Dave Kahre: Oppose Denny’s animal cruelty
Dave Kahre can help end extreme cruelty
Dave Kahre is a Denny’s franchisee and the CEO of Pride Restaurants, LLC, which operates several Denny’s restaurants throughout Illinois and Indiana. Kahre is also a member of the Denny’s Franchise Association’s Supply Chain Oversight Committee (SCOC).
A 2016 Food Logistics article states that franchisees sign a purchasing agreement designating the SCOC as their purchasing agent, agreeing to abide by and fulfill the purchase commitments made by the SCOC on the franchisees’ behalf. This means that Dave Kahre significantly influences the products in nearly all Denny’s restaurants.
Currently, the diner chain purchases pig products from farms that keep pregnant mother pigs in cages so small they can’t turn around. Due to Denny’s refusal to address this extreme cruelty, Animal Equality has launched a nationwide campaign to expose this abuse.
Until Kahre and the rest of the SCOC address this animal cruelty scandal, they are doing an extreme disservice to Denny’s customers, franchisees, and, most of all, to the animals who are living in misery.
DENNY’S IS IGNORING THE SUFFERING OF PIGS
In 2012, Denny’s made a public commitment to eliminate the cruel practice of caging pregnant pigs in “gestation crates”—just as their competitors have done—yet little progress has been made.
Being trapped in these cages is physically and emotionally devastating for these intelligent animals.
In the middle of a nationwide campaign calling for an end to gestation cages, with over 53,000 messages sent to Denny’s by the public, the company continues to ignore the issue. It deletes any questions about it from their customers on their social media pages.
These cages are illegal in 11 U.S. states and several countries. Removing gestation crates is the bare minimum Denny’s can do to reduce these animals’ suffering.
As a member of the Supply Chain Oversight Committee, Mr. Kahre can help thousands of mother pigs confined to tiny metal cages for Denny’s. Over 60 major companies are eliminating them. It’s time to speak up, Mr. Kahre.
Dane Charbeneau
Animal Equality’s Campaigns Manager
There have been many protests at Denny’s locations, including their headquarters.
In November 2023, concerned consumers and advocates protested outside one of Mr. Kahre’s restaurant locations, hoping to get his attention, yet there was no response.
Dave Kahre can end the suffering of pregnant pigs trapped in small metal crates, unable to even turn around.
Will he do the right thing?
Images represent farms that use gestation cages.
They do not necessarily come from farms that supply Denny’s.