Category: Fair Food Program to the Fore: November 2012 – October 2013

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Publix customers can advocate perfectly well for themselves, thank you…

Publix customers can advocate perfectly well for themselves, thank you…

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FGCU professor takes Publix to task for hollow public relations responses to Fair Food Program In a recent article looking at Publix's growing competition with Walmart on prices, Publix spokesperson Shannon Patten was quoted as saying: "We position ourselves as customer advocates by challenging cost increases from suppliers and making sure such increases are justified," Patten said. "We have been >> Read More

Publix march fuels Wendy’s actions!

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Wendy's protests on the docket for April around the Northeast... Last week we talked about the law of conservation of (social) energy, the notion of how social energy, like physical energy, once created — as it was in massive quantities during last month's March for Rights, Respect, and Fair Food — is never destroyed but only changes form. By this >> Read More
Peeps protesting Publix…

Peeps protesting Publix…

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... and a march media round-up! And now, in the immortal words of Monty Python, for something completely different... Last week we brought you news of a Fair Food twist on the traditional Seder plate, a way to inject the modern-day story of farm labor liberation through the Fair Food Program into the age-old Exodus story celebrated every year at >> Read More
A tomato on the Seder plate…

A tomato on the Seder plate…

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This Passover, join families across the country in celebrating a modern story of liberation with a tomato on the Seder plate! This week, at hundreds of Passover Seders across the country, Florida's modern story of farmworker liberation is sitting squarely at the center of the holiday table. Joining the bitter herbs (symbolizing the bitterness of slavery) and salt water (tears >> Read More
March for Rights, Respect & Fair Food

March for Rights, Respect & Fair Food

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From March 3 - 17, 2013, the CIW and allies marched 200 miles from Ft. Myers to Lakeland, calling on Publix to join the New Day and sign a Fair Food Agreement! Check out some of the quick links below, or visit the full march site at https://www.ciw-online.org/march. Photo Reports Videos Updates for each day of the March MARCH 3 >> Read More
Social media chatter surges around the March for Rights, Respect and Fair Food!

Social media chatter surges around the March for Rights, Respect and Fair Food!

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Facebook, Twitter, and the blogosphere alive with messages from marchers, well wishers as the final touches are put on preparations (including the 8-ft. tall statue, right, that will accompany marchers every step of the way)! Cheryl Queen is an executive with Compass Group, the country's largest foodservice company and one of eleven multi-billion dollar food industry leaders that has signed on to >> Read More