nestlé evil; ownership of golden grahams

[cimorene]

kk, and anyone else who is interested, general mills isn't owned by nestlé. thus golden grahams and other cereals do not help to starve babies in third world countries. which is, incidentally, what nestlé does, albeit not entirely directly. i'm not going to go burn a cross on the front lawn of their corporate headquarters, but neither am i going to buy things they own. golden grahams is distributed by nestlé in uk (info at that website) and internationally through a "joint venture," but general mills is its own gigantic megamultibilliondepartmentcorporation, no doubt with its own skeleton-filled closets.

information on the boycott here.

Comments

right on, sister!

[phineasjones.livejournal.com]

my gf was working for the group that started the nestle boycott way back in the day (INFACT). now they're boycotting phillip morris (they own post cereal and a million other things). sadly, INFACT is a bit on the evil side themselves. there were some who worked there who tried to speak their minds, and then tried to unionize. every single one of them were fired or laid off. can't fully express my anger over this. they are supposed to be a force for good. instead their a bunch of corrupt assholes.
but my girlfriend found a new job. in case you were worried.
phineas

Re: right on, sister!

[cimness.livejournal.com]

gah. corruption on corruption. there are so many things like this in the world about which you can do nothing but shake your head.

[kmazzy.livejournal.com]

ahhhh so if i want golden grahams i can eat them in america... woooo!