Eden Foods To Grocers: Stick With Us Despite Birth Control 'Attack'

[theHandpuppet]

So boycotts don't work, huh? I would say this is proof that they do. To hell with Eden Foods and the woman-hating chariot they rode in on. Never again!

Forbes
7/22/2014
Eden Foods To Grocers: Stick With Us Despite Birth Control 'Attack'

In the weeks since Eden Foods first hit headlines in the wake of the Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby decision, the natural foods company has faced unprecedented scrutiny.

Like craft chain Hobby Lobby, Eden Foods sued the Department of Health and Human Services in a bid to reverse what its devoutly Catholic founder calls “unconstitutional government overreach.”

Michael Potter, who started the Michigan-based former co-op in the 1960s, doesn’t believe he should have to cover certain types of birth control as part of his company’s health insurance plan as required by the Affordable Care Act...

...Now, Eden Foods is imploring smaller organic, natural and health food stores — some of which supported the brand well before Whole Foods existed — to stick with the company despite a “coordinated attack.”....

MORE at http://www.forbes.com/sites/clareoconnor/2014/07/22/eden-foods-to-grocers-stick-with-us-despite-birth-control-attack/2/

[niyad]

1. dear eden foods: let's see how all that self-righteous piety works for you. wonder if you will get

enough new fundie customers to make up for what your woman-hating is costing you.

[theHandpuppet]

2. Just keep spreading the word, my friend

They will rue the day they declared their hatred for women to the world.

[niyad]

4. oh, believe me, I am doing just that. people used to ask me, back in the days of the fight for the

ERA, how I could keep all the companies we were boycotting in mind as I shopped. Said the same thing then I am saying now--I care where my money goes, and what it supports. it's easy when you care.

[theHandpuppet]

5. Right on!

[genwah]

8. You don't have to keep them all in your mind anymore, there's an app for that. (Lordy, I'm old...)

http://www.buycott.com/

[theHandpuppet]

10. That's great -- thanks very much!

[niyad]

11. well, I don't have a smart phone--so guess I have to keep relying on what poirot called the "little

gray cells"

[theHandpuppet]

14. I'm probably one of the few people left on the planet who doesn't own a cellphone

But my wife is endeared to hers so I'll pass along the information to her.

[niyad]

15. well, I have a cell, just not a smart one!

[abelenkpe]

31. Cool! Thanks

Will definitely use that shopping from now on.

[genwah]

32. You're very welcome. I think all of our efforts should be focused on November, but we gotta eat!

[safeinOhio]

3. Hey Eden Foods

If you are going to play, you have to pay. Your politics may just put you out of business.

[theHandpuppet]

7. We can hope...

...and if we're successful with the boycott, perhaps some of these other woman-hating businesses will think twice.

[iwillalwayswonderwhy]

6. Dear Eden,

You are in trouble. You see, we women ate the Apple, and we get to decide.

Signed,
Eve

[genwah]

9. Yeah! Screw Microsoft! Oh, wait...you meant apple...

[niyad]

12. ohhhh, I do like that!!

[theHandpuppet]

13. Another article and link to boycott page on facebook

Eden Foods' Hobby Lobby-esque Birth Control Fight Sparks Boycott
The Huffington Post
By Alexander C. Kaufman
07/18/2014

(excerpts)
“Just went thru my cupboard and pulled out 4 Eden products,” Jackie Ellison, a woman in Atlanta, wrote in a comment on Eden's Facebook page. “My last four until you allow women their due health coverage.”...

...“We were convinced that actions of the federal government were illegal, and so filed a formal objection,” Eden said in a statement earlier this month. “The recent Supreme Court decision confirms, at least in part, that we were correct.”

But the move has also fueled shoppers' backlash.

At least two online petitions and a Facebook page are urging customers to stop buying Eden’s foods.... MORE at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/18/eden-birth-control_n_5599778.html

Link to boycott page: https://www.facebook.com/BoycottEden

[intheflow]

16. Tell you what, Michael Potter:

You stop your coordinated attack on women's rights and we'll stop our coordinated attack on your private business. Fair is fair.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

19. They hate it when we fight back.

[theHandpuppet]

21. Yep. They can dish it out but they can't take it.

Well they'd better be prepared to take a lot more.

[bpositive]

17. Somewhat off topic but...

I use to say that I could do nothing about hobby lobby because I never shopped there since there were no stores in my state , as far as I knew. Guess what, they are opening a store in my town- what can I do to let them know that I am not happy with them?

[theHandpuppet]

20. Write a LTTE of your local paper...

Explaining why you won't be shopping at the new HL. That way you not only let the HL management know, you'll help to spread the word.

[sheshe2]

18. KnR

[kelliekat44]

22. Post the list and we can write our own letters to the grocers. nt

[ReRe]

23. Excuse me?

[Jack Rabbit]

24. FOAD, misogynists

!!

[merrily]

25. Boycotts are one of the few things I think DO work.

Find ways to get people in the wallet and you get their attention.

Wouldn't having a significant portion of your income taken from you, with no end in sight, get your attention?

Deal with it, Eden.

[leftieNanner]

26. As a grocery vendor,

I have a connection to the buyers for two of our local stores. I have emailed them and asked them to remove Eden Foods from their shelves. I'll update when I hear from them. I don't buy the stuff myself, and haven't since I learned of the company's evangelical leanings. I'm a local gluten free baker, but I figure if I have a relationship with a buyer, I'm going to use it.

[theHandpuppet]

34. Thank you!

Let us know what you hear from those buyers. I'd be very interested in their response.

[DeSwiss]

27. Misogynist bigots should NEVER prosper.

- Ever.

K&R

[theHandpuppet]

35. Sheesh-- who are all the guys in the background with guns?

Protecting the public from those dangerous activists with a sign?

[DeSwiss]

36. Exactly.

- You can see how dangerous their message is to the status quo.

[HatTrick]

28. I'm a former customer of Eden Foods

I have cans of Eden Foods in my cabinet right now. I'm not going to ask the store to take them back, but I will buy nothing more from Eden Foods ever.

I had never heard of Hobby Lobby before this, but they sure as hell will never get anything from me.

I don't care what your beliefs are, you don't have the right to force your beliefs on another person. Companies like Eden are being asked to provide insurance, not the birth control. It should be the employees right to use, or not use birth control.

This is a topic that really I get very pissed about.

[Laffy Kat]

29. This makes me sad. I really like their Blue Corn Tortilla Chips.

Now I'll have to find another source. Oh well.

[Dustlawyer]

30. Let the Free Market speak, I mean SHOUT! A BIG FU to Eden Foods & Hobby Lobby!

[CoffeeCat]

33. Wow, talk about a horrible PR nightmare for Eden Foods...

First off, the people at Eden Foods are complete idiots.

Do they not realize that a high percentage of their organic-eating clientele are Progressives? A high number of vegans, vegetarians and people who care about organic food--are Democrats and lefties.

Hell, right-wing-nut radio talks smack about organic foods, claiming that it is not more healthy for you. The right loves to make fun of granola-eating liberals.

Sure, people of all political strips eat organic--but a large contingent is Progressives!

Now, you've pissed off that sector. Big time. Plus, you've pissed all women who don't want their employer dictating what kind of birth control and healthcare they can receive.

The people who run this company must be total idiots. Their sales will plummet because of this.

Let this be a lesson to any company that tries to foist hard-right nut jobbery on America! You guys will lose because radical-right nonsense is not mainstream, contrary to what the liars and charlatans at Fox News say.

I will enjoy watching their numbers swirl downward.