XXXLutz: excitement about schnitzel for 2.50 euros

Animal rights activists are heavily criticizing the sale of a schnitzel with a side dish for 2.50 euros in the restaurant of the furniture store XXXLutz. The organization Four paws sees “in such combat prices a completely wrong signal and long-term negative consequences for everyone: animals, people and the environment”, it said on Thursday in a broadcast.

“We’d have to know better because of the corona crisis”

“We are experiencing a real mess of food here! If food is no longer worth anything and there is no respect for animal products, it ultimately falls back on all of us. It is absurd to use meat as an attractant. We should know better right now : In the wake of the Corona crisis, we saw the terrible effects that cheap meat production could have on health, “emphasized Veronika Weissenböck from Vier Pfoten.

Excitement of the week❗️
At @XXXLutz_AT From today there are giant schnitzel with fries for 2.50 euros. Why this food clogging is just the wrong signal: https://t.co/vfrv9nhrQQ
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– FOUR PAWS (@VIERPFOTEN) July 30, 2020

Four paws call on politicians to act

“Animal suffering, destruction of nature, peasant deaths end up on the plate,” had previously warned the organizers of the petition for protection of animals. “The discount battles have reached a level at which politicians are urged to act. The indignation by Agriculture Minister Elisabeth Köstinger (ÖVP, note), who described such offers as ‘morally reprehensible’, must now finally be followed up with action” she.

XXXLutz: “Decent quality at an affordable price”

The meat for the specialty schnitzel is chicken and pork from Austria, XXXLutz spokesman Thomas Saliger told the “Ö1” midday journal. “You can go to the restaurants with a clear conscience and get really decent quality at a clearly very affordable and sometimes incomprehensible price,” he said. “You always have to take an overall view, because then people also consume drinks. So in total, it pays off, otherwise we wouldn’t do it, and above all, it’s always a bit about customer loyalty.” In addition, the VAT has been reduced “and we will now pass this VAT advantage on to our customers in the next few days”, the company spokesman defended the campaign.

(Those: APA)

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