Animal rights activists protest outside the Trader Joe’s on University Avenue in Berkeley on Saturday, August 16, 2025. (Credit: Direct Action Everywhere)
Saturday, August 16, 2025, BERKELEY, CA — Dozens of activists with the animal rights network Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) protested outside the Trader Joe’s store at 1885 University Avenue in Berkeley, after an Alameda County judge partially denied Trader Joe’s requested temporary restraining order against DxE on Tuesday. Trader Joe’s had sought to prohibit protests inside and outside all 205 of their California stores, but Judge Keith Fong denied the request with regards to protests outside Trader Joe’s stores, and he admonished Trader Joe’s for completely refusing to engage with the activists.
For years, DxE activists have been urging Trader Joe’s to stop purchasing chickens from Petaluma Poultry, a subsidiary of poultry giant Perdue Foods, because of animal cruelty and conditions posing health risks to humans. Despite Trader Joe’s suing DxE, the campaign is continuing. Around a dozen protests are taking place this weekend at Trader Joe’s locations across the country…