Fortnum & Mason

Glamorous PETA volunteers rolled out a red carpet outside Fortnum & Mason’s Piccadilly store in order to present the medal of dishonour – the Award for Cruellest Retailer.

Rock legend Chrissie Hynde, lead singer of the Pretenders, is the latest celeb to passionately denounce Fortnum & Mason’s sale of foie gras.

Gordon Ramsay has been associated with the torture of thousands of ducks for the production of cruel foie gras.

A lot of Fortnum & Mason’s customers aren’t aware of the company’s cruel policies. Most people are compassionate at heart and hate the idea of animals suffering.

From across the Channel, Brigitte Bardot and French animal protection groups, representing tens of thousands of French citizens, have called out to Fortnum & Mason to end foie gras sales.

Fortnum & Mason’s carefully cultivated image – of a shop steeped in English tradition – took a major knock yesterday, thanks to a wave of PETA supporters!

On St George’s Day, PETA considers five great things that are English … and one that definitely Isn’t.

Arlene Phillips sent a letter this week to Prince Charles asking that Fortnum & Mason be stripped of its Royal Warrants as long as it continues to sell foie gras.

“PETA wants to give Fortnum & Mason patrons a true taste of the main ingredient in every bite of foie gras – animal abuse”

Pamela Anderson, who recently graced our screens in Dancing on Ice, has fired off a letter to Fortnum & Mason urging the retailer to stop selling vile foie gras.