No more Alberta Beef at Earl's

[btimbit]

Definitely depends on the cut too, I don't really like corn fed ground beef

[Stormageddon]

Corned beef however, not bad.

[ernie]

Originally Posted by RubberDuck

A hungry cow has a grassy field to its left, and a corn field to its right. Which field do you think it would choose for lunch?

I think animals are most often healthier when they eat what nature intended.

It depends....which side of the fence is the cow on? If the grass side it'll stick it's head through to get the corn and vice versa.

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by Locke

Yes. And when the day comes we'll eat them too.

They wouldn't even make good slaves in my post apocalyptic expansionist empire. They just don't have the will and energy that our meat fed slaves have.

Dangling a carrot in front of a slave hauling a stone loaded wagon to the construction site of my temple doesn't have the same effect as dangling a hamburger or steak.

Its simple science involving time travel.

But eat them? Why would I eat my favorite lawn mowers.

[CliffFletcher]

It seems a lot of Albertans are patriotic about beef. So what other products do people think it's important are sourced locally - important enough that it will change your buying behaviour?

Lamb?
Canola oil?
Produce?
Pasta?
Cheese?
Software?
Music performers?
Novels?

[Flash Walken]

Originally Posted by CliffFletcher

It seems a lot of Albertans are patriotic about beef. So what other products do people think it's important are sourced locally - important enough that it will change your buying behaviour?

Lamb?
Canola oil?
Produce?
Pasta?
Cheese?
Software?
Music performers?
Novels?

Western Wear

[GoinAllTheWay]

Now if they would just bring back those delicious meatball sliders...

[Barbecue]

Originally Posted by ernie

It depends....which side of the fence is the cow on? If the grass side it'll stick it's head through to get the corn and vice versa.

unlikely

Corn will always have a higher sugar content over grass. Like children, any animal will always go with the sweeter feed because it tastes better, despite being much worse on their stomaches

the cow will stay on the corn side and never look back to grass

[redforever]

Originally Posted by Barbecue

unlikely

Corn will always have a higher sugar content over grass. Like children, any animal will always go with the sweeter feed because it tastes better, despite being much worse on their stomaches

the cow will stay on the corn side and never look back to grass

Cows simply are not that smart. If they break out of their enclosure and get in your vegetable garden, they will eat whatever is in front of them. They don't go running to the corn first, then the carrots, and so on.

My mother had a saying about cows in the garden.

"What a cow doesn't eat or step on or lie on, she shats on"

On the other hand, deer are very discriminatory on what they will eat in your garden and contrary to cows, they don't step on anything or elsewise destroy it.

They will head to beets first, and start at the end of the row, paw a few out one night, go back to the spot they left on the next night, and work their way up the row. They will do the same with carrots. Theh won't touch potatoes, corn, dill, or zucchini or other squash, the latter having small sort of thorns on the spine that would bother their nose. Peas won't ever get higher than 3 or 4 inches, same with lettuce. They like onions as well, and cucumbers. They can even pick beans with their tongue and not pull the plant out of the ground.

[Stormageddon]

Originally Posted by redforever

Cows simply are not that smart. If they break out of their enclosure and get in your vegetable garden, they will eat whatever is in front of them. They don't go running to the corn first, then the carrots, and so on.

My mother had a saying about cows in the garden.

"What a cow doesn't eat or step on or lie on, she shats on"

On the other hand, deer are very discriminatory on what they will eat in your garden and contrary to cows, they don't step on anything or elsewise destroy it.

They will head to beets first, and start at the end of the row, paw a few out one night, go back to the spot they left on the next night, and work their way up the row. They will do the same with carrots. Theh won't touch potatoes, corn, dill, or zucchini or other squash, the latter having small sort of thorns on the spine that would bother their nose. Peas won't ever get higher than 3 or 4 inches, same with lettuce. They like onions as well, and cucumbers. They can even pick beans with their tongue and not pull the plant out of the ground.

Actually, that is not true. Cows can be incredibly picky.

You can feed your cows good bales of hay from the past season and they love it; try to sneak in a bale from the year prior or some slough hay instead of the good stuff, they will not clean it up. Drives my dad nuts how picky they are.

Of course, like anything, if they're hungry enough they'll eat whatever they can.

[Resolute 14]

Earls makes another apology and notes that some locations saw sales drop by as much as 30% due to the backlash:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgar...able-1.3715275

[Zarley]

I sense a future B-school marketing case.

[annasuave]

I don't ever recall sitting In an Earl's restaurant thinking to myself "gosh, but I wish I could be assured that the beef on this menu was certifiably humane-sourced."

I do recall thinking things like: "why is my waitress shrink-wrapped into a tiny white blouse and why does she keep sticking her breasts in my ear?" or "couldn't they have sprung for carpet to make it less tinny-sounding in here?", or "dammit! I miss the chicken Hunan." to my personal head-scratcher "what did they do with all those parrots they used to have in this joint?"

Earls has a long way to go in terms of addressing humane issues regarding gender equality and sexism in the treatment of their staff before they take on humane treatment of cattle.

A little chicken Hunan would hurt along the way, either.

A good business school case, indeed.

[btimbit]

Really goes to show the importance of good marketing. If they had simply said "We're switching because we believe this is a better product" I think the backlash would have been much, much smaller. But hiding behind all that humane bull#### was exactly that, bull####.

[the-rasta-masta]

Originally Posted by annasuave

I don't ever recall sitting In an Earl's restaurant thinking to myself "gosh, but I wish I could be assured that the beef on this menu was certifiably humane-sourced."

I do recall thinking things like: "why is my waitress shrink-wrapped into a tiny white blouse and why does she keep sticking her breasts in my ear?" or "couldn't they have sprung for carpet to make it less tinny-sounding in here?", or "dammit! I miss the chicken Hunan." to my personal head-scratcher "what did they do with all those parrots they used to have in this joint?"

Earls has a long way to go in terms of addressing humane issues regarding gender equality and sexism in the treatment of their staff before they take on humane treatment of cattle.

A little chicken Hunan would hurt along the way, either.

A good business school case, indeed.

I worked at earls about 6 years ago during university. They actually spend about 2 hours of training with the girls going over the company policy of sticking your breasts in customers ears.

Give me a break, thats not an Earls problem.

[corporatejay]

Originally Posted by the-rasta-masta

I worked at earls about 6 years ago during university. They actually spend about 2 hours of training with the girls going over the company policy of sticking your breasts in customers ears.

Give me a break, thats not an Earls problem.

Hahaha, this is a lie.

[the-rasta-masta]

Originally Posted by corporatejay

Hahaha, this is a lie.

Should have put that first part in green text haha.

[annasuave]

It's certainly not just an Earl's problem. Not suggesting it is. Just saying the "Humane treatment for cattle!!" rallying cry rings flat in my ears when my server's feet are bleeding, and her body is on blatant display.

Earl's isn't the only place you'll see that. And it isn't as bad as it used to be. But the humane beef concept still fails to impress.

[puffnstuff]

Originally Posted by btimbit

Really goes to show the importance of good marketing. If they had simply said "We're switching because we believe this is a better product" I think the backlash would have been much, much smaller. But hiding behind all that humane bull#### was exactly that, bull####.

No I think it would still be a big deal with Albertans to tell them that you wont source your beef from here. I do agree the whole humane bull#### was bull####.

[Sidney Crosby's Hat]

It's too bad they don't serve that beef anymore. They could have created a new dish: Humane Kung Pao.