Ukraine designates PepsiCo, Mars as 'international war sponsors'
Ukraine's National Corruption Prevention Agency added major food corporations PepsiCo and Mars to the "international sponsors of war" list on Sept. 1.
Not surprised that a company named after the god of war is an international war sponsor
Actually, Mars was named after its founder, Franklin Clarence Mars.
Franklin Clarence Mars (/ˈmɑːrz/; September 24, 1883 – April 8, 1935) was an American business magnate who founded the food company Mars, Incorporated, which mostly makes chocolate candy. Mars' son Forrest Edward Mars developed M&M's and the Mars bar. He is also widely believed to be the god of war.
Well deserved. Let's boycott those fuckers.
That's not how you spell “imprison the C-suite of”. Last time I read the Constitution, giving aid and comfort to America's enemies was treason.
And so, nothing changed with this meaningless decision, and the world moved on.
Yeah, no. They can earn millions with Russia, so they do. Spend half on that in good PR, and you still earned millions in blood money.
And if people get pissed? The news cycle means they'll forget about this in about 3 days so you're good
Pepsi has a history in Russia. They once traded the USSR soda in exchange for a fleet of naval ships. IIRC at the time Pepsi had the 4th largest navy in the world. They sold the ships to Norway.
"international war sponsor" what a nice title, I think every company operating in US should have it!
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You're gonna give people PTSD.
(Psst, it's "Raid: Shadow Legends".)
No, I'm not Raid. I'm my own original game, Rage. People really need to get their facts straight...
This explains why LinkedIn was sending out surveys today asking "What do you think about PepsiCo?", "What are the top reasons you would want to work at PepsiCo?", to a bunch of people. The whole thing was extremely weird, and obviously a PR campaign
Just another reason to not drink the diabetes piss water that is Pepsi. They lost the cola wars for a reason. Come sucks too, but fuck Pepsi even harder.
Wow the tankies are out in force on the comments on this one.
Wth are tankies?
A tankie is someone who is pro-communist dictators, put shortly.
You’ll find them on hexbear and other instances that your instance has hopefully defederated from.
A pro-authoritarian communist. Typically used derisively.
Increasingly, "tankies" seem to cover any infraction against the approved anti-russian fervor;
Equivalent of "woke", but used by liberals. Generally meaning "people left of us that we don't like".
About time. Add coke, facebook,google and microsoft too
Pepsi advertising the fighter jet is making more sense now.
They did also have the sixth largest naval fleet in the world for a brief period in 1989.
As a direct result of trading with Russia, even.
full list here: https://sanctions.nazk.gov.ua/en/boycott/
Can't believe nestle isn't on the list and #1
Man disappointing seeing how many companies I recognize on that list. Boycotting all these companies would be difficult considering how a lot of the companies on here own 20+ brands.
Yeah Proctor & Gamble is the toughest one for me. They kinda have a lock on some industries like laundry detergents.
I guess we just do our best. Russia is a small market, so it doesn't take to much of hit to these bastards in the bigger markets before they abandon Russia.
There’s a reason they say that there is no ethical consumption under capitalism. This isn’t to say we should just throw our hands up and give in, but do whatever the hell you can.
For instance—sorry if you already know to do this—it may not apply for a lot of these companies, in that the goods are consumed, but whenever you can, buy secondhand to reduce not just waste, but also profits for whoever produces the product you buy. Also, sorry if it sounds trite, but I like to think that every little step helps in some way.
Next up: the nord vpn logo engraved on every bullet
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I'll definitely be checking what I buy from these companies and making adjustments to my habits.
Slava Ukraine.
You're a rube
I bet they donated when the checkout kiosk prompted them for a dollar to Slava hahaha
I'll be buying more
Death to Ukraine and the Nazi Party!
I guess you don't see the irony in your statement, huh?
Mars better eat a snickers.
isn't Snickers made by mars?
Any one turn the "m" upside down in "mars"
Hi dad
As the jingle goes...Pa pa pa pa pa.... Coca-Cola..
Better be careful, I hear Pepsi had the biggest warfleet in the world at one point.
Psh. They don't even have a harrier.
Oh, no, they prob. do, they just won’t give it to you even when you rightfully won it
Neither do I, despite how much I've asked 😢
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I think that was Coca-Cola, Pepsi was The Choice of a New Generation.
Commercialism! Ta-dah!
Oh yeah you're right.
Let's leave Ukraine deals alone with their shit. they are on my nerve. silly spoiled kid
You are irrelevant tho
"Worthless Nazis and White Supremacists get mad at people of color making money"
wew
Went looking for this list. Partial results:
The NACP's register of international sponsors of war includes Philip Morris International, Alibaba Group Holding, Bacardi, Unilever, Mondelez International, Xiaomi Corporation, P&G, METRO, Auchan, and other brands.
@Cloudless & I maintain a zine tracking all Sponsors of Russia's invasion at https://kbin.social/m/SponsorsOfRussianInvasion . We use multiple sources viz. Ukraine govt sites, Yale's tracker, and credible news sources.
We also have a zine tracking business who have rejected to support Russia's invasion and have exited Russia at https://kbin.social/m/BizAgainstRussianInvasion
Thank you kindly. Just subbed to both 😁🍻
Bacardi? It would be off-brand for them to not back dictatorships.
Doesn't stop Ukraine from buying drones built by Xiaomi and sold/distributed by Alibaba.
I don't see why it would. It's not like they're in a position to not buy from wherever they can.
If you buy a drone for lets say 1000$ from Xiaomi via AliBaba, 100$ of those go to AliBaba maybe 1$ goes to Russia. from the 900$ left for Xiaomi, 600 are gone for the production. 300 left, 3 go to Russia. 4$ for Russia. But if this drone helps invalidate only one russian soldier, that 4$ are easily worth 100000$. If it helps invalidate a tank, it goes to the millions. Thats easily worth it if there is no alternative