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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBeen seeing commercials for 'Nestle Crunch Girl Scout Candy Bars.'
Have conservahadists started the boycott against Nestle yet?
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Been seeing commercials for 'Nestle Crunch Girl Scout Candy Bars.' (Original Post)
onehandle
Jul 2012
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Ihave been boycotting Nestle for as long as I can remember - am not right wingnut.
hollysmom
Jul 2012
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PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)1. Are they made from real girl scouts ? n/t
Curtland1015
(4,404 posts)3. Yeah, I've already been fooled by those "pot Brownies"
I refuse to get fooled again!
tammywammy
(26,582 posts)2. Aren't they already boycotting the Girl Scouts?
I remember reading some crapola about the Girl Scouts & Planned Parenthood.
SoutherDem
(2,307 posts)4. Don't know but I bought a couple yesterday
The thin mint candy bar is really good. I wish they weren't going to be a limited time item.
RB TexLa
(17,003 posts)5. You know our "Buy American Only" crowd will be joining them
dionysus
(26,467 posts)6. you're like some sort of unique scientific specimen.
hollysmom
(5,946 posts)7. Ihave been boycotting Nestle for as long as I can remember - am not right wingnut.
http://info.babymilkaction.org/nestlefree
from wikipedia
The Nestlé boycott is a boycott launched on July 7, 1977, in the United States against the Swiss-based Nestlé corporation. It spread quickly throughout the United States, and expanded into Europe in the early 1980s. It was prompted by concern about the Nestle's promotion of breast milk substitutes (infant formula), particularly in less economically developed countries (LEDCs), which campaigners claim contributes to the unnecessary suffering and even deaths of babies, largely among the poor.[1] Among the campaigners, Professor Derek Jelliffe and his wife Patrice, who contributed to establish the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA), were particularly instrumental in helping to coordinate the boycott and giving it ample visibility worldwide.
from wikipedia
The Nestlé boycott is a boycott launched on July 7, 1977, in the United States against the Swiss-based Nestlé corporation. It spread quickly throughout the United States, and expanded into Europe in the early 1980s. It was prompted by concern about the Nestle's promotion of breast milk substitutes (infant formula), particularly in less economically developed countries (LEDCs), which campaigners claim contributes to the unnecessary suffering and even deaths of babies, largely among the poor.[1] Among the campaigners, Professor Derek Jelliffe and his wife Patrice, who contributed to establish the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA), were particularly instrumental in helping to coordinate the boycott and giving it ample visibility worldwide.
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)8. I've been boycotting Nestle since the mid 80's because of their "nurse maids" in 3rd world countries
They're still at it. They send representatives dressed like doctors and nurses into hospitals to convince women that their formula is better than breast milk and give them free samples. When the samples run out, they've gone dry so they're forced to keep the infants on formula and often dilute it with polluted water to stretch it out. You can predict the outcome pretty easily.
hollysmom
(5,946 posts)9. exactly n/t
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