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Boycotts.
I don't know Mr. Trump's daughter, nor her products. What I do know is that these anti -trump stores are giving me and all the others who voted for Mr. Trump the Brooklyn salute! OK..I am from Brooklyn 1f642.png:) I can deal with that. Pay back is a boycott . They wanna play? We can play!

 

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Brooklyn salute lmao thought I'd heard it called everything but that's a first! The latest boycott I've heard about is some of the New England players refusing to go to the White House for the traditional meeting with the prez. I'm not a sports fan at all and that kind of crap is big part of why I refuse to give pro sports a penny

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I've been Boycotting Walmart and the NFL for a year now. Stan Kronkey ( a Walmart and Rams owner ) screwed St. Louis for a lot of money by moving the Rams to L.A. I guess the real joke is on L.A. The Rams suck more there than they did here. Ralph

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Not that I care about foos-ball, but the Rams were an L.A. team first. They moved to St. Louis, if I recall, because L.A. would not build them a new coliseum. They probably sucked then too.

 

I tend to "boycott" a lot of places/companies. Exxon, for example, for destroying my career sailing. Any Heinz product for Teresa H. Kerry and it's husband. I'm not real happy about the Ford Foundation.

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Not that I care about foos-ball, but the Rams were an L.A. team first. They moved to St. Louis, if I recall, because L.A. would not build them a new coliseum. They probably sucked then too.

Yes they were an L.A. team first. I remember Johnny Carson making jokes about how bad they were in the 1970's. When they moved to STL they were owned by Georga Fontiear. A STL girl. She inherited the team from her husband. Kronkey bought the team after she dies. He "promised" the fans in STL he would "always" keep the Rams in town. He's just dirt and I'm being nice with that description of him.
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During my stint in the uniform business I had to deal with some products that were being boycotted by the AFL-CIO. The majority of my customer base could have cared less whom made it as long as it fit. My guesstimate, about 10% would demand to see a union label. I had to be careful with the union guys. If the manufacture was having union problems usually from the International Ladies Garment Workers or Teamsters put them on the boycotted list. Chances were good I might not sell them anything. Biggest problem were the boycott lists in union publications. The strike or problem may have been solved months prior but the customer may have recalled the name a year prior and had no idea the boycott had ended.

 

Personally I've boycotted a new Ruger product since Bill Ruger sold us out in his testimony to Congress in favor of the mag ban. I also boycotted Colt after the then Colt CEO told 60 Minutes he favored licensing of all handgun owners. There was also a late 70's boycott of Smith and Wesson after they were purchased by a Japanese corporation. The Jap corp as well as Colt were buckling to pressure from the Carter administration and threatened with the loss of govt business. The Japs dumped S&W corp after learning Glock was the new kid on the block, police revolver sales nose dived and they began sending out mixed signals about civilian sales. The Colt CEO was removed years ago but just recently has Colt began an effort to regain its share of the civilian market.

 

I'm kind of excited about hearing claims of the new Colt revolvers being as smooth as the old Pythons. I'm still to dam stubborn though and wont buy a new Ruger. Several years ago I joined a gun show conversation with a Ruger family member and factory rep. After I joined in asking about the ol'man's testimony. The creep turned his back to me, shunned me from the conversation raising his voice and speaking loudly as soon as I spoke. I did feel some what of a hypocrite a few years ago after being gifted a brand new Blackhawk 45 Convertible. I wasn't stupid enough to decline.

 

I used to be good for at least a package of Oreos a month. After Trump announced Nabisco moving to Mexico I stopped buying Oreos and Ritz crackers.

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Good move. My flower child, who voted for Mr. Trump and is to the Right of me!, says Oreos are Not organic!!!

Not organic but they sure are good!! My last trip to Wally's I bought an oddball brand that was pretty good. Still haven't found a decent replacement for Ritz crackers yet.

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Having been in the private label business, I would venture to say that most chains have probably the same company make the crackers and put their label on it. Like in Soda Pop: There are about 2 or maybe 3 companies that make all the soda pop that isn't Coke, Pepsi, etc. And the vast majority of it is made by one company. So that Sam's Choice root beer is identical to the IGA Best Coice root beer because it actually comes off the same production line, only with a different label on the can. I bet crackers and cookies are about the same.

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During my time in the auto parts business. We often joked about the box being the item driving competition. Mechanics often had preferred brands and often were willing to pay more for them. Piston rings, ignition points, spark plugs and to some degree shock absorbers were unique to brand. Most everything else were simply the box or packaging that separated one brand from another.

 

The AC/Delco parts were unique but by the early 70's they bit on the lower cost parts manufactured in Japan and Taiwan and put them in their box. About the time I was getting out of the business there were numerous anti-trust lawsuits going on. Strange that Ford was forced to dispose of the Autolite line by the govt but GM retained full control of AC, Delco, Harrison and some others I don't recall. Ford had to dump Autolite but started the Motocraft line.The only difference between the two Ford brands was the box.

 

Haven't seen it yet on Ritz crackers but Oreo's packaging clearly says "Made in Mexico". My son formally manged an assembly line at an ice pack manufacture. He occasionally had medical grade ice packs he gave away or destroyed. If the slightest thing went wrong or there was the slightest chance of possible contamination. The medical packs had to be disposed of. The California and Arizona plants closed and moved to Mexico. I very seriously doubt the Mexican operation has the same if any sterile govt regulations or inspections to comply with.

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