Received in the CWU Trustees email account on Monday, December 4, 2023:
Hi,
We are writing from the advocacy organisation Equitas. Equitas is a UK-based charitable organisation that works to promote consumer protection and animal welfare in corporate supply chains. We are aware that you are associated with Starbucks’ SVP, Chief Procurement Officer Kelly Bengston since Kelly Bengston serves on the University Foundation Board and chairs their Board Development Committee. Additionally, Kelly Bengston received her Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration, Management and Operations from Central Washington University. Starbucks has come under mounting negative publicity recently for severe animal cruelty in its supply chain, and for taking food safety risks that endanger the health of its customers. Dozens of other leading restaurant and coffee chains have already committed to using only cage- free eggs across the US, Europe, and Asia including Costa Coffee, Dunkin Donuts, Tim Hortons, Pret A Manger, Illy, and many others. Leading QSR chains such as Burger King, KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, and Papa John’s have also pledged to use only cage-free eggs at all stores globally. Cage-free eggs are much safer for customers, higher in food quality, and more humane for animals. Sadly, Starbucks has not followed the responsible path that its competitors have taken. The company continues to serve eggs from filthy and cruel caged-egg farms globally, with no commitment to change. In her role as SVP, Chief Procurement Officer at Starbucks Kelly Bengston has the power to help implement a timeline to shift to cage-free eggs across the company’s supply chain, just as so many other similar companies have already done. But so far, Kelly Bengston has failed to do so. We have just launched this website to inform the public of Kelly Bengston’s association with cruelty and food safety risks: www.KellyBengston.com. We strongly urge you to reconsider your association with Kelly Bengston now that you know about her lack of action on this important animal welfare and food safety issue.
Yours sincerely, Equitas Campaigns Team equitasglobal.org
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