Today, Animal Outlook put Dunkin’ in the hot seat for a vegan donut at its annual shareholder meeting–prompting a promising response that there are vegan options on the way. After adding almond milk to its menu in 2014, Dunkin’ has yet to cater to the tens of thousands of us asking for a vegan donut. But the CEO announced last …
COK Spreads Kindness for Cows at Häagen-Dazs’ Free Cone Day
This week, Compassion Over Killing’s costumed cow churned out vegan ice cream samples at Häagen-Dazs’ Free Cone Day in Washington, DC to spread kindness for the cows suffering behind the Nestlé brand’s ice cream. Compassion Over Killing’s recent investigation exposed massive suffering behind Nestlé’s ice cream brands: Häagen-Dazs, Edy’s, and Dreyer’s. Hot irons are burned into calves’ flesh to destroy …
Moms Edie Falco and Kara Lang Romero Spread Kindness for Cows this Mother’s Day
This Mother’s Day, actor Edie Falco (Nurse Jackie, The Sopranos) and Olympic soccer player Kara Lang Romero are teaming up as fellow moms for mother cows and their babies suffering in the dairy industry. JOIN IN: Send a quick, polite Facebook message to Nestlé urging it to ditch dehorning and churn out more vegan options TODAY (see our sample message below)! …
Washington State Bans Cruel Confinement of Egg Laying Hens
This week Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed a groundbreaking bill into law that will ban the sale of of eggs from caged hens. This law will phase out cruel confinement by 2023 and applies to eggs sold in the state but produced elsewhere. Washington is the latest state to ban hen cages. Several states have passed laws in the recent …
All Moms Need Your Love on Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day is a special holiday that offers an opportunity to express our love for our own moms and compassion for all mothers, including those who sadly spend their lives on factory farms: mother pigs, mother cows, and mother chickens.
Dunkin’ Exploring Adding Plant-Based Protein to Menu
Donut and coffee chain Dunkin’ is considering getting into the vegan fast-food game by adding plant-based proteins to its breakfast offerings. “We’re going to look at plant-based proteins as well, going forward,” said CEO David Hoffmann to CNBC last week. In response to an Animal Outlook campaign, Dunkin’ started offering non-dairy milk options in 2014. Now, we’re asking the chain …
Will McDonald’s Join Vegan Competition with a Plant-Based Burger?
Germany McDonald’s restaurants have launched their first ever all-vegan menu item: a “bleeding” vegan burger called the “Incredible burger,” made by Nestlé. This is the first vegan option for the chain in Germany, but around the world, McDonald’s has been beginning to slowly roll out vegan and vegetarian options. Everywhere, it would seem, but the United States. Meanwhile, the fast-food …
Could a Vegan Subway Option Be on the Way?
This year, vegetarian brand MorningStar Farms took a big step and announced that it would be transitioning its frozen meat replacement line to become fully vegan! Though the company began reducing its usage of eggs in 2008 after urging from Compassion Over Killing and Vegan Outreach, Vegan Outreach’s continuing campaign has convinced the company to ditch eggs entirely. The line …
Tyson Foods Divests From Plant-Based Beyond Meat
Until this week, Tyson Foods held a 6.5% stake in plant-based meat producer Beyond Meat, but the meat industry leader just sold it to an unknown buyer (or buyers). This news came just ahead of the burger company’s plans to begin selling shares publicly, reaching for a market value of more than $1 billion. It is not yet known …