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[–] AeroLemming@lemm.ee 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The issue with boycotting a huge company like Nestlé is that you put in a ton of time and effort while denying yourself lots of useful products and on Nestlé's end, they lose out on less profit than they bring in in a single minute.

They made $9.7 billion Net income in 2022. That's over $18,000 EVERY MINUTE. You can't make a difference and they don't care. The only ways to enact change are either through the legislative/regulatory route or through the extralegal route.

[–] DmMacniel@feddit.de 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Sure, its pissing against the wind. And I lose out on kitkat and lion (damn i liked that bar) or I need to buy "clones" but I can't wholeheartedly buy their shit. It may not be much, but atleast i can live with myself.

[–] TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

You could order KitKat from the US. Hershey makes it here.

I wouldn’t recommend it though, Nestle KitKat is much better. It’s a shame Nestle is so evil or else I’d be driving over to Canada to stock up every few weeks.

[–] Twelve20two@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago

The amount of sugar and palm kernel oil in Nestle chocolate makes me not even enjoy their products if I get them for free. They barely taste like cocoa