Are you thinking of boycotting US products?
Poll: Are you thinking of boycotting US products?
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Discussion
With Trump slapping tarrifs on imports and acting like Putin’s b
h (not to mention his cavalier attitude towards the US constitution, racism and cosying up with racists/dodgy types). Oh I forgot about threats of military action against our EU neighbour/fellow NATO member and Canada/Panama. Is anyone currently boycotting US goods or thinking about it?
h (not to mention his cavalier attitude towards the US constitution, racism and cosying up with racists/dodgy types). Oh I forgot about threats of military action against our EU neighbour/fellow NATO member and Canada/Panama. Is anyone currently boycotting US goods or thinking about it? markymarkthree said:
I cant think of anything American that i buy or am likely to buy ?
This.Apart from the occasional times I go into one of those dodgy 'American Candy Stores' to buy myself some USA-spec Mountain Dew (Banned in the UK and EU), I can't really think that I buy much American?
I sometimes eat McDonalds, but surprisingly little of the spend at a UK McDonalds actually goes to the US. Mainly just franchise fees.
I don't tend to buy anything from Coca-Cola, Pepsico, or Heinz anymore. Our ketchup and condiments are mostly from M&S simply because we prefer the taste, and we drink very little in the way of fizzy drinks.
I guess we maybe buy some washing liquid from Procter & Gamble, but I'm not even sure about that.
Edited to add:
I think Apple is probably my biggest spend if we are talking about physical American products. I have an iPhone, Mac, iPad etc. It would take an awful lot for me to even consider moving away from the Apple ecosystem. Certainly far more than political considerations.
As for services, Amazon would be another large spend of ours.
Edited by Mont Blanc on Thursday 13th March 10:49
Dingu said:
And this is why we have tariffs! Cause they don’t make anything we want! 
That's too simple of a view. It is not just manufactured products, it is also raw materials. Furthermore, just because you personally don't buy Harleys, Cadillacs or Stetson hats that does not mean that there aren't lots of UK companies buying things you've never heard of from the USA. Around 10% of imports to the UK come from the USA, that is not an insignificant amount.One thing I have noticed over the years is that the biggest selling American chocolate, Hershey's, is disgusting. I can absolutely understand why it doesn't sell well outside the US. It smells like sick, like stale milk, and it tastes really dry. I have no idea how they make it taste and smell so awful.
Reece's is also awful IMO. Far too sickly, too much overly-sugary peanut butter flavour.
I work with a couple of Americans, and when they go home, their families often ask them to stuff as many big bars of Galaxy and Cadburys Dairy Milk into the suitcase as possible, as they can't believe how nice it tastes compared to US chocolate.
They obviously have a number of brands we have as well such as M&M's, Mars, Twix, Milky Way, Kit Kat etc, but if you want an actual chocolate bar there isn't much choice outside of Hershey's.
Reece's is also awful IMO. Far too sickly, too much overly-sugary peanut butter flavour.
I work with a couple of Americans, and when they go home, their families often ask them to stuff as many big bars of Galaxy and Cadburys Dairy Milk into the suitcase as possible, as they can't believe how nice it tastes compared to US chocolate.
They obviously have a number of brands we have as well such as M&M's, Mars, Twix, Milky Way, Kit Kat etc, but if you want an actual chocolate bar there isn't much choice outside of Hershey's.
Mont Blanc said:
One thing I have noticed over the years is that the biggest selling American chocolate, Hershey's, is disgusting. I can absolutely understand why it doesn't sell well outside the US. It smells like sick, like stale milk, and it tastes really dry. I have no idea how they make it taste and smell so awful.
Reece's is also awful IMO. Far too sickly, too much overly-sugary peanut butter flavour.
I work with a couple of Americans, and when they go home, their families often ask them to stuff as many big bars of Galaxy and Cadburys Dairy Milk into the suitcase as possible, as they can't believe how nice it tastes compared to US chocolate.
They obviously have a number of brands we have as well such as M&M's, Mars, Twix, Milky Way, Kit Kat etc, but if you want an actual chocolate bar there isn't much choice outside of Hershey's.
I fully agree that Hersheys is awful, tastes like vomit. Cadburys is a poor shadow of its former self, not enough actual cocoa in their chocolate these days. I think that the best everyday chocolate is Ritter Sport.Reece's is also awful IMO. Far too sickly, too much overly-sugary peanut butter flavour.
I work with a couple of Americans, and when they go home, their families often ask them to stuff as many big bars of Galaxy and Cadburys Dairy Milk into the suitcase as possible, as they can't believe how nice it tastes compared to US chocolate.
They obviously have a number of brands we have as well such as M&M's, Mars, Twix, Milky Way, Kit Kat etc, but if you want an actual chocolate bar there isn't much choice outside of Hershey's.
Mont Blanc said:
One thing I have noticed over the years is that the biggest selling American chocolate, Hershey's, is disgusting. I can absolutely understand why it doesn't sell well outside the US. It smells like sick, like stale milk, and it tastes really dry. I have no idea how they make it taste and smell so awful.
Reece's is also awful IMO. Far too sickly, too much overly-sugary peanut butter flavour.
I work with a couple of Americans, and when they go home, their families often ask them to stuff as many big bars of Galaxy and Cadburys Dairy Milk into the suitcase as possible, as they can't believe how nice it tastes compared to US chocolate.
They obviously have a number of brands we have as well such as M&M's, Mars, Twix, Milky Way, Kit Kat etc, but if you want an actual chocolate bar there isn't much choice outside of Hershey's.
they add some sort of ingredient to improve shelf life, reduced melting etc....Reece's is also awful IMO. Far too sickly, too much overly-sugary peanut butter flavour.
I work with a couple of Americans, and when they go home, their families often ask them to stuff as many big bars of Galaxy and Cadburys Dairy Milk into the suitcase as possible, as they can't believe how nice it tastes compared to US chocolate.
They obviously have a number of brands we have as well such as M&M's, Mars, Twix, Milky Way, Kit Kat etc, but if you want an actual chocolate bar there isn't much choice outside of Hershey's.
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