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Farmworker families deliver a powerful Thanksgiving message to Publix!

Posted on November 23, 2011October 16, 2020 by CIW

Religious leaders, too, send their own Thanksgiving letter to Trader Joe's, other supermarket giants... For those of you who live in Publix's market, which is most of the southeastern part of the country, you will already be quite familiar with the company's Thanksgiving message. It is an advertising campaign carefully crafted to identify Publix with the powerful emotions we all >> Read More

The time to celebrate the harvest– and those who harvest it — is here…

Posted on November 22, 2011October 16, 2020 by CIW

NY Times' Mark Bittman with a tip of the hat to the CIW; Great new article on sustainability throws down gauntlet with Publix, Trader Joe's; Publix customers launch campaign to return receipts, signal determination for long fight ahead! With Thanksgiving just days away, our thoughts turn to family, football, and the great, abundant feast that marks the start of the >> Read More

“Dear Joe” the new “Dear John” letter…

Posted on November 17, 2011October 16, 2020 by CIW

"Dear Joe" letters capture former Trader Joe's customers' sense of betrayal by "ethical grocer"... During World War II, a "Dear John" letter was a letter written to a soldier serving overseas by his wife or girlfriend back home informing him that their relationship was over. They were the break-up letters every soldier dreaded. Today, a new break-up letter is making >> Read More

250 hit the streets of Sarasota to protest Publix!

Posted on November 14, 2011October 16, 2020 by CIW

Growing protests signal exciting season ahead... The past several weeks have seen some truly impressive actions in the Campaign for Fair Food. First there was the 400-person march on Trader Joe's headquarters in Monrovia, CA, then more than 200 people showed up for a two-mile march to a Trader Joe's store in Oakland. And now, this past Sunday, more than >> Read More

Publix Protest Sarasota, FL

Posted on November 13, 2011October 16, 2020 by CIW

Another new Publix store opened in Florida this past week, and helium-filled green and white balloons filled the air as always. But this time there was something different about the message behind the balloons... ... this time, the balloons were there to make consumers think, not just react -- to think about the people who pick the food they eat >> Read More

CIW steps into the TEDx ring in CA…

Posted on November 10, 2011October 16, 2020 by CIW

A bit of news that got lost in the wash of the Supermarket Week of Action and two huge Trader Joe marches in California was the appearance of the CIW's Gerardo Reyes Chavez in a TEDx forum organized by Fair Food Program partner Bon Appetit. Well, now we can share the news! Organizers described the forum and its goals on >> Read More

March on Trader Joe’s Oakland, CA November 6, 2011

Posted on November 9, 2011October 16, 2020 by CIW

In what one participant called a "super high energy... "... and spirited march that people loved," more than 200 people hit the streets of Oakland for a Fair Food march on California-based supermarket giant Trader Joe's. The march began in downtown Oakland... ... and wound its way on a two-mile path through the city... ... and along the shores... ... >> Read More

Another week, another massive TJ’s march in CA!

Posted on November 7, 2011October 16, 2020 by CIW

200+ march on Trader Joe's in Oakland... Southern California, Northern California, it doesn't matter -- Californians are united behind the call for "Fair Food Now!" and they're letting their home state grocer, Trader Joe's, know it. On the heels of last month's huge march on Trader Joe's corporate headquarters in Monrovia, CA, more than 200 Fair Food activists brought their >> Read More

November’s here, and with it comes:

Posted on November 2, 2011October 16, 2020 by CIW

A new season in Immokalee... More media on the Campaign for Fair Food... More updates from the Supermarket Week of Action... And MORE action this weekend in California in the Trader Joe's campaign! The month of November marks the official beginning of the new harvest season in Immokalee, and with picking set to start just weeks from today, CIW members >> Read More

Photo Report: “Cycling to Crenshaw” Bike Pilgrimage to Publix Immokalee to Lakeland, FL 8/27 – 9/6, 2011

Posted on November 1, 2011October 16, 2020 by CIW

"Cycling to Crenshaw" Bike Pilgrimage to Publix Immokalee to Lakeland, FL 8/27 - 9/6, 2011 Immokalee to Ft. Myers Days 1 & 2 Participants on the tour gathered before dawn for some coffee and last-minute safety checks at the CIW's headquarters... ... where, before heading out for Lakeland, they received a blessing for the road from Rev. Miguel Estrada of >> Read More