Boycott Everything

Is Christiano on here?

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/jun/16/cristiano-ronaldo-snubs-coca-cola-billions-wiped-off-drink-giants-market-value

Pogba did it to the beer too.

Last year, Amazon amended its contract with SpartanNash, a grocery distributor it had been using to fulfill Amazon Fresh orders. Upon signing the deal, Amazon received warrants worth 2.5 percent of the company’s stock and the option to receive another 12.5 percent if the retailer buys $8 billion worth of groceries over seven years. SpartanNash’s stock price surged 26 percent the day the deal was announced, and though the price has slid since, it’s still up 12 percent.

Another supplier, Clean Energy Fuels Corp., which sells natural gas sourced from landfills and other “biogenic” sources, signed a contract with Amazon that allowed the retailer to buy up to 20 percent of the company over the next ten years. Executives at the gas supplier reportedly hope that the warrants and potential shareholding will keep Amazon from buying from other suppliers.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/06/amazons-new-price-of-doing-business-the-right-to-buy-ownership-stakes-in-vendors/

Definitely not shady business practices abusing their scale, nope nothing to see here

Capitalism being capitalism. Turns out the invisible hand is holding a gun.

Currently, Amazon delivery drivers are expected to deliver upwards of 400 packages a day on 10-hour routes that often extend up to 12 hours. The two Portland delivery companies are demanding a cap at 250 packages and 150 stops per 8.5 hour route. As Motherboard has previously reported, in order to qualify for bonuses and complete their routes on time to avoid discipline, drivers have been forced to suspend safety monitors, run across busy four-lane highways, skip lunch breaks, and pee and defecate in their vans rather than find bathrooms.

The letter says that Amazon forces its delivery companies to commit to routes three weeks in advance but Amazon can change drivers' schedules within a day or less than a day's notice. This forces scheduled drivers to show up to work without actual work to do, and companies to pay drivers' wages for days when they didn't deliver packages.

A new program also allows Amazon to increase or decrease routes each day by 10 percent without any advance notice to delivery companies—forcing them to eat the cost of extra scheduled drivers, according to the letter.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7ez5x/amazon-delivery-companies-revolt-against-amazon-shut-down

I am now entering month 2 of being amazon-free, the cold turkey of prime was real but have found good alternatives.

Going a step further to avoid deliveries that are not royal mail too as too many vans are also bad.

being amazon-free

Well done. I'm averaging less than 1 item a year but trying to do better.

to avoid deliveries that are not royal mail

At first misread this as avoiding royal mail, which confused me. The local Hermes deliverer drives a small car with a back seat full of parcels and seems fine. I haven't encountered her on the road though.

I avoid our postman though, likes to chat .. a lot!

https://www.theverge.com/22618306/pacific-northwest-components-bike-company-quit-amazon-support-indie-shops

You know the drill

no shop friday today
keep your wallet in your pocket
boycott capitalism

Isn't that tomorrow? (Buy nothing day)

isn't today black friday ?
when we see people fighting over 52 inch flat screens that they don't really need ? people getting trampled to save a £5 ?

the most wonderful day of the year

I've not seen a stampede yet or a granny being trampled by rabid TV buyers.

how's the new 52inch screen ?

kelloggs sacked a whole load of striking workers, striking for a fair wage

they set up a website for new applications for these jobs, it crashed after millions of false applications were made

boycott and guerrilla action ftw

man i'm gonna miss crunchy nut cornflakes, who does the best knock off version

Aldi

i think i'll wait for someone to mention waitrose thankyou very much ! and get my dose of confirmation bias

https://twitter.com/QasimRashid/status/1468362504065765379

I don't really eat breakfast cereal any more but I'll make sure not to grab any Kelloggs bars during supermarket refueling raids.

thank god quaker oats aren't on the list

Would be good to have a UK Kelloggs list. Makes my shopping much easier when I can just ignore stuff.

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I'll go take a shit on their Trafford park factory.

Spotify ?

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Bit late to the Kellogg's chat, going for the supermarket own brand doesn't mean you're boycotting the big K, Aldi have a deal with K, as do other supermarkets.
Time to dig up your lawn/ flower borders and start planting edibles.

Think I'm done with Spotify now - any recommended alternatives? Obviously not Amazon - is Tidal any good?