In response to Russia's full-scale invasion, PepsiCo announced it would suspend production and sales in Russia in March 2022 — and yet, last year it still paid $237 million in income tax to the Russian state. PepsiCo, one of the largest food and drink producers in the world, remains Russia's fourth-largest foreign business — with 60,000 workers and 19 factories still producing Pepsi Cola for Russian shelves under new names, Lyubimaya Cola and Evervess Cola. That continued presence means more m
  • grumpo_potamus@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Would be a shame if some drones paid those factories a visit…I know there’s better targets so maybe collateral damage?

  • yucandu@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    It’s a country where the state is paid to beat down on the working class and people can literally be ripped from prisons and mental institutions to do the most dangerous labour on earth. Of course the capitalists love it.

  • Optional@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    My unintentional boycott caravan boogies on with yet another win. Next, you’ll tell me facebook was evil all along.

  • Airfried@piefed.socialEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Unfortunately I can’t boycott Pepsi twice because I’m already boycotting US products at the grocery store.

  • Lantsu@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Well, here they have already added extra tax to all drinks made with real sugar so that makes all sodas, juices and some teas, brand or not, way too pricey. And it’s becoming very difficult to find a drink with only sugar, even if it has some sugar they throw in a bit of the artificial shits to get the drink fit a lower tax group… I get migraines from artificial sweeteners, my spouse gets the shits. But those must be healthier than real sugar, right? Only the calories matter, yes?

    Water and homemade juices it is from now on, so yeah, the tax is making us healthier at least. Maybe we’ll get a soda stream type machine and fizz up our own drinks?

      • Lantsu@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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        2 days ago

        Oh, now that’s something I didn’t know yet. Probably why those all dissappeared from the local grocery stores after they held their un-Israeling-campaigns. Thanks!