McChook Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 Are any of you going to the Motor Cycle Museum in Birmingham on Friday to support Hugh in his Chicken Out campaign against Tesco? According to the Chicken Out website: This Friday, June 27th, the writer and broadcaster Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall will be speaking on behalf of a resolution he has submitted at the Tesco AGM in Birmingham My sister and I received letters from CiWF inviting us to attend, so time off has been duly booked and we're going - will we see any of you there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 My friend is a Te$co shareholder - purely to back Hugh - and is going along. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McChook Posted June 25, 2008 Author Share Posted June 25, 2008 UPDATE: Since posting, we have heard that the venue has changed - there will be 'stunts' outside the Tesco express's in New Street (City Centre), Knowle and Castle Bromwich throughout the day, not at the Motor Cycle Museum as originally planned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*mummy_hen* Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 Where would i find more info on this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedusA Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 I could get to New St. Any more details? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McChook Posted June 25, 2008 Author Share Posted June 25, 2008 My info came from Sian.Phillips@ciwf.org.uk Drop her a line and tell her you're interested or I could forward you the email she sent me - pm me if you want me to do that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedusA Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 Thanks McChook. I have e-mailed her and PMd you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 Good article http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/news/hugh-fearnleywhittingstall-hits-cash-target-to-take-on-tesco-over-chicken-welfare-844226.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 Today's the day... Hugh's speech: http://www.chickenout.tv/hughs-agm-speech.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 Excellent speech Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 It's fab.... my hero! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 .....but it's failed Only 10% supported it Tesco said it would add £1 to the cost of a chicken.... but all the other supermarkets can do it for only slightly more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 Off to look at the online news.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flo Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 ooh this makes me so cross! All of the press about it is so short sighted, it is not just about welfare of chickens vs cost of food, but about our whole approach to food. We should be paying what it costs to make food, not what big supermarkets can bully producers into making it for and not compromising standards and welfare to make cheap food. Did anyone see HFW piece on Channel 4 about the nutrious content of intensively farmed chicken? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 Off to look at the online news.. Laura just posted this link in a separate thread, which I've deleted at her request http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7476829.stm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 Thanks Lesley, saved me scratching around for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 From my shareholder friend: Did he need a 75% majority ? And he might have lost the vote, but the amount of publicity it generated, don't forget its been 6 months since Chicken Run was TV. And... if he has changed one persons mind, it has saved one chicken. And we know he has with eggs, you know yourself with the waiting lists for BHWT. All great journeys start with one step, and HFW and all chicken out campaigners have made lots of steps since January. And.... with the credit crunch and world food crisis, people will get used to just having a little good quality meat, rather than stuffing their faces. Like all school bullies, the supermarkets will meet their match, and I bet if truth be told they are shocked so far. Just wait until next years AGM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 Tesco shares have taken a bashing http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/investing-and-markets/article.html?in_article_id=443870&in_page_id=3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McChook Posted June 27, 2008 Author Share Posted June 27, 2008 Tesco shares have taken a bashing I can't say I'm sorry! They seem to have a lot to answer for today! I was at the demonstration outside Tesco Metro in Knowle today with CiWF where we handed out leaflets and spoke to people about the appalling conditions broiler chickens are forced to spend their (short) lives in. People were generally very supportive of us and our aims and, as someone else mentioned earlier, if we changed one person's mind, that's one person who will buy free range and leave the 'standard' chicken on the shelf. Well done CiWF and well done Hugh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 My Canadian cousin - second or once removed or so - is a film cameraman. He popped in the other night and told us he was filming the Tesco's AGM. I said he would be seeing HFW, and he replied "who?" We told him and he said that they had been warned about campaign activists might cause problems. Did anyone cause a problem, because I didn't hear of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMO Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 Very few people were there apparently. The rescue co-ordinators from West Mids BHWT went along and spent some time with HFW and he kindly posed for photos with their new leaflets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedusA Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 I was really sorry not to get along to some of the stunts (I had a family emergency), but I did contact Tesco requesting they support the resolution. I have since written to them again, informing them that I am withdrawing my custom as a result of the non-support of the resolution. If we all vote with our feet, they will have to change their minds, surely? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
