Prison City Eats

Here’s the previously-mentioned contact list for chain restaurants in Prison City (Jackson, Michigan)–many of which are found in cities across America. 


I’m also throwing in (free of charge) a couple talking points, straight from your local bovine’s Christmas list, that you might want to touch on while talking to Ronald MacDonald himself. Or you can just scream and make a bunch of threats you can’t back up. Whatever works for you. ;)


Talking Points:

• Ask chains to give purchasing preference to humane suppliers. Encourage them to work with companies who offer pasture-raised, natural meat products and cage-free eggs. (You can thank McDonalds, Burger King, Wendy’s, Panera Bread and Chipotle–if you’re blessed enough to have one unlike Jackson–for beginning to shift their purchases toward more humane suppliers. Challenge them to continue to expand their commitment to do so in the coming few years.)
  
• Ask chains to publicize where there meat comes from and how it is produced on their website and in their menus. Studies such as this one show that consumers are becoming more interested in the origin of the things they eat.
  
• Ask chains to publicize any efforts they make on their television, radio, internet and print-media advertising to help raise public awareness and challenge their competitors to get on the Humane Source bandwagon.
• Encourage the corporates to sit down with nationally recognized Animal Rights organizations or to seek out certification with agencies like the Food Alliance or Family Farmed. Wouldn’t a seal of approval help them gain an edge with increasingly conscious consumers?
  
• Encourage chains to give their local branches freedom to purchase meat and produce from local or regional farmers whenever possible.