What About McDougals?

The world is full of bad corporations that lie, cheat and steal.  They spend billions lobbying for deregulation, treat their employees and customers like shit all for the true god of commerce, money.

Well, McDonald's isn't one of them.  Aside the rare Egg McMuffin, I don't eat there or really recommend anyone do so.  I mean, come on, the food is kind of gross and really bad for you. 

But! You can't hate them as a corporation.  The Ronald McDonald House has done more for children with disabilities than any other entity I can think of.  And they're showing corporate responsibility in the following article by dropping a supplier that abuses animals.  That has to be an enormous blow to the vendor and make them clean up their act, or go out of business. 

It'd be nice to see other businesses flex their dollar muscles for good instead of greed.  Unrabble-B


McDonald's drops egg supplier after animal cruelty footage

Mercy For Animals releases footage of animal cruelty at supplier Sparboe Egg Farms

By Alise Blunk

NBCChicago.com

2011-11-18T23:49:12

McDonald's will be looking for a new egg supplier for their McMuffins after Mercy For Animals released footage from an undercover investigation of animal cruelty at Sparboe Egg Farms, one of their suppliers.

After viewing the footage, McDonald's said in an issued statement that they would no longer be accepting their eggs from Spargoe, and said "the behavior on tape is disturbing and completely unacceptable."
(Warning: Video contains graphic images of animal cruelty. Watch with caution.)
"McDonald's expects all of our suppliers to meet our stringent requirements for delivering high quality food prepared in a humane and responsible manner," McDonald's Vice President of Sustainability Bob Langert, said in the statement.
The hidden-camera footage shows hens being crammed into wire cages, workers burning the beaks of young chicks without pain killers, live chicks thrown into plastic bags and workers tormenting the animals.

The president and owner of Sparboe issued a letter on the website saying they are launching an internal investigation and management changes have taken place. They said they have identified four employees involved in the activities, and they have been terminated.

MFA urged the McDonald's Corporation to end its use of eggs from hens in battery cages, and according to their website, there are no federal laws that provide protection for the birds at the factory farm or during slaughter.
Mercy For Animals is a national non-profit organization that works toward preventing cruelty to farm animals.
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