Don't Chicken Out!
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall strikes again. He's taking on Tesco and they're playing dirty (no surprises there!) by trying to make him pay for the papers to be sent to shareholders to vote on a resolution about chicken welfare.
Tesco want Hugh to pay a smidgeon over £86,000 to circulate these papers, though they do not normally charge others for the same privilege. Good old Tesco. It's not like Hugh is asking for much; just that the minimum standard is Freedom Foods. It's just not possible to raise chickens humanely when the retail price is £5 for two birds.
Anyway, Mr F-W has put up £30,000 of his own money and is auctioning off some stuff that's rather appealing to help raise the rest of the money. Even if you can't afford to bid thousands for Hugh to cook you a meal, there is a link for you to donate to the cause.
Come on guys, whether you like Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall or not, he's doing a really good thing, so every £5 helps. Please join me in supporting this fund-raiser, after all, wouldn't it be a laugh to see Tesco having to listen to the customer?
posted by The Shepton Witch @ 16:12
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Well done you for posting this - I've signed up and made a donation. This guy is brilliant - a perfect example of actions speaking louder than words!!
Well, we need to spread the word and I'm happy to put my money where my mouth is! I hope he manages to get a good fighting fund going - I think what he's doing is great!
WooooHoooooo!!! It looks like they have raised the money needed to get the resolution circulated, so that's fab news.
I sent in a suggestion to help things along and I'll add it on here:
It's highly likely that people who are buying two chickens for a fiver don't have the disposable income to be too picky about how their food is produced. It's also likely that Tesco broiler sales haven't declined much, if at all, though their free range sales have increased. This means that more people are likely to be buying chickens from Tesco than previously.
The only motive a supermarket has to make change is the profit motive. Free range products sell for a premium and are lucrative. Sainsbury's have won "Good Egg" awards from Compassion In World Farming, so here's what I suggest:
If you can afford to buy anything better than brutally raised chicken, buy them from Sainsburys - they have won awards and if you buy your chickens there, get the rest of your groceries at Sainsburys too. That will hit Tesco's bottom line and they will start to pay attention.
Go Hugh!!!
Wow, that is GREAT news!
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