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Nationwide day of action against foie gras, Friday 18th April

FoieGrasFreeUK | 16.04.2008 18:15 | Animal Liberation | Ecology | London | World

A third nationwide day of action has been called for Friday 18th April against these establishments continuing to support foie gras. This is a limited list of contact details, please look up more easily accessible details relating to these supporters of the cruel trade, and duly inform them of the hell these geese and ducks go through for no more than a delicacy.

London

Paramount (formerly known as Groupe Chez Gérard) is a privately-owned company that operates a stable of restaurant brands, one of which is Chez Gerard, mostly to be found in the London area, and a serial supporter of the foie gras trade:

Paramount Restaurants
8-10 Grosvenor Gardens
Victoria
London
SW1W 0DH

Tel: 020 7881 8893
Fax: 020 7881 8895

E-mail:  matthew.taylor@paramountrestaurants.co.uk
E-mail:  janie.clarke@paramountrestaurants.co.uk

Janie Clarke, Director of Sales & Events – 07903 662 698

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Nottingham

‘When you think of France you think of food and wine’ [and the abuse of ducks and geese supported by this restaurant].

French Living
27 King Street
Nottingham
NG1 2AY
England
Tel: 0115 958 5885
Fax: 0115 958 1044
E-mail:  info@frenchliving.co.uk

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Manchester

They have tried and so far failed to bring in 'animal abuse lite'

'Selfridges chief executive Paul Kelly [said] that the store had tried to bring in "welfare-friendly" foie gras from Spain.'


Selfridges

Central Manchester
1 Exchange Square
Manchester
M3 1BD

Tel: +44 (0) 161 838 0619
Fax: +44 (0) 161 838 0516

Customer Relations
Selfridges Retail Ltd
PO Box 5157
Leicester
LE3 1ZW

E-mail:  connect@selfridges.co.uk
E-mail:  contactservices@selfridges.co.uk
E-mail:  paul.kelly@selfridges.co.uk (Chief Executive of Selfridges)

Tel: 0800 123 400

Head Office (London):

t: (0)20 7 629 1234
f: (0)20 7 495 8321

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Leeds

Indulging in torture:

Woodlands Hotel
Gelderd Road
Leeds
LS27 7LY

Tel. 0113-238-1488
Fax 0113-253-6773
Email:  enquiries@woodlandsleeds.co.uk

Head Chef -  sarah@tomahawkhotels.co.uk

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Birmingham

Proud of their 'modern british menu' and also proud of their foie gras.

Opus Restaurant
54 Cornwall St
Birmingham
B3 2DE

t. 0121 200 2323
f. 0121 200 2090
e.  restaurant@opusrestaurant.co.uk
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UK Wide

Malmaison have restaurants around the UK. They have removed foie gras from some restaurant menus, it is time they removed foie gras from all their restaurants and ditched their penchant for serving it up on 'special' occasions.

 Belfast@malmaison.com
 Birmingham@malmaison.com
 Edinburgh@malmaison.com
 Glasgow@malmaison.com
 Leeds@malmaison.com
 Liverpool@malmaison.com
 London@malmaison.com
 Manchester@malmaison.com
 Newcastle@malmaison.com
 Oxford@malmaison.com
 Reading@malmaison.com

Their sister company Hotel Du Vin is involved in the same antics:

 info@Winchester.hotelduvin.com
 info@Birmingham.hotelduvin.com
 info@Brighton.hotelduvin.com
 info@Bristol.hotelduvin.com
 info@Cambridge.hotelduvin.com
 info@Cheltenham.hotelduvin.com
 info@Glasgow.hotelduvin.com
 info@Harrogate.hotelduvin.com
 info@Henley-on-Thames.hotelduvin.com
 reception.tunbridgewells@hotelduvin.com
 info@York.hotelduvin.com


The group that owns Malmaison and Hotel Du Vin:

Marylebone Warwick Balfour Group Plc
1 West Garden Place,
Kendal Street,
London W2 2AQ

Tel: 020 7706 2121
Fax: 020 7706 8181

Andrew Blurton
Group Finance Director
 ablurton@mwb.co.uk

Richard Balfour-Lynn
Chief Executive
 Rbalfour-lynn@mwb.co.uk

Eric Sanderson
Non-Executive Chairman
 Esanderson@mwb.co.uk

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Last but not least, a supplier of foie gras:

'Ultimate' Foie Gras

e:  orders@ultimatefoiegras.co.uk,
t: 020 7836 0448
m: 0798 564 6409

 http://www.ultimatefoiegras.co.uk/

FoieGrasFreeUK

Additions

Woodlands have dropped foie gras

22.04.2008 17:23

From their menu.

Woody


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