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VFA Wins Campaign Against Foie Gras at Giant Eagle!
by Voices for Animals of Western PA Sunday, Feb. 25, 2007 at 1:27 AM
voicesforanimals@gmail.com 1-877-321-4VFA P.O. Box 7181, Pittsburgh, PA 15213

VICTORY!!! Giant Eagle Stops Selling Foie Gras!

WE WON!!!! On Friday, February 23, 2007, not a moment too soon before our first scheduled public protest against Giant Eagle, Voices for Animals received notification that Giant Eagle has agreed to stop selling foie gras! Foie gras will no longer be sold at Market District or at any of Giant Eagle’s 230 stores! This is a major victory!

Voices for Animals’ short-lived campaign against Giant Eagle started in the fall of last year, shortly after discovering foie gras being sold at the then new Market District stores. Voices for Animals sent letters and foie gras farm investigation DVD footage to Giant Eagle’s corporate and local store management, posted action alerts encouraging people to contact Giant Eagle, and asked other local and national organizations to write to Giant Eagle and send out an action alert to their members. In fact, after VFA alerted PETA about the sale of foie gras at Giant Eagle, they sent an alert out to their members which resulted in nearly 250,000 emails being sent to Giant Eagle! After receiving no response from Giant Eagle to our calls and letters, VFA planned to launch a public campaign and first public protest against them on Feb. 24th, until receiving word of their decision on the 23rd.

Voices for Animals wants to thank everyone who took the time and effort over the last several months to write letters to Giant Eagle, make phone calls, register complaints to customer service, sent emails, and/or spoke to Giant Eagle’s managers in person. Your action and support has helped to make this important victory possible! Congratulations everyone!

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