It was written to this list: How about Ben & Jerry's instead of DQ? Both large corporations that started somewhere else, but have local franchise...except Ben & Jerry's has that social conscience and those crappy all natural ingredients.
[TB] I am amazed at the anti-Dairy Queen venom that has been expressed on this list. The primary objection seems to be that they are big, which is then equated as evil. Dairy Queen is a local company, it started here. One of the founder's widows (now, I believe, in her 90s) still lives here in Minneapolis less than 1 mile from where I live. My understanding is that she still owns a significant number of units. So what is their fault? That they created a product that people like? At what size did they become evil? The Dairy Queen website says: "we do have a corporate contributions program that offers funding to qualified applicants in the areas of culture and performing arts; education; health care and hospitals; and social welfare/communities who meet our guidelines." I would read that to say that they do have a social conscience. Big equals evil? Brian Herron didn't plead guilty to getting money from a large corporate giant. No corporate giants have been accused of attempting to bribe him. Perhaps social responsibility isn't related to size. Terrell Brown Loring Park terrell at terrellbrown dot org _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
