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McDonald's and Coca-Cola boycott calls grow over Russia
BBC ^ | 3/7/2022 | Lora Jones & Beth Timmins

Posted on 03/07/2022 10:58:45 AM PST by marcusmaximus

Pressure is growing on Western food and drink giants to pull out of Russia due to the invasion of Ukraine.

McDonald's and Coca-Cola have been criticised on social media for failing to speak out about the attacks and continuing to operate in the country.

Well-known firms including Netflix and Levi's have already suspended sales or stopped providing services in Russia.

McDonald's and Coca-Cola have not responded to the BBC's request for comment.

#BoycottMcDonalds and #BoycottCocaCola were trending on Twitter on Monday and over the weekend respectively.

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The criticism comes amid calls for other well-known Western firms such as KFC, Pepsi and Starbucks and Burger King to close their outlets and stop sales in Russia.

However, most firms have stayed silent on the issue with KFC, Pepsi, Starbucks and Burger King also declining to respond to the BBC's requests for comment.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: cocacola; coke; fastfood; mcdonalds; russia; war; woke
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To: marcusmaximus

Especially when they use high fructose corn sweetener. If they use regular sugar, less so. That’s why cokes and Pepsis from Mexico are better


21 posted on 03/07/2022 11:11:13 AM PST by BigEdLB (Let’s go Brandon!)
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To: adorno
The Russian people will be lost without those services.

Lose what?

22 posted on 03/07/2022 11:11:30 AM PST by SmokingJoe
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To: marcusmaximus

Do the Russians have their own equivalent of our GPS system, or do the their people rely on Google maps and other systems leaching off ours.

It would be great if we could selectively turn off the clocks when they reach their orbit above Moscow and then turn back on when they leave their area.


23 posted on 03/07/2022 11:13:20 AM PST by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: marcusmaximus

There is the legal issue of trademark abandonment.

Also, Russian franchisees might still make and sell the stuff without paying royalties. Corporate America is not going to let their rubles get away from bottom lines.


24 posted on 03/07/2022 11:14:53 AM PST by Brian Griffin
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To: BigEdLB

I used to drink water and sucrose in tough times.

There’s an amazing taste similarity.


25 posted on 03/07/2022 11:16:30 AM PST by Brian Griffin
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To: marcusmaximus

So McDonalds and Coca-Cola are doing a favor to Russia by making money there? Well, don’t do me any favors.


26 posted on 03/07/2022 11:19:14 AM PST by JoSixChip (2020: The year of unreported truths; 2021: My main take away from this year? Trust no one.)
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To: Tell It Right
Coca-cola should fight Russia by selling only New Coke there. LOL

Bwahahahahahaha!

27 posted on 03/07/2022 11:19:33 AM PST by Allegra
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To: Abathar

“Development of GLONASS began in the Soviet Union in 1976. Beginning on 12 October 1982, numerous rocket launches added satellites to the system, until the completion of the constellation in 1995. After a decline in capacity during the late 1990s, in 2001, the restoration of the system was made a government priority and funding increased substantially. GLONASS is the most expensive program of the Roscosmos, consuming a third of its budget in 2010.

“By 2010, GLONASS had achieved full coverage of Russia’s territory and in October 2011 the full orbital constellation of 24 satellites was restored, enabling full global coverage.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GLONASS


28 posted on 03/07/2022 11:20:18 AM PST by Brian Griffin
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To: adorno

https://gs.statcounter.com/search-engine-market-share/all/russian-federation

“Yandex N.V. (Russian: Яндекс) is a multinational corporation primarily for Russian and Russian-language users, providing 70 Internet-related products and services, including transportation, search and information services, e-commerce, navigation, mobile applications, and online advertising.

“The firm is registered in Schiphol, the Netherlands as a naamloze vennootschap (Dutch public limited company), but the company founders and most of the team members are located in Russia. It primarily serves audiences in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States, and also has 30 offices worldwide.

“The firm is the largest technology company in Russia and the second largest search engine on the Internet in Russian, with a market share of over 42%. It also has the largest market share of any search engine from Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States and is the 5th largest search engine worldwide after Google, Baidu, Bing, and Yahoo!.

“Its main competitors on the Russian market are Google, VK, and Rambler.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yandex


29 posted on 03/07/2022 11:25:22 AM PST by Brian Griffin
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To: Brian Griffin

Thank you. But still, have they opened it up to public use there?


30 posted on 03/07/2022 11:25:52 AM PST by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: Pxzftrnqfrn
My feeling also.

Couldn't happen to a more deserving group.

Meanwhile, Xiden's regime continues to finance Putin's regime by buying oil and preventing pipelines and development of known proven reserves. As big as MCD and KO are, I seriously doubt that whatever they put into the Russian economy in one year equals what oil and gas sales (at vastly inflated prices) are doing for it in a single hour.

31 posted on 03/07/2022 11:26:01 AM PST by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: marcusmaximus

They will have to wrench my PBR out of my cold dead hands


32 posted on 03/07/2022 11:26:34 AM PST by llevrok (Pronouns: Me/myself/& I)
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To: marcusmaximus

Forget BLM! Join the Ukraine Train!


33 posted on 03/07/2022 11:26:45 AM PST by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: marcusmaximus

I find it odd that people would applaud these multi-national corporations putting the screws to any nation. It seems to be creating a power that is not restrained locally/regionally, but is ubiquitous in its ability to destroy.

But if these multi-nationals do decide to pull out all the stops, then it would make the situation all the more clear for any country that wants to retain its sovereignty...cull the power of multi-nationals now...before they get too power. Addtionally, sieze any infrastructure that they have within your nation (without compensation) and use it to construct an alternative to their product as soon as possible.


34 posted on 03/07/2022 11:29:55 AM PST by Bishop_Malachi (Liberal Socialism - A philosophy which advocates spreading a low standard of living equally.)
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To: marcusmaximus

I’m already boycotting McDonald’s and Coca Cola because of their anti American political support, and because their products are unhealthy.


35 posted on 03/07/2022 11:45:12 AM PST by captain_dave
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To: marcusmaximus

Removing Western fast food chains from the Russian food chain is the most healthy act ever.


36 posted on 03/07/2022 11:50:10 AM PST by Musketeer
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To: marcusmaximus

Coca-Cola kept their factory going in Nazi Germany until 1941 when the U.S. went to war with Japan. The CEO of Coke at the time was Max Keith (pronounced Kite). When production stopped in 1941, and supplies dwindled, he gave his last batches of Coke to Nazi soldiers. The German Coke factory first marketed their Fanta soda in Nazi Germany. It was developed because they could no longer import Cola syrup from the U.S. based Coke factory, so they came up with a new flavor. Coke sponsored the 1936 Olympics in Nazi Germany. They advertised in Nazi newspapers, and in Nazi magazines. According to Mark Prendergrast’s book “For God, Country and Coca Cola”, if Hitler, Goering or some other Nazi big-wig’s face was on the front cover of the magazine, Coke’s advertisements would be on the back. They also advertised on billboards in the stadiums that held Nazi rallies. Since there was an extreme shortage of laborers in Germany because of the war, it is almost certain that Coke, like most other German manufacturers, used slave labor.


37 posted on 03/07/2022 12:03:11 PM PST by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: marcusmaximus
McDonald's and Coca-Cola boycott calls grow over Russia

The Left will ALWAYS come for you, no matter who you are.

38 posted on 03/07/2022 12:19:27 PM PST by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: marcusmaximus

“Big Cola” should be banned for actually putting CO2 (a known global warming gas!) into their sodas.


39 posted on 03/07/2022 12:22:32 PM PST by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
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To: Mr. K

At the very least they need to be using sustainably sourced fair trade vegan carbon dioxide.


40 posted on 03/07/2022 12:24:34 PM PST by nascarnation (Let's Go Brandon!)
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