:

• "Specific new tracking and audit requirements include "each fresh pork supplier must have on-farm video monitoring for sow farms and will be subject to unannounced animal welfare video audits"
• "Fresh pork supplier must implement an internal annual animal welfare audit for all farms that includes a grading system"
• Walmart will honor the "5 Freedoms" including "freedom from hunger, thirst and discomfort, freedom from pain injury and disease, freedom to express normal behavior and freedom from fear and distress"

As of January 1, 2025, Walmart says they will implement a 100% cage free egg system.

That's just the tip of the animal iceberg at Walmart starting in 2025. You can look over the many new policies and guidelines yourself on the Walmart Policies and Guidelines website.