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[–] [email protected] 134 points 10 months ago (10 children)

Literally impossible to avoid Nestle. Even going to a restaurant or getting take out, benefitted Nestle in some way. Really it's the fault of governments for allowing a corporation to get that big

[–] [email protected] 36 points 10 months ago (3 children)

It's hard but not impossible. When you go grocery shopping always look at the back of the product to see if it has the taint.

Problem is indeed the restaurant as you can't be sure if they didn't you nestle products.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 10 months ago (21 children)

I can't help but notice you have disagreed with the comment above you, then gone on to explain that the exception to your disagreement is the exact scenario they described.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The issue with boycotting a huge company like Nestlé is that you put in a ton of time and effort while denying yourself lots of useful products and on Nestlé's end, they lose out on less profit than they bring in in a single minute.

They made $9.7 billion Net income in 2022. That's over $18,000 EVERY MINUTE. You can't make a difference and they don't care. The only ways to enact change are either through the legislative/regulatory route or through the extralegal route.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Sure, its pissing against the wind. And I lose out on kitkat and lion (damn i liked that bar) or I need to buy "clones" but I can't wholeheartedly buy their shit. It may not be much, but atleast i can live with myself.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

You could order KitKat from the US. Hershey makes it here.

I wouldn’t recommend it though, Nestle KitKat is much better. It’s a shame Nestle is so evil or else I’d be driving over to Canada to stock up every few weeks.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

The amount of sugar and palm kernel oil in Nestle chocolate makes me not even enjoy their products if I get them for free. They barely taste like cocoa

[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago (11 children)

It's not always that obvious. Nestle owns many companies and many of those products say nothing about Nestle on them.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

https://charlesstover.github.io/peoplecott/

That website helps with the products that aren't obviously marked Nestlé.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Thats a searchable list of all products/brands by Nestle? Thats quite helpful!

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Is it? I've not knowingly consumed anything from Nestlé in 20 years.

Edit: I have a bland palate and having a dairy allergy helps. I'm also incredibly stubborn!

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago (4 children)

That's awesome! I think it's important to note, however, that the burden of change here is not on the individual. The average person is not an activist, and shouldn't be expected to be. Nestle knows that, too.

Change on this scale can only happen through government regulation.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

Oh you've consumed Nestle, you just don't know it. They have over 200, brands and millions of individual products. Not to mention their non food companies. Again, it's an issue that governments should have dealt with long ago, and never should have let them get that big

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Fuck Nestle but also kitkat tastes good

[–] [email protected] 20 points 10 months ago

All my homies buy the off-brand Kitkats that, despite the significantly lower price, use Fairtrade cocoa.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

well poland has WW (from e.wedel)
i rrspect them a lot more then nestle

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Except E.Wedel is owned by Korean chaebol Lotte. Which is… I don’t even know honestly, I just know chaebols do a lot of fucked up shit. I guess my point is there is no ethical consumption under capitalism

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

There's a European store near my house called wedel lmao. I'll see if they have it there

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

They're so damn good, but I try as much as I can to not buy them

[–] [email protected] 21 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Yes, boycott Nestle, but it isn't so easy, since almost all products in the Supermarkets belong to this company.

https://wyomingllcattorney.com/Blog/Everything-Owned-by-Nestle

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems that as long as you don't buy processed foods in America you should be able to easily avoid Nestle?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Not only in America. Yes, you can avoid processed food, buying fresh food, but Nestle isn't only processed food, also water, almost all brands of coffee, sweets, cosmetics, animal food, etc.. If you live on a farm with a garden and chickens, with your own well and drink an herbal infusion instead of coffee, washing with your own soap. maybe you can avoid using Nestle products.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Hashtag BreakUpNestle

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago

Awesome!

Keep calling them out!

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago

@lelgenio I hate how many companies are owned by nestle

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

The nestlé boycott has always struck me as mostly hollow. I mean sure, it's not a bad thing to do, but it seems for the majority of people it starts and ends there. Like yup, that's the one bad company

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

N-E-S-T-L-E-S Nestlie does the very worst!

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