Kategorie: Animals

Veröffentlicht am

Starbucks U.S. Is All Talk; Starbucks France Takes Action—Urge U.S. Stores to Drop the Vegan Milk Upcharge, Too

Starbucks France has said, “Oui,” to dropping the vegan milk upcharge!

People who want to drink responsibly for the sake of animals or their own health or because they know that exploiting cows for the milk that’s meant for their babies is fueling the climate catastrophe can now do so at the majority of Starbucks France stores—they won’t be charged extra for oat, almond, soy, or coconut milk. The company announced the good news on Instagram (above), joining Starbucks stores in the U.K., which dropped the surcharge for all plant-based milks earlier this year. Starbucks stores in China, India, and elsewhere also offer dairy-free options at no additional cost.

Starbucks claims to champion social causes while imposing a surcharge that harms cows, the planet, and communities of color—and the company is rightfully being roasted for its hypocrisy.

Starbucks agrees that animal-friendly vegan milks are better for the planet and has even admitted that dairy is the biggest contributor to its carbon footprint—but at its U.S. stores and other locations around the world, it still charges up to 80 cents more to use vegan milk instead of cow’s milk in lattes, Frappuccinos, and other drinks. People shouldn’t have to pay extra for making a compassionate choice, and if you’re lactose intolerant (as many folks are, especially people of color), you have to skip dairy to avoid getting sick. Joined by supporters such as longtime ally Sir Paul McCartney and kind consumers like you, PETA has been spearheading the push to persuade the coffee giant to nix the hypocritical added fee.

Join PETA in taking action: Remind Starbucks that folks in the U.S. don’t want to pay extra to avoid a morning cup of cruelty.

Click below to tell Starbucks that soy, oat, almond, and coconut milk shouldn’t cost a cent more than their dairy counterpart, which is cruel to cows, contributes to the climate catastrophe, and is indigestible to many humans:

Ask Starbucks to Stop Charging Extra for Vegan Milk!

The post Starbucks U.S. Is All Talk; Starbucks France Takes Action—Urge U.S. Stores to Drop the Vegan Milk Upcharge, Too appeared first on PETA.

Veröffentlicht am

Associated Food Stores Drops Chaokoh Coconut Milk

After receiving more than 80,000 e-mails from PETA supporters and a PETA delivery of humanely picked coconuts to the company’s CEO, grocery wholesaler Associated Food Stores has ended its sales of Chaokoh brand coconut milk, for which monkeys are chained, caged, and forced into a lifetime of labor picking coconuts. The company joins over 35,000 stores that have rejected coconut products linked to monkey labor in Thailand.

The post Associated Food Stores Drops Chaokoh Coconut Milk appeared first on PETA.

Veröffentlicht am

This Little Piggy Makes Pre-Easter Plea in Pittsburgh: ‘I’m ME, Not MEAT’

Because the city has the third-largest number of observers of the Easter holiday in the U.S. and is located in one of the country’s top pork-producing states, PETA has placed a pre-Easter message on Pittsburgh buses calling on everyone to “see the individual” behind each ham roast and opt for animal-free holiday fare.

“With so many vegan roasts available nowadays, everyone can enjoy a delicious Easter feast without harming a hair on a little piggy’s head,” says PETA President Ingrid Newkirk. “PETA encourages everyone to celebrate life by showing kindness and mercy to animals.”

Consumer demand is skyrocketing—the vegan food market is predicted to reach $7.5 billion by 2025. Vegan roasts spare pigs immense suffering: In the meat industry, workers chop off piglets’ tails, cut their teeth with pliers, and castrate the males without pain relief. At the slaughterhouse, workers hang pigs upside down, sometimes while they’re still conscious, and bleed them to death.

PETA offers a vegan Easter brunch menu—packed with sweet and savory recipes—on its website along with a list of top vegan ham roasts, all pig-free.

PETA—whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to eat”—opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview. For more information, please visit PETA.org or follow the group on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram.

The post This Little Piggy Makes Pre-Easter Plea in Pittsburgh: ‘I’m ME, Not MEAT’ appeared first on PETA.

Veröffentlicht am

This Little Piggy Makes Pre-Easter Plea in Minneapolis: ‘I’m ME, Not MEAT’

Because the city is located in the country’s second top pork-producing state, PETA has placed a sky-high, pre-Easter message across the street from the Basilica of Saint Mary calling on everyone to “see the individual” behind each ham roast and opt for animal-free holiday fare.

“With so many vegan roasts available nowadays, everyone can enjoy a delicious Easter feast without harming a hair on a little piggy’s head,” says PETA President Ingrid Newkirk. “PETA encourages everyone to celebrate life by showing kindness and mercy to animals.”

Consumer demand for animal-free fare is skyrocketing—the vegan food market is predicted to reach $7.5 billion by 2025. Vegan roasts spare pigs immense suffering: In the meat industry, workers chop off piglets’ tails, cut their teeth with pliers, and castrate the males without pain relief. At the slaughterhouse, workers hang pigs upside down, sometimes while they’re still conscious, and bleed them to death.

PETA offers a vegan Easter brunch menu—packed with sweet and savory recipes—on its website along with a list of top vegan ham roasts, all pig-free.

PETA—whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to eat”—opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview. For more information, please visit PETA.org or follow the group on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram.

The post This Little Piggy Makes Pre-Easter Plea in Minneapolis: ‘I’m ME, Not MEAT’ appeared first on PETA.