Canadian Website Writes About Panera Bread Controversy

Go to http://www.realagriculture.com/2013/07/panera-bread-takes-cheap-shot-at-farmers-gets-twitter-spanked/ to see what our neighbors to the North are saying.

Twitter Still on Fire with Anti-Panera Bread Controversy

OMG! 

Got on Twitter Sunday afternoon after being away for a day and 19 of 50 of the first tweets I see are on the Panera Bread controversy.

Here are some of the tweets:

Ashley Knapton: Anyone else wish they could see the look on the @panerabread's PR's face when they get to work on Monday? #pluckezchicken

Andrew Goodrich: @panerabread 6 am on a Sunday morning and I'm checking withdrawals on fat cattle. Man I feel lazy. #pluckezchicken

Shannon: #PluckEZChicken At the farmers market this morning and those lazy farmers were there and set up by 8am. The nerve!

Dianne Bettin: Panera Bread - don't use fear to sell food! #pluckezchicken

Here is a response from Panera Bread as posted by AgWired:

Go to http://agwired.com/2013/07/26/panera-breads-lazy-response-to-offensive-promotional-campaign/ to check it out. 

And here are some of Panera Bread's tweets:

@VLynnVLV Sorry if you were offended by our EZ Chicken posts, Valerie. We truly appreciate entire farming community & all their hard work.

@MrsZookeeper We never intended to insult anyone with our EZ Chicken posts, especially farmers. We truly appreciate all their hard work.

Go to http://dairycarrie.com/2013/07/23/dear-panera-bread-company/ on Dairy Carrie's blog to see how the whole controversy began.

Read more about the issue by going to Twitter and searching @EZChicken or #pluckEZchicken.

Rants Against Panera Bread Continue on Twitter

Twitter continues with people who are upset with Panera Bread and its recent ad campaign that some believe is anti-farmer and anti-rancher.

Here's some examples:

Ashley Nunnenkamp says @panerabread We deserve a real apology for the offensive #EZChicken campaign. Until then no more panera. #boycott #PluckEZChicken

Ashley also says: @NTVsGrow @panerabread owes lots of hardworking american farmers a HUGE apology! #PluckEZChicken

Marie Bowers says: If @panerabread thinks farmers are lazy. I gladly invite them out to work harvest with me. Already got 74 hours in this week #PluckEZChicken and Did I mention it's been 90 degrees all week @panerabread? 16 hour days are for the lazy farmers....#PluckEZChicken

 Stacy Revels says: Glad to see @panerabread is backtracking on incredibly stupid #EZChicken campaign. Think they saw what happens when you call farmers lazy.

To see more, go to Twitter.com and search #EZChicken or #PluckEZChicken. 

Here is what Panera Bread said to begin this uproar:
http://www.panerabread.com/liveconsciouslyeatdeliciously/#!articles/antibiotic_free_answers 

Twitter, Blog-O-Sphere Ablaze with Attacks on Panera Bread

Some folks on Twitter and on blogs and other places on the Internet are taking Panera Bread to task for what they call an attack on farmers and ranchers for their use of antibiotics in animals.

See what Panera is http://www.panerabread.com/liveconsciouslyeatdeliciously/#!articles/antibiotic_free_answers saying by going to this link.

Read what Carrie Mess, a dairy blogger (Dairy Carrie) from Wisconsin thinks about this issue by http://dairycarrie.com/2013/07/23/dear-panera-bread-company/ going to this link.