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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
Did you miss the part that said they'd work with Alberta farmers to ensure the beef meets their standards?
The part quoted even references the fact that they previously tried to use humane Alberta beef but their suppliers ran out.
Sounds to me like like they are sticking with their convictions but caving to pressure. Means they'll have to use two suppliers, which may not be ideal but it keeps albertans happy.
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LOL. "Convictions"?
If they had convictions, they would have either partially sourced their beef to fill their needs originally, or else stuck with this decision consequences be damned. It is painfully obvious that this was a marketing ploy thought up by some hipster (not hippy), that could not have been more ridiculous.
The backlash, in my opinion, has much more to do with the unintended education we all received about "humane beef", and the bogus labeling systems the US allows. It's nice to find out that the Canadian regulations are much higher, and upon learning that, I am retroactively extremely disappointed with a local company not doing it's homework about buying locally, and instead jumping on a bandwagon.
So fitting that their headquarters are in Vancouver. This is like all the fans that jump on the Canucks bandwagon, only to scrape their knees jumping off, the second it's no longer cool. Earls is the Canucks of restaurants. No thanks. Don't care where you get your beef.