TODAY: The world’s largest Starbucks is opening in Chicago, and we need YOUR voice to make sure the air is abuzz with the demand for vegan foods on opening day! Make a quick, polite call to the new store at 312-283-7100 to ask for vegan food options on the menu (using our sample script below)!

Last year, Starbucks told Compassion Over Killing at its annual meeting that a US-wide vegan food line was on the horizon in 2018. But soon after the coffee giant finally poured out a vegan macadamia oat cookie on menus nationwide, it was discontinued due to slow sales—and there’s still no sign of a more tempting cookie variety or a robust vegan menu in the US. 

Meanwhile, customers at Starbucks’ UK outlets are enjoying a variety of vegan sandwiches, breakfast items, and even mac and cheese. Most recently, UK Starbucks have started offering a Very Merry Vegan Wrap for the holidays, featuring crumbled butternut squash fritters and roasted red cabbage with vegan maple mustard mayonnaise in a beetroot wrap. And even Starbucks Canada recently brewed up vegan yogurt.

So when will a robust vegan food menu come stateside? This year, COK took the chain to task on its US food menu at its shareholder meeting once again, and we were told that we’ll “continue to see work come from [Starbucks] in that area.”

Help us show Starbucks that a latte consumers are demanding vegan food! Make a quick call to the new Chicago store at 312-283-7100 TODAY using our sample script below or your own polite message! Then email us at campaigns@cok.net to let us know how your call went. Thank you for helping us put compassion on menus nationwide.

SAMPLE SCRIPT: Hi, my name is ______ and I’m calling to ask for vegan food on your menu! Starbucks UK is already dishing out robust vegan items like mac and cheese and wraps, and even Starbucks Canada has vegan yogurt. When will US restaurants catch up with the buzz? Thank you.