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[โ€“] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 39 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (5 children)

minus Nestle (sadly) and Unilever

[โ€“] AceStructor@feddit.org 22 points 2 months ago

This picture is going through the net for so long, still German news are trying to convince its readers that there aren't many American products on European supermarket shelves.

[โ€“] CherryBullets@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

This image alone proves that governments only care about monopolies in writing ๐Ÿ˜‚

Edit: Aw fuck, Ms Vickies is Canadian but owned by Pepsi? Fml. So in the end, it's not really Canadian. We can't have anything good...

[โ€“] Daisyday@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] CherryBullets@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago

I hope so, I'm running out of chips that are real Canadian chips ๐Ÿ˜‚

[โ€“] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 months ago

TIL Garnier is affiliated with Nestlรฉ. And here I thought I found good vegan bleach to dye my hair. Smh my head

[โ€“] calcopiritus@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Nestlรฉ doesn't need to be American for you to boycott it though.

[โ€“] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

In this community it kinda does but I still agree in general

[โ€“] Th0rgue@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 1 points 2 months ago

Thanks, fixed it