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Sainsburys Blockaded Nationally [updated]

daisy | 02.07.2004 11:54 | Bio-technology | Ecology | Health | Technology | Sheffield

Sainsbury's chilled food distribution centres were blockaded across the country on Thursday in protest against GM feed being fed to dairy cows. Sainsbury’s five biggest UK distribution centres were shut down as evironmentalists and consumers simultaneously blockaded the supermarket chain's chilled-goods depots in London, Liverpool, Birmingham, Bristol and Sheffield. They were chained together through steel tubes, or sat up scaffold tripods, blocking the depot gates. The co-ordinated action was intended to halt distribution of Sainsbury's dairy products that come from cows fed GM animal feed.

The protest follows Sainsbury’s failure to provide non-GM fed milk as standard, despite rivals like Marks and Spencer and the Co-op doing so. The action was taken in solidarity with farmers, demanding they get a fair deal of 2p on the pound for non-GM milk. The coalition of groups campaigning on this issue includes Farmers for Action, the Small and Family Farmers Alliance, The Small Farms Association, the Wholesome Food Association, the Institute of Science in Society, Genetic Food Alert and the Genetic Engineering Network (see GM animal feed campaign PDF). Also see National press release

Local reports: Birmingham report, photos and video | London
Yorkshire | Liverpool [ 1 , 2 ] and photos [1 | 2]
Bristol report and photos
Sainsbury's Essex Waltham Point Depot Blockade Report
See also Genetic Engineering Network

In a related action, farmers in Barnstaple blockaded a Sainsbury's store, while consumers and campaigners labelled GM milk inside the store: report and press release here.

Latest news:
Cows leaflet shareholders are Sainsbury AGM - Monday 12th July
Store demo in Plymouth - Saturday 10th July
Farmers vist Welsh store - Saturday 10th July



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Display the following 24 comments

  1. Well done to all involved — the bio pir8
  2. real meaning of action — pendragon pragmatist
  3. Text from campaign pdf leaflet — info
  4. coordination — jh
  5. Tune in Lock on — delia
  6. Predictable media response — Robert
  7. yeah, yeah, yeah — frill
  8. Veganism is not the point. — a vegan
  9. Excellent Action — Josef Davies-Coates
  10. Empty Shelves at Sainsbury's Lancaster — MT Shelves
  11. Find your local Sainsbury's stores — A Mole
  12. Essential Contacts and Reading for Sainsbury's Milk Campaign — Daisy the Cow
  13. Sainsbury's can't face truth about the depot blockades!! — A Mole
  14. re: Sainsbury's can't face truth about the depot blockades!! — A Farmer
  15. Location of Sainsbury's Retail Stores — A Mole
  16. Good that this issue has been highlighted at last!.... — King Amdo
  17. GM PROTEST — Martin James
  18. MARTIN JAMES PROTEST — cow(ed)
  19. sainsburys chill centres — cds
  20. a feature on gm feed in ireland — pc
  21. Sainsburys New Shut Up Scheme — Che's Bastard Brother
  22. GM Should be buried — R A Fearn
  23. Think you should research a bit more! — Richard
  24. No, I think you should research a bit more... — blockader

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