Why is unilever still in Russia to begin with?
this post was submitted on 23 Jul 2023
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Money.
https://www.unilever.com/brands/
In case you want to avoid them.
Better way to peruse their owned brands. It's a fuckload of stuff https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Unilever_brands
They own 7th Generation? Wow, that's a bait and switch. https://www.unilever.com/brands/home-care/seventh-generation/ Vaseline was a surprise as well.
Wow, that’s weird. A huge brand library, yet apparently I only ever used just one brand from that list, Persil, and it’s not even operated primarily by them. Good to know :)
For me its fucking mayo, guess im getting Staters brand.
Avoiding Unilever in NL is unfortunately impossible. They make literally everything
Not Ben & Jerry’s :(
What does "let" mean in this context? Do they get a vote?
Shiti headline... yeah unilever is a trash company but they really have no choice here.
Should existed and they would avoid a shiti headline tho
So much for playing both sides lol
Wow, they had a choice and that's what they're choosing?
Not on conscription. The only way to avoid it would be to stop operating in Russia entirely (which, being a giant corporation, they won't).
But you don’t understand! It’s not straightforward!
They totally care about the employees there. It’s definitely not about the profit they made that had them paying 33m in taxes to Russia last year.
I’m sure they offered to relocate the employees and not you know, just leave them working in the country to get conscripted.
With the absolute shitshow that the Ruble is I don't see how staying in the country and doing business could be profitable.
With Wagner's exile to Belarus, Unilever could be Putin's next PMC if their employees do well enough on the battlefield. Maybe that's where they think the real profit will start coming in /s
But Putin says 80 rubles are a dollar. You'll have to take his word tho, trading them is impossible.
Strange Google says that it's either 11 rubles to the dollar or one ruble is .11¢ depending on when you look.
It's because you cannot sell rubles for dollars because nobody outside the black market accepts them. You can buy them tho, so Russian banks can put any price they want to get the big money from some idiots who want to try some war profiteering. It also generates the illusion that the sanctions against Russia are not working, which is food for the propaganda machine.
I worked at a couponing business for awhile and learned that Unilever, Procter & Gamble, and Colgate-Palmolive own almost everything on the shelves in US groceries and pharmacies.
Additional fun fact: idk what the arrangement is now, but my aunt worked at a Kelloggs (incidentally not owned by one of the three above afaik) factory in the 80’s and after filling the branded boxes they’d fill the store brand boxes with the same stuff. Very likely you’re still supporting some of these companies buying store brands.
I think it's funny when people act like the store brands are way worse than name brand, as you said it usually comes from the exact same factory. It's just a false sense of choice so stores can look like they've got options
Where did all the coupons go? I never see them anymore. I even checked the Sunday paper.
Hell yeah dont see many people who know chumbawamba for anything other than that song on the radio.
I'm ashamed to say I was one of those people until I saw Danbert Nobacon perform live, which lead me to enjoy the real chumbawamba
I am unaware of Russian laws. What if the people doesn't want to fight for the army? Will they get punished?
Conscription is mandatory and punishment is prison sentence of up to 10 years.
Good lord. It would be fun to live in Russia. /s
Damn, Capitalism sure does suck.