For Immediate Release:
April 25, 2023
Contact:
Nicole Meyer 202-483-7382
Denver – Because Whole Foods is selling coconut milk from Thailand—including through its own 365 brand—even though PETA Asia investigations reveal that monkeys in that country are caged, kept in isolation, chained for life, and trained through fear of punishment to pick coconuts, PETA “monkeys” will dump wheelbarrows full of humanely picked coconuts outside a Whole Foods store in Denver, less than a mile from the Whole Foods Rocky Mountain regional office, as part of a new international campaign against the company. The action follows PETA’s successful campaign against HelloFresh, which has now confirmed that Thai coconut milk will be out of its meal kit service by this summer.
When: Thursday, April 27, 12 noon
Where: Outside Whole Foods, 1701 Wewatta St., Denver
Many monkeys used in…
