[Closed] Who do you boycott?

Harrods

Porsche, Ferrari and Bentley

I would just boycott the [i]"nice lady who has a habit of making me aware of the consequences of my purchasing choices in terms of human rights, animal cruelty etc."[/i]

Sky

local bikeshops with bad business ethics.

tesco - for a myriad of reasons. Get all of my groceries from little, local producers or a couple of decent independent shops. More expensive and timne consuming but still better than tesco.

Macdonalds. Well not exactly boycotting, it did start off as a feeble studenty protest around mclibel time, but now it's just because they're not very good.

It would be easier to just boycott the nice lady.

So why folks?

Superstar Components. The way he behaved on here and in other places was unacceptable.

Stuff from Israel.

It would be easier to just boycott the nice lady.

True....but she is VERY nice.... 🙂

Rapha.

Their appropriation of cycling history and tradition to sell over priced fashion clothing made in various cheaper-than-the-UK countries get on ma nerves.

Israeli produce in any form.

tesco - for the immense damamge they've done to our high streets and local shops, for the noose they put around the necks of our food producers, for the trillions of plastic bags scattered across the countryside that they refuse to remove.

the electric toothbrush I just bought is made by Braun who test on animals

She objects to animals having clean teeth?

oh yeah i'd forgotten israel - nothing from them either. How a nation formed from the despair of the holocaust can knowingly inflict civilian suffering on a neighbour is beyond me.

Frankie and bennys
Maplin
sports direct
b and q
All done to bad experience, the ethics of their personnel and retail practice leave me fuming

And breathe

I would just boycott the "nice lady who has a habit of making me aware of the consequences of my purchasing choices in terms of human rights, animal cruelty etc."

I stay away from the unenlightened.

tobacco companies

Go Compare, purely because I hate their TV adverts.

True....but she is VERY nice....

She objects to animals having clean teeth?

Domestic and general.
Any French car

Boycott is probably a bit strong a word, but there's a few brands that won't be getting my hard earned € any time soon.
Nike, plus 2 of the most popular global consumer gadgetry/computer companies. Oh and the Guardian. And $ky.

edit: oh and Peugeot (^^ thanks for the reminder)

How a nation formed from the despair of the holocaust can knowingly inflict civilian suffering on a neighbour is beyond me.

I think the two are related, the suffering from one has instilled such a sense of self preservation (at any cost) that they seem to blind to the suffering of others. Ironic and rather sad really.

For his controversial cricket commentatory I have always wanted to boycott Geoff Boycott?
I do try to avoid buying French if possible and anything involving Murdoch or The Guardian, two sides of the same coin.

tesco, sky, macdonalds

Go Compare, purely because of the world's most annoying adverts

Nestle due to their dubious practices of giving away free baby milk to mothers in africa - which in turn leads to the mother becoming dependent on said baby milk to feed their babies

The Guardian? What paper do buy instead? They are all tainted in some way but I would of though the Guardian must have the least mud stuck to it?

Starbucks, ever since they've started installing 'one button coffee machines'. I don't care if it's exactly the same, I want my coffee being accompanied with the 'whack' of emptying coffee filters.

Married to a midwife so Nestle products are not allowed.
Try to avoid the big coffee shop chains and find local independents if possible.
Also stopped taking any papers that make Murdoch any money, never buy red tops.

Geoffrey

Anything from local shops for their failure to form a coherent brand image and market presence
Anything from local producers for having a supply strategy based upon "what's in season" rather than "what can be obtained"
Any consumer goods named after fruits
And anything Scottish

You boycott the Guardian? On what grounds? I could understand employing George Monbiot, but...

I wouldn't buy a paper now anyway, and wouldn't pay to get thru online newspaper firewalls either. But Guardian is down there with the Daily Wail (which is a given), in the likelihood of getting money from me.
Being ex-pat also means I don't need to explicitly "boycott" all those insurance companies with seriously annoying ads.

edit: and I refuse to click any Mail/Guardian links in posts too. Even if they are free to read.

But Guardian is down there with the Daily Wail (which is a given), in the likelihood of getting money from me.

Poncy coffee shops.

Sky and anything else touched by Murdoch
Food products with Palm Oil, eg Nutella
Unethically produced food, eg cheap chicken etc
Companies I've had poor service from

BBC formula 1 and recently Autosport after they started charging after 50 page views.

Apple. Im not giving Bono any money.

I always consciously avoid Nestle, even stopped eating fruit pastilles 🙁

too many to list

the only thing they give a shit about is your money
if it hits them in the pocket they will change

Cadburys

Diesel
Ford
Hope
Specialized
Sony
Ask
Tesco
Morrissons
BMW
Bose
B&O
Superdry
Bench

That will do for now

Tesco, sky, nestle, coca cola, anything from Israel, McShit.

She objects to animals having clean teeth?

Ha ha!
🙂

F1

But that's easy because it's shite.

Geoffrey Boycott, cause it's just not krikeet.

I guess there's a difference between boycotting and 'just don't like'. I don't buy Diesel cause it seems overpriced and not to my taste; I 'boycott' monkfish (even though I love it) because I've read something about how they take (several) years to grow to maturity, and hence the overfishing of it is a major problem.

I don't really have reason to buy anything from Trafigura, but I guess I'd boycott them if I did...

Oh how did I manage to forget KFC.

Is there an ethical/responsible businesses league table that we can all refer to when making purchase decisions?

Ryanair

anything that costs money

My work canteen.

Been boycotting them since about June when they put up the price of a baguette to £2.30 whilst AT THE SAME TIME getting in different baguettes that are half the size of the old, cheaper baguettes

I asked about it and the old battleaxe behind the counter said 'we are doing you a favour' whilst pointing at my stomach.

Abercrombie & Fitch/Hollister
Apple
Sky
Philip Green

the only thing they give a shit about is your money
if it hits them in the pocket they will change

Will they?

Tesco
Nestle
Sky/Fox
Coke
Kettle Crisps
Cadburys/ Green and Blacks
Apple the co not fruit
Daily Mail
Sun
McDonalds

German cars, especially VW/Audi

Sky

I can't understand all the anti-Israeli feeling on here, me.

Sky/Murdoch for the usual reasons.

Superstar definitely won't be seeing any of my money. Probably good products (and I did used to buy from them before), but the guy himself acted appallingly on here.

But Guardian is down there with the Daily Wail (which is a given), in the likelihood of getting money from me.

I'd say there's definitely a fair bit of stuff in the Guardian you could accuse of being like the Daily Mail for lefties, however (mostly) unlike the Daily Mail there is also some intelligent stuff in The Guardian, and it doesn't whip up hatred against immigrants and asylum seekers.

I can't understand all the anti-Israeli feeling on here, me.

Really?

UN Resolutions Against Israel, 1955-1992

Resolution 106: "...‘condemns’ Israel for Gaza raid"
Resolution 111: "...‘condemns’ Israel for raid on Syria that killed fifty-six people"
Resolution 127: "...‘recommends’ Israel suspend its ‘no-man’s zone’ in Jerusalem"
Resolution 162: "...‘urges’ Israel to comply with UN decisions"
Resolution 171: "...determines flagrant violations’ by Israel in its attack on Syria"
Resolution 228: "...‘censures’ Israel for its attack on Samu in the West Bank, then under Jordanian control"
Resolution 237: "...‘urges’ Israel to allow return of new 1967 Palestinian refugees"
Resolution 248: "...‘condemns’ Israel for its massive attack on Karameh in Jordan"
Resolution 250: "...‘calls’ on Israel to refrain from holding military parade in Jerusalem"
Resolution 251: "...‘deeply deplores’ Israeli military parade in Jerusalem in defiance of Resolution 250"
Resolution 252: "...‘declares invalid’ Israel’s acts to unify Jerusalem as Jewish capital"
Resolution 256: "...‘condemns’ Israeli raids on Jordan as ‘flagrant violation"
Resolution 259: "...‘deplores’ Israel’s refusal to accept UN mission to probe occupation"
Resolution 262: "...‘condemns’ Israel for attack on Beirut airport"
Resolution 265: "...‘condemns’ Israel for air attacks for Salt in Jordan"
Resolution 267: "...‘censures’ Israel for administrative acts to change the status of Jerusalem"
Resolution 270: "...‘condemns’ Israel for air attacks on villages in southern Lebanon"
Resolution 271: "...‘condemns’ Israel’s failure to obey UN resolutions on Jerusalem"
Resolution 279: "...‘demands’ withdrawal of Israeli forces from Lebanon"
Resolution 280: "....‘condemns’ Israeli’s attacks against Lebanon"
Resolution 285: "...‘demands’ immediate Israeli withdrawal form Lebanon"
Resolution 298: "...‘deplores’ Israel’s changing of the status of Jerusalem"
Resolution 313: "...‘demands’ that Israel stop attacks against Lebanon"
Resolution 316: "...‘condemns’ Israel for repeated attacks on Lebanon"
Resolution 317: "...‘deplores’ Israel’s refusal to release Arabs abducted in Lebanon"
Resolution 332: "...‘condemns’ Israel’s repeated attacks against Lebanon"
Resolution 337: "...‘condemns’ Israel for violating Lebanon’s sovereignty"
Resolution 347: "...‘condemns’ Israeli attacks on Lebanon"
Resolution 425: "...‘calls’ on Israel to withdraw its forces from Lebanon"
Resolution 427: "...‘calls’ on Israel to complete its withdrawal from Lebanon’
Resolution 444: "...‘deplores’ Israel’s lack of cooperation with UN peacekeeping forces"
Resolution 446: "...‘determines’ that Israeli settlements are a ‘serious obstruction’ to peace and calls on Israel to abide by the Fourth Geneva Convention"
Resolution 450: "...‘calls’ on Israel to stop attacking Lebanon"
Resolution 452: "...‘calls’ on Israel to cease building settlements in occupied territories"
Resolution 465: "...‘deplores’ Israel’s settlements and asks all member states not to assist Israel’s settlements program"
Resolution 467: "...‘strongly deplores’ Israel’s military intervention in Lebanon"
Resolution 468: "...‘calls’ on Israel to rescind illegal expulsions of two Palestinian mayors and a judge and to facilitate their return"
Resolution 469: "...‘strongly deplores’ Israel’s failure to observe the council’s order not to deport Palestinians"
Resolution 471: "...‘expresses deep concern’ at Israel’s failure to abide by the Fourth Geneva Convention"
Resolution 476: "...‘reiterates’ that Israel’s claims to Jerusalem are ‘null and void’
Resolution 478: "...‘censures (Israel) in the strongest terms’ for its claim to Jerusalem in its ‘Basic Law’
Resolution 484: "...‘declares it imperative’ that Israel re-admit two deported Palestinian mayors"
Resolution 487: "...‘strongly condemns’ Israel for its attack on Iraq’s nuclear facility"
Resolution 497: "...‘decides’ that Israel’s annexation of Syria’s Golan Heights is ‘null and void’ and demands that Israel rescind its decision forthwith"
Resolution 498: "...‘calls’ on Israel to withdraw from Lebanon"
Resolution 501: "...‘calls’ on Israel to stop attacks against Lebanon and withdraw its troops"
Resolution 509: "...‘demands’ that Israel withdraw its forces forthwith and unconditionally from Lebanon"
Resolution 515: "...‘demands’ that Israel lift its siege of Beirut and allow food supplies to be brought in"
Resolution 517: "...‘censures’ Israel for failing to obey UN resolutions and demands that Israel withdraw its forces from Lebanon"
Resolution 518: "...‘demands’ that Israel cooperate fully with UN forces in Lebanon"
Resolution 520: "...‘condemns’ Israel’s attack into West Beirut"
Resolution 573: "...‘condemns’ Israel ‘vigorously’ for bombing Tunisia in attack on PLO headquarters
Resolution 587: "...‘takes note’ of previous calls on Israel to withdraw its forces from Lebanon and urges all parties to withdraw"
Resolution 592: "...‘strongly deplores’ the killing of Palestinian students at Bir Zeit University by Israeli troops"
Resolution 605: "...‘strongly deplores’ Israel’s policies and practices denying the human rights of Palestinians
Resolution 607: "...‘calls’ on Israel not to deport Palestinians and strongly requests it to abide by the Fourth Geneva Convention
Resolution 608: "...‘deeply regrets’ that Israel has defied the United Nations and deported Palestinian civilians"
Resolution 636: "...‘deeply regrets’ Israeli deportation of Palestinian civilians
Resolution 641: "...‘deplores’ Israel’s continuing deportation of Palestinians
Resolution 672: "...‘condemns’ Israel for violence against Palestinians at the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount
Resolution 673: "...‘deplores’ Israel’s refusal to cooperate with the United Nations
Resolution 681: "...‘deplores’ Israel’s resumption of the deportation of Palestinians
Resolution 694: "...‘deplores’ Israel’s deportation of Palestinians and calls on it to ensure their safe and immediate return
Resolution 726: "...‘strongly condemns’ Israel’s deportation of Palestinians
Resolution 799: "...‘strongly condemns’ Israel’s deportation of 413 Palestinians and calls for their immediate return.

Tesco - for destroying our high streets and the livelihoods of many farmers
News International - Sky, Sun and anything to do with that odious power-mad Aussie Rupert Murdoch. If you want to influence who gets into government do it in your own country not ours.
Ryanair - the sheer level of obnoxiousnous that is Michael O'Leary and his contempt for the people who have made him rich means I will not fly with his airline.
MacDonalds - for selling junk and their 'greenwash' over how sustainable and green they are.

The Daily Mail - what an awful rag!

Fair enough, they did all that, but still I can't help but think that because they are surrounded by people who hate them and want to drive them into the sea they are doing what they have to to survive. Are the other side blameless in all this? I don't see the Palestinians being helped much by their 'brother' arabs.

haha... i read the thread title and thought "isreal" and then felt a little hesitant posting seeing how PC this forum can be at times, but times are a changing it seems so....

-Isreal. any products/produce from there
-any "fresh" fruit or veg that has come via areoplane (mangetout beans from Kenya!!!???)
-Paulaner beer, all varieties. Paulaner - baorisch für piss.
-H&M
-Crank Brothers
-FSA due to the shit name... "Full Speed Ahead"
-Reebok because it's naff
-Subway. the sandwich people not the subterrean trains; although both can smell bad

Chiquita bananas - never allowed in our house

Tesco - for destroying our high streets and the livelihoods of many farmers

Surely its down to those who choose to shop in supermarkets for the death of the High Street? (most people)
How is it specifically Tesco?

If we all chose to shop in Bob Higgins(fictional shop) grocery shop, then Bob Higgins would become richer and richer, expand and expand to more and more shops etc etc...
At what point would we decide that Bob Higgins has become too successful and so we will no longer shop there?

The UN... Useless bunch of bastards...
Intense bikes, and Chris King.

Canon camera stuff. (since 2010)
Plusnet. (since last month)

They'll crumble any day now...

Chiquita bananas - never allowed in our house

Tesco, for their lack of ethics on so many levels (see Co-Op below for the food angle)
M&S, for a lack of ethics in clothing manufacture.
Asda, for being part of the worlds most abhorrent chain (WalMart)
Morrisons, for no other reason than selling crap food*
Coke “o” Cola, for ripping the shit heart out of S America.
Pepsi, for supporting the Spice Girls (actually for the same reasons as Coke)
JJB Sports, because they flaunt the lack of ethics in clothing manufacture abroad.
Nike, for the same reasons as M&S and JJB Sports.
Co-Op, but only for their milk, I would boycott them entirely but for their FairTrade policy, which just about makes up for the lack of ethics regarding Milk Production and British Farming.
Trek, I could be wrong here but I think they were the first to offshore their production and it took years and years for them to pay the going rate for local workers*2
D&G, again for exploitation of indegionus peoples (you could put a lot of high end brands in this category but I’ve chosen these cos’ I hate their clothing)
Starboard (they make windsurfing/boarding equipment) for they systematically ruined the smaller manufacturers in the business with their proliferation and location of their factory in Taiwan.
Anything from Isreal, for reasons of oppression/ aggression and systematic antagonistic attitude to thi=ose o0f differing religions.
Catholic Faith, which in itself is a whole minefield of cohesive self serving oneness.
Mainstream makeup producers, for their lack and ignorance over animal welfare.
Newspapers, waste of rain forest, tat and gossip column inches with no newsworthy merit.
Lynx, cos it stinks vile.

*IMO.
*2 I stand to be corrected.

And breathe...

Body Shop - for hypocrisy

Any American airline - for utter shittiness (unless absolutely unavoidable)

Draught lager in the UK - for utter shittiness (exceptions apply, such as my local)

London Heathrow T4 ... because the jobworth security personnel think everyone is a terrorist.

Yes, I know you want to ask me what a terrorist looks like and yes I can tell you that if you cannot distinguish one from the other, especially you as security personnel, then take your pea brain and look for another job, because you are not fit for the job. Oh ya ... I know you want to confiscate my item (retractable braided wire keychain) for your own use, you maggot.

I just hope you get full body probe when you visit other countries in future and especially those who work at T4 as security personnel.

Also tell you supervisor to have the guts to let me have her name to complain ...

Why is Morrisons worse than any other supermarket? Their fish and meat ain't bad.

Why do those that have said they boycott tesco in particular not also boycott asda, sainsbury, morrisons, etc? Is it because they have a higher market share? Will you start boycotting asda when their market share tops tesco?

the only thing they give a shit about is your money
if it hits them in the pocket they will change

Will they?

Interesting to note the anti Israel sentiment on here: presumably china is equally boycotted?

Where is this Isreal you speak of?

terrorists are easy to spot, they usually have a sign round their necks !