At 6:50 AM -0400 6/11/04, Naomi Bar-Yam wrote:
>As the list gets longer, it's harder to have a meaningful boycott
>because there are just too many things to remember every time you walk
>into a supermarket.

I've found that the packaging virtually always says "Nestle" on it
somewhere, even when the main brand of the product is something else.
Last Thanksgiving I kicked myself for buying a jar of Crosse &
Blackwell mincemeat without checking the label first.  Sure enough --
it had the Nestle logo on the back.

This is true of every brand I know of owned by Nestle in the US.

Another inadvertent resource for boycotters is the Sunday newspaper
coupon inserts.  My newspaper frequently includes a coupon insert
that is produced by Nestle featuring all of their various brands and
products.  The front has a big Nestle phrase splashed across it.  I
look through it just for a pictorial refresher on what not to buy.

Of course it takes a little time to check labels when you first start
boycotting, but you soon become familiar with what's Nestle and
what's not.  Then as an ongoing thing it's just a matter of checking
out any products that are new to you.

Hoping the particulars of boycotting Nestle aren't too far OT,
Margaret
Longmont, CO

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