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Christmas tins

Poll ended at Fri Dec 29, 2006 9:29 pm

Cadbury's Roses
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Nestle Quality Street
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#16 Post by Kwackerz » Tue Dec 26, 2006 7:47 pm

What's wrong with Nestle products?!
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#17 Post by BikerGran » Wed Dec 27, 2006 1:38 am

I am very sad cos I didn't get my usual pack of Terrys Twilight this year......

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#18 Post by Gio » Wed Dec 27, 2006 1:20 pm

Kwackerz wrote:What's wrong with Nestle products?!
Its what's not right with them :smt002
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#19 Post by Myrkk » Thu Dec 28, 2006 10:29 am

take your pick........ genetic engineering, peoples rights abuse, animal rights abuse, environmental abuse............ there has been a boycott call against nestle since the 80s.
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#20 Post by Dinsdale Piranah » Thu Dec 28, 2006 11:35 am

Basically a bunch of arse....I worked for Nestle for 7 years and part of my remit was sorting security when the activists turned up. Most of them knew nothing about their "cause" and basically were an ill informed bunch of thugs.

BTW I was not indoctrinated by Nestle, nor would I have any brand loyalty. In fact the opposite.

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#21 Post by bikesdelsol » Thu Dec 28, 2006 1:56 pm

Has to be the roses.
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#22 Post by Myrkk » Thu Dec 28, 2006 4:14 pm

Dinsdale Piranah wrote:Basically a bunch of arse....I worked for Nestle for 7 years and part of my remit was sorting security when the activists turned up. Most of them knew nothing about their "cause" and basically were an ill informed bunch of thugs..
the rest of your remit being.......? I'm sorry but I don't see being a security operative giving you access to their deepest darkest secrets.

Do I take this to mean that you are assuming I know nothing about the "cause" and am a thug? Hmmm........ looks like you may be of a similar ilk making such assumptions :smt018


Dinsdale Piranah wrote:Most of the criticism comes from ther 3rd world baby milk policy.
What policy was that?
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#23 Post by Kwackerz » Thu Dec 28, 2006 7:12 pm

Myrkk wrote:take your pick........ genetic engineering, peoples rights abuse, animal rights abuse, environmental abuse............ there has been a boycott call against nestle since the 80s.

I must live in a little bubble! I genuinely wasnt aware of it!! :smt064

I shall have a looksee round the Net and see what all the kerfuffle is about.. :smt017
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#24 Post by Myrkk » Thu Dec 28, 2006 7:47 pm

Kwackerz wrote:
I must live in a little bubble! I genuinely wasnt aware of it!! :smt064
I think this is partially because we seem to be a more lethargic population at the moment. Back in the 80's campaigning was quite a big thing...... read fashionable :smt009

Activists [mainly of the anti-vivisection i.e. animal, type] of the "thug" kind mentioned earlier have also had their part to play in the publics reluctance to get involved. Rather than encouraging people to ask questions before buying from companies it has had the opposite effect with people labelling us all nutters and distancing themselves from ethical issues.
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#25 Post by Samray » Fri Dec 29, 2006 12:07 am

I`d be more interested in your suggestions as to more "ethical" companies as alternatives. :smt001


....mainly because I dont believe such a thing exists.
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#26 Post by Myrkk » Fri Dec 29, 2006 2:02 pm

As Dinsdales post showed earlier it depends upon your definition of ethical, something I find unethical you may not :)

As far as ethical companies go it is very hard to find 100% ethical companies, even companies such as Lush or the Co-op Bank have a dark side so you have to decide what is acceptable to you.

anyhow, I'm sorry to whomever started this thread........ I didn't mean to hijack it
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#27 Post by Kwackerz » Fri Dec 29, 2006 2:09 pm

I think it was a very good hijack. :smt001

People know the products, know the tastes, know the advertising bumph when it appears on TV.

Very few possibly know the companies behind them!

Saying that though, Everyone knows Bill Gates's Microsoft and some of the *possibly* unethical choices he made at Windows's start, yet we still buy Windows as opposed to using Mac or Linux... :smt012
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#28 Post by Gio » Sat Dec 30, 2006 11:18 am

Kwackerz wrote:
Myrkk wrote:take your pick........ genetic engineering, peoples rights abuse, animal rights abuse, environmental abuse............ there has been a boycott call against nestle since the 80s.

I must live in a little bubble! I genuinely wasnt aware of it!! :smt064

I shall have a looksee round the Net and see what all the kerfuffle is about.. :smt017
I bet you remember the kerfuffle about Bennetton tho.
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#29 Post by Kwackerz » Sat Dec 30, 2006 12:10 pm

Which? The RFID scandal?
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#30 Post by Gio » Sat Dec 30, 2006 8:25 pm

What the hells RIFD? :smt017
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