RSPCA People's Choice Supermarket

[VoteRSPCA]

Hi all,

I’m working on behalf of the RSPCA to help encourage supermarkets to do more for animal welfare. Lucy has kindly let me know you are, on the whole, happy for me to post about some of our campaigns. This is great as I think that many of you here at ruralmuse.com may be interested in helping.

For the first time ever, the RSPCA Good Business Awards is open to the public through the People’s Choice Supermarket award which means that people can vote for the supermarket they think is doing the most for animal welfare.

The RSPCA has short-listed three stores that have achieved the highest welfare standards in the past year, and now we’d like the public to pick a winner. Further information on each of the stores and their achievements is available at http://bit.ly/rspcavote.

By casting a vote, you will be encouraging all supermarkets to follow suit and raise their standards. So a vote for your favourite is really a vote on behalf of farm animals everywhere (they’ve not quite got the hang of online voting yet).

Voting closes on September 11th, and the winner will be announced in October.

I hope this is of interest. It would be great to know who you voted for and why.

Thanks again,

Stefan, on behalf of RSPCA

[Crocus]

Hi Stefan, First I would like to say a warm welcome to RM! I did put a posting in on the Introductions and Welcome Thread (in General). The info above sounds very interesting and as an animal lover myself, I will definitely have a look at the link you provided. All the best for the work and campaigns of the RSPCA. Crocus.

[jazzactivist]

Hi Stefan. I am very interested to hear on RM about what the RSPCA is doing. However, I never shop in supermarkets, as I think that their whole ethos is unethical and it is unlikely that they will do anything much for animal welfare beyond the legal minimum required to protect their vast profits. What about the RSPCA promoting small shops and businesses that are set up to try to do the maximum for animal welfare?

[VoteRSPCA]

Hi,

thanks for your support for the People's Choice Supermarket award on RM. Voting closes today, and it has been great to get help spreading the word from communities such as this forum.

Jazzactivist - this particular award is the first time voting for the Good Business Awards has been open to the public. It is also an effort to persuade bigger brands to do more for animal welfare. The nominees are therefore larger, better known, brands. There are awards for smaller businesses, specifically in the Cosmetics and Food categories of the Good Business awards. I do appreciate though that what you are suggesting is potentially quite different from this.

Thanks again for the support and feedback, it is very much appreciated.

Stefan, on behalf of RSPCA