For Immediate Release:
March 30, 2022
Contact:
Moira Colley 202-483-7382
Seattle â Ahead of his upcoming tour stop in Seattle, where Starbucks is based, Sir Paul McCartney is asking the company to end its surcharge on plant-based milks. In a just-sent letter, the longtime PETA ally urges CEO Kevin Johnson to leave a parting gift for cows and the planet by arranging to end the chainâs vegan milk upcharge before he retires on April 4.
âMy friends at PETA are campaigning for this,â McCartney writes. âI sincerely hope that for the future of the planet and animal welfare you are able to implement this policy.â
PETA notes that, unlike Johnson, cows in the dairy industry donât get a happy retirement. Instead, theyâre repeatedly and forcibly impregnatedâworkers insert an arm into the animalsâ rectum and a metal rod to deliver semen into their vaginaâand then sent to slaughter when their bodies give out. And while Johnson is enjoying the twilight of his life, Starbucks will be fueling the climate catastrophe that will imperil future generationsâ chance to do the same, as cowâs milk is Starbucksâ biggest contributor to its carbon footprint.
Sir Paul points out that numerous chains (including Philz Coffee, Panera Bread, and Pret A Manger) offer dairy-free milk at no extra chargeâand that even Starbucks in the U.K. recently dropped its vegan milk surcharge.
McCartneyâs full letter is available upon request. PETAâwhose motto reads, in part, that âanimals are not ours to eatââopposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview. For more information, please visit PETA.org or follow the group on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram.
Source: Peta.org