Guest guest Posted January 28, 2004 Report Share Posted January 28, 2004 THis is off of a Peta board. I thought it was cool. This is not an official PETA campaign. I want to put pressure on the smaller fast food restaurants to get them to follow the lead of the big three (McDonalds, BK and Wendy's). I've been collecting Sbarro comment cards and plan to send out thousands of letters to them at their expense. I will type up a letter to Sbarro asking that they follow suit. Then I'll print it up once for each card, glue it over all of the customer service questions and begin dropping packs of ten into the mail everyday. If I still don't get a response, I'll start dropping 50s, then 100s each day. They will start listening when they realize that my complaints are costing them hundreds of dollars. I realize that a few hundred dollars doesn't mean anything to a big company like Sbarro, that's why I'm posting this here. I'd like you guys to start storing up comment cards too. Make occasional trips to the mall and pick up as many as you can. I convinced one store manager to give me handfulls by saying that I represent a local student investor group and that Sbarro was voted number four on the list for companies that students would buy stock in. I told him that I would like to have as many cards as he could spare to add to the consumer investment library so that students could communicate directly with the company before investing in it. :- D. You could even ask that the manager request a box of comment cards just for you. If you give him a believable (or true) reason, he may just do it. If you don't want to write something up yourself, I'll post here what I'm sending so you can just copy it. Send them as soon as you like or you can wait until I post here again saying that I am starting to send the cards. Don't forget to include a request for a response in your letter and some sort of form of contact info like an email address, phone number, or a return address. Even if you're not interested in this particular battle, I recommend you start collecting business reply cards and letter. It doesn't matter who it's from. You can always just write a website (like GoVeg.com) on the back or stick a sticker onto it. Whenever you send something through the mail it's handled by a bunch of people even before it reaches its destination. It's not only going to be seen by the customer service rep who recieves it. I consider it a free way to make people more aware of animal exploitation. You can also use these customer response cards and envelopes to send any company leaflets, letters or anything really. If you get junk mail from the Christian Broadcasting Network, send them back a " Christianity and Vegetarianism " leaflet or just write JesusVeg.com or ChristianVeg.com on it. If you get one from YM magazine (the subscription cards are great for this), send them a list of companies that test on animals or send them a photograph of a rabbit after a Draise test. There are so many FREE posibilities. I hope to see activists tapping into this resource. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 29, 2004 Report Share Posted January 29, 2004 I'm all for communicating with the companies, but not in ways that take advantage of free communication or artificially misrepresent numbers, I think all that does is discredit us as unprincipled or fringies, and create the opposite reaction of dislike and contempt. Hardly a way to win friends and influence people. But I'm sure not above filling in one card per, now that you mention the idea :-) , " Rebecca " <mystikravyn> wrote: > THis is off of a Peta board. I thought it was cool. > > This is not an official PETA campaign. > I want to put pressure on the smaller fast food restaurants to get > them to follow the lead of the big three (McDonalds, BK and Wendy's). > I've been collecting Sbarro comment cards and plan to send out > thousands of letters to them at their expense. I will type up a > letter to Sbarro asking that they follow suit. Then I'll print it up > once for each card, glue it over all of the customer service > questions and begin dropping packs of ten into the mail everyday. If > I still don't get a response, I'll start dropping 50s, then 100s each > day. They will start listening when they realize that my complaints > are costing them hundreds of dollars. I realize that a few hundred > dollars doesn't mean anything to a big company like Sbarro, that's > why I'm posting this here. > I'd like you guys to start storing up comment cards too. Make > occasional trips to the mall and pick up as many as you can. I > convinced one store manager to give me handfulls by saying that I > represent a local student investor group and that Sbarro was voted > number four on the list for companies that students would buy stock > in. I told him that I would like to have as many cards as he could > spare to add to the consumer investment library so that students > could communicate directly with the company before investing in it. :- > D. > You could even ask that the manager request a box of comment cards > just for you. If you give him a believable (or true) reason, he may > just do it. If you don't want to write something up yourself, I'll > post here what I'm sending so you can just copy it. Send them as soon > as you like or you can wait until I post here again saying that I am > starting to send the cards. Don't forget to include a request for a > response in your letter and some sort of form of contact info like an > email address, phone number, or a return address. > > Even if you're not interested in this particular battle, I recommend > you start collecting business reply cards and letter. It doesn't > matter who it's from. You can always just write a website (like > GoVeg.com) on the back or stick a sticker onto it. Whenever you send > something through the mail it's handled by a bunch of people even > before it reaches its destination. It's not only going to be seen by > the customer service rep who recieves it. I consider it a free way to > make people more aware of animal exploitation. You can also use these > customer response cards and envelopes to send any company leaflets, > letters or anything really. If you get junk mail from the Christian > Broadcasting Network, send them back a " Christianity and > Vegetarianism " leaflet or just write JesusVeg.com or ChristianVeg.com > on it. If you get one from YM magazine (the subscription cards are > great for this), send them a list of companies that test on animals > or send them a photograph of a rabbit after a Draise test. There are > so many FREE posibilities. I hope to see activists tapping into this > resource. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 29, 2004 Report Share Posted January 29, 2004 Just wondering - what about Sbarro in particular are you protesting? I've been off the board awhile, so if this has been already covered, please forgive. But I've always found that Sbarro has vegetarian (but obviously not many vegan) options above other fast food places...? -K , " Rebecca " <mystikravyn> wrote: > THis is off of a Peta board. I thought it was cool. > > This is not an official PETA campaign. > I want to put pressure on the smaller fast food restaurants to get > them to follow the lead of the big three (McDonalds, BK and Wendy's). > I've been collecting Sbarro comment cards and plan to send out > thousands of letters to them at their expense. I will type up a > letter to Sbarro asking that they follow suit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 30, 2004 Report Share Posted January 30, 2004 I'm just not seeing how getting a fast food restaurant to carry veg*n options really helps any animal rights cause. If a person is already a veg*n, then they probably aren't patronizing these resturants. If a meat-eater is considering going veg, then they will probably try a veggieburger at a store. The typical fastfood customer has no intention of going veg and thus isn't likely to try a veg burger (unless perhaps they are watching their fat/cholesterol with no goal of becoming a veg*n). Most people here have reported that the BK veggie is really awful, so it is unlikely to convert any meateaters, nor make them rethink their diet. The Mc Veggie is supposedly better, but we are unable to trust McD's at all since it has been found that they have lied about beef being in their fries and have served hamburgers after running out of their very limited supply of veggieburgers. They just want your money and they don't care how they get it. I'm still of the opinion that the best thing for an ethical veg*n to do is just boycott fast food restaurants. If you read FFnation, you'll see that there are plenty reasons besides animal cruelty why these places are no good; they exploit their workers & violate worker safety and minor laws, they cause ridiculous amounts of pollution and waste with all the extra wrappers and packaging they use, they clear large areas for parking lots, they are huge recipients of corporate welfare, etc. Is the convenience worth all that? Is it even that convenient? Considering how shortstaffed these places usually are, a fast food trip can take just as long as a fancy " sitdown " restaurant. I know it tends to be cheaper, but eating at home or packing a bag lunch is cheaper still. I'm not very familiar with my local chains since I avoid eating out much, but I have little reason to believe a veg*n option at one of those restaurants would work better than it has for McD's or BK. Anytime you go to a restaurant (esp. fast food) that serves predominately meat you run the risk of contamination. You simply cannot expect the cooks to know what a vegetarian would or wouldn't find acceptable or remember not to touch the vegetarian meal with the same silverware as meat, put it on the same grill, etc. You can ask and double check, but a frustrated cook might just lie to avoid having to remake something. , " Jigilou Snicklefitz " <jigilou> wrote: > Just wondering - what about Sbarro in particular are you protesting? > I've been off the board awhile, so if this has been already covered, > please forgive. But I've always found that Sbarro has vegetarian > (but obviously not many vegan) options above other fast food > places...? > > -K > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 31, 2004 Report Share Posted January 31, 2004 Hm. I am not sure I would choose to do that. However, I always fill out those customer feedback forms when I visit a restaurant and see them offered. I try to give ideas and positive encouragement to the restaurant owners for ways they can improve their service to the vegetarian and vegan demographic. I know they will never stop serving meat, but maybe if they knew there were more of us out there that are veg and what we would like to eat, they might offer a few more menu options for us. ~ PT ~ Life is worth living, but only if we avoid the amusements of grown-up people. ~ Robert Lynd ~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~> , " Rebecca " <mystikravyn> wrote: > THis is off of a Peta board. I thought it was cool. > > This is not an official PETA campaign. > I'd like you guys to start storing up comment cards too. Make > occasional trips to the mall and pick up as many as you can. I > convinced one store manager to give me handfulls by saying that I > represent a local student investor group and that Sbarro was voted > number four on the list for companies that students would buy stock > in. I told him that I would like to have as many cards as he could > spare to add to the consumer investment library so that students > could communicate directly with the company before investing in it. :- > D. There are > so many FREE posibilities. I hope to see activists tapping into this > resource. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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