There was a great blog which ran from 2006 to 2011 called Suicide Food, which cataloged many examples of this, which the Wikipedia page defines as:
Suicide food is a visual marketing technique that involves presenting animals as if they wish to be eaten by humans or want to be directly involved with producing food products made for human consumption.
I started seeing examples of this and collected many over the years, but the blog ended in 2011. I have been looking for a friendly place to post these so we can all be collectively horrified.
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Suicide Food @vegantheoryclub.org trent @vegantheoryclub.org Where is the fourth pig?
I must have missed the part of the old fairy tale where the three little pigs started a business selling pork pâté.
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Suicide Food @vegantheoryclub.org trent @vegantheoryclub.org Say goodbye Freshie!
I have collected many examples of suicide food over the years, and the most common theme is the soon-to-be-eaten animal having a good time. My theory is that this is that most people have some element of guilt in the back of their minds about eating animals, and that picturing the animals having a happy life is a way to assuage their guilt.
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Suicide Food @vegantheoryclub.org trent @vegantheoryclub.org Boss Hawg!
I see this sign every time I am in Oregon as my father lives nearby. This picture is several years old, the sign has since decayed to near illegibility. Perhaps old Boss Hawg met an unfortunate end 'n' ended up part of a HawgBurger.
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Suicide Food @vegantheoryclub.org trent @vegantheoryclub.org Bad Ass Grills
For the first post, I'll start close to home. This outfit has a sign facing the freeway not far from where I live.
Here is their new logo, which has changed the pig from cooking (his friends and family) to being cooked: