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The NGO said it would flood Morrisons’ communications channels in a bid to get it to sign the Better Chicken Commitment

California Consumers Deserve Better Than US Retailers Like Costco Provide Details STANDARDS FOR WHAT WE EAT--Imagine a food so filthy that it requires chemical disinfection prior to packaging and sale. Now imagine that the average American eats almost 100 pounds of it every year. Sadly, that product is not imaginary. It’s chicken, and few US consumers know the grisly truth about how its produced. (Photo above: "Approximately 9 billion chickens are raised for food ...

Dive Brief: Costco is facing consumer backlash after animal rights group Mercy for Animals released an undercover video filmed of a farm that supplies Lincoln Premium Poultry (LPP) plant, Costcos in-house poultry facility.  Criticism of the retailer, including from New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof, cites footage of chickens in cramped and dimly lit sheds, carcasses discarded on the facility grounds and birds with obvious, untreated injuries.  Mercy for Animals President Leah Garcés ...

A new investigation exposes the hidden animal cruelty costs of Costco’s $4.99 rotisserie chicken. 

At The Beet, we focus on eating more plant-based foods for the sake of your health. There are new studies every week that indicate a mostly or fully plant-based diet is the healthiest way to eat to reduce the risk of heart disease,diabetes, high blood pressure, certain cancers, obesity, and type 2 diabetes. We fully believe that as more and more people choose to eat plant-based for health and the planet (since raising plants is gentler on the environment than raising animals) there will be mor...

  Credit...Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters Probably like many of you, I think of Costco as an enlightened company exemplifying capitalism that works. One ranking listed it as the No. 1 company to work at in terms of pay and benefits — a prime example of a business that is both profitable and humane. Unless, it turns out, you’re a chicken. Rotisserie chickens selling for just $4.99 each are a Costco hallmark, both delicious and cheap. They are so popular they have their own Facebook page, and the c...

Support OneGreenPlanet Being publicly-funded gives us a greater chance to continue providing you with high quality content. Please support us! Support Us According to The Humane League, Whole Foods Market will begin higher animal welfare standards for chickens in its supply chain. This makes Whole Foods the first major US retailer to sign on to all parts of the Better Chicken Commitment. Advertisement Whole Foods will phase out live-shackle slaughter in its chicken suppliers, with full re...