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Update: Restaurant Owner to Work with PETA, Sample Vegan Egg For Menu

For Immediate Release:
May 10, 2025

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Alex Payne 202-483-7382

Utica, N.Y. –

PETA’s “Hell on Wheels” truck will no longer stop outside the downtown Utica breakfast restaurant Craylee’s on Sunday, following a phone call between the restaurant owner, Jennifer, and PETA during which PETA offered to deliver samples of Just Egg and a first month’s supply if the vegan option is added to the menu. Today, a PETA representative will be dropping off samples of Just Egg vegan breakfast sandwiches for Craylee’s ownership to try, and “Hell on Wheels” will visit a new round of chicken-and-egg-serving restaurants in Utica this Sunday, including Uticabbq, Sheri’s Eastside Diner, and Sazón Frank. Please see the following statement from PETA Senior Vice President, Colleen O’Brien:

Chickens are inquisitive, intelligent animals who form friendships, love and care for their young, and they don’t deserve to suffer and die so people can eat omelets. Adding a delicious, animal-friendly vegan option to Craylee’s breakfast menu is a welcome first step, and PETA urges diners everywhere to leave chickens in peace and to please go vegan.

The vegan breakfast samples PETA will bring to Craylee’s on Sunday include: a breakfast sandwich prepared by Nice Biscuit, Just Egg Liquid & Folds, Beyond Patties & Links, a VioLife cheese pack, and a container of Annie’s Biscuits.

PETA—whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to eat”—points out that Every Animal Is Someone and offers free Empathy Kits for people who need a lesson in kindness. PETA’s free vegan starter kit can help anyone looking to make the switch. For more information, please visit PETA.org or follow PETA on X, Facebook, or Instagram.

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