Eden Foods is OFF THE SHELVES at Central Co-op in Seattle

[eridani]

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/07/17/1314628/-Eden-Foods-is-OFF-THE-SHELVES-at-Seattle-Co-op-thanks-to-you

But there's good news, as reported in an open letter from Central Co-op to Eden Foods. Consumers in Seattle are voting with their dollars. The letter reads:

We encourage our owners and customers to vote with their dollars by supporting companies that they respect. This is what we suggested our community do when outcry arose over your action last year; and recent renewed interest in your case was cause for us to review sales of Eden products and explore what options we might have that equally (or better) reflect our product guidelines. During this review we found that our community has indeed been voting with their dollars and that 80 percent of the Eden products on our shelves have failed to keep up with the sales of competing products. It is clear that your company has lost support from our community and that people are showing preference to other product lines.

GREAT WORK SEATTLE SHOPPERS. And kudos to Central Co-op for running the numbers, seeing the pattern, and being willing to publicize the results. I'm also really interested in their assessment that whereas once Eden Foods was an essential provider for the natural foods market, this has changed. There are lots of suppliers out there, so they can substitute less politically-charged brands for the products that aren't selling.
They conclude the letter asking Eden Foods to re-think their lawsuit, writing, "We realize that no company is perfect, including ours, and we remain diligent in our evaluation of which products most closely align with our values, and most effectively meet the needs of our community. In our judgment, this decision of yours moves you down the order of consideration among the options available to us."

[KT2000]

1. Good news!

[lunasun]

2. Take heed DU naysayers who said campaign was lame it's working! Good

[rpannier]

11. For some it was probably because they want to keep buying eden

and if the boycott fizzles they can claim dumb on the matter

[BrotherIvan]

3. Right on!

I hope all co-ops follow suit and people shun that company whenever they shop!

[Cha]

4. Cool Cool Cool.. thanks eridani

[NJCher]

5. hahah

I just love it when things play out like this.


Cher

[RufusTFirefly]

6. Voting with your dollars favors those with the most dollars

Although I'm glad to see Eden paying for the consequences of their bigoted decision, I can't help remembering that democracy should have nothing to do with money. Each person, whether rich or poor, should have the power of only one vote.

[DeSwiss]

7. K&R

[Iliyah]

8. K & R

The bigots products are being noticed. Corner these MFers. Was at Atlanta's airport where is chick-a-flick and of course a long line, but I was not there . .

[AtheistCrusader]

9. I live in seattle, and I have no idea what is going on here.

Edit: Clicking through to the article explains it well enough. Odd that this is the first I have heard of this issue.

[nikto]

10. Let's make this spread...

From sea to shining sea.

[freshwest]

12. Yeah, Seattle is still rocking! Thanks for this. We have some smart people here.

My fave department store let wither the Duck Dynasty line of sportswear after they were outted as bigots last year. No more has been stocked.

Eden, clean up your act, you lost a big customer base by going against the morals of Seattle.

[SunSeeker]

13. K & R

[Hoppy]

14. When's Whole (Paycheck) Foods gonna get rid of Eden?

[Lifelong Protester]

15. I am glad to hear it.

I think boycotts can work, heck, I'm old enough to remember boycotting Nestle.