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Follow on Google News | Multifaith clergy asks coffee-chains to not charge extra for milk-alternatives as a fairness issueBy: USOH Coffeehouse chains like Starbucks, Dunkin', Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, Caribou, Dutch Bros, Biggby, Peet's, Human Bean, PJ's, etc., roughly charge on an average about 70ยข extra per cup when customer opts for plant-based milk-alternatives made of oat, soy, almond, coconut; in place of milk in their drinks. Senior Episcopal priest in Connecticut Father Thomas W. Blake, Greek-Orthodox clergyman in Nevada Father Stephen R. Karcher, Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, renowned Buddhist minister Reverend Matthew T. Fisher, esteemed Jewish rabbi in California-Nevada ElizaBeth Webb Beyer, Senior United Methodist Pastor Reverend Dawn M. Blundell; in a joint statement; reminded coffeehouse chains to follow their own respective callings of ethical business practices and doing the right thing by fixing this issue of unfairness. A coffee company should not be in the business of taxing individuals who had chosen the plant-based lifestyle and thus dairy-free milk-alternatives for dietary restrictions, ethical issues, health risk worries, environmental concerns, lactose intolerance, milk allergy, increased prostate cancer risk, unease at antibiotics- The holiday-season was a good time for coffeehouse chains to renounce mercantile greed and promote equality; thus earning some good-karma and goodwill; by making plant-based milk alternatives more accessible to every customer by removing the surcharge barriers; Rajan Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism, suggested. These Christian, Hindu, Buddhist, Jewish religious leaders urged CEOs and Board Chairs of big coffeehouse chains to not continue to blatantly ignore their sweet-sounding missions-values- End
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