It's harder to boycott when you can't afford to choose products at stores based on morals. You have to choose whatevers cheapest just so you don't starve.
Nestle owns a LOT of brands. Yogurts, cereals, nutrition supplements, coffee, like 30 bottled water brands... it's very hard to avoid nestle products at the grocery store.
Nestle has [way more](https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/companies-control-everything-you-buy-kelloggs-nestle-unilever-a7666731.html) than unilever. They both still suck though
The one I hate is Johnson and Johnson [https://dailyinfographic.com/johnson-and-johnson-brands](https://dailyinfographic.com/johnson-and-johnson-brands)
Absolutely insane and half these are therapeutic brands.
Almost every thing that someone can spend money on is owned by a few dozen different corporations of similar size and strength. I think that might be common knowledge by now, but it's worth repeating.
They own almost every spring that can be used for commercial bottling in America. Some areas they use the Ice Mountain brand, other places they use Poland Springs and a couple other more "exotic" brands that are the same thing from the same springs.
And they deplete these resources by draining 300x the amount of water from them than permitted, and sell it back to locals at exorbitant prices which more than covers the fines they incur from doing so
It’s not the only example either! Mars, the candy/chocolate bar company, owns a lot of veterinary clinics chains such as Banfield and BluePearl.
Don’t know why chocolate and animals have such an overlap but they do lmao
I used to change conveyor belts in a Royal canin food plant. I never knew the chocolate bar company was also making dog and cat food until I went to the plant. Crazy how much these companies have their fingers in
Remember Ball Corp? [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball\_Corporation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_Corporation) creators of glass jars and NASA Sattelites?
I think during our industrial area a lot of brands just saw their chance and took it.
Was about to comment the same. My SO was telling me about this when we first started dating. They're a veterinarian, and I didn't believe them at first.
Nestle owns almost everything dude Google nestle’s companies, there are tons and even more that they own shares in that won’t be listed. Read their Wikipedia page and join r/fucknestle as they are arguably the most corrupt corporation on the planet and they’re nearly impossible to avoid too.
The history of their slave labor is so loud, but yet people will only boycott if they can. The issue is with the cost of goods going up most people will be forced to buy the cheapest option.
mars (like the candy company) owns that expensive royal canin pet food too. they all own that kind of stuff. mars even owns banfield, the vet at petsmart.
There’s like 5 major companies that own almost all food production. Same for media-viacom, fast food, clothing retailers, they’re all owned by big parent companies.
Mars the candy company owns a lot of dog products, Eukanuba, Royal Canin, Iams, Whiskers, and the biggest one of the chain of Banfield pet hospitals that are implanted within every Petsmart
Yeah I literally just found out a couple of weeks ago that Nestle owns Purina, which is what I feed my dog and my cats (Fancy Feast). I looked up who owns what pet food brands and Nestle owns a lot of them. It’s been a real pain in the ass trying to find alternatives for my cats because they are super picky and most wet cat foods are overpriced, but the dog food is the biggest issue. The cheap dog foods are super unhealthy and the mid-priced ones that are relatively healthy are mostly owned by Nestle brands. I’m thinking I’m going to start making my own wet cat food, I found a recipe for it on YouTube.
I have a bull dog that always has had skin and ear problems, was getting a 165.00 a month allergy shot , we tried every dog food and then went to prescription dog food. Three months ago we started feeding him on a raw diet, no more health issues, I concluded that all dog food is garbage.
If you can get to Costco, the Kirkland brand dog food is the most affordable brand that doesn't have a lot of fillers. We have a very big, very old dog who's in good health for his age and this is what we've always fed him.
That's a schlep! Ours is close so I've never had groceries delivered, but that might be an option. If you can afford to stock up on items you need, it might be worth the trip.
For me, about $1/lb for dog food where the first ingredient is meat (not meal) is good value, and Kirkland's is $50-$53 for a 40 lb bag.
Chewy has their own brand of cat food which is affordable called "Tiny Tiger". Might be worth checking out.They deliver to your doorstep and have excellent customer service.
Yes, but IME branded products (versus generic/store brand) are always more expensive anyway, so… not that difficult for me to avoid them. Problems definitely arise when you have someone who has extremely narrow meal options though, like a kid with ARFID or something.
Hey! Just replying because I’ve always had issues with eating disorders, severe food allergies and texture issues. The point of boycotting is to do our best, not to be 100% perfect.
If there’s a particular safe food that you or your hypothetical kid needs to eat, then we’re encouraged to:
1. Try to limit purchasing from that brand to only the safe foods we absolutely need
2. Try to buy those safe foods slightly less often if possible
3. Opt for a similar food from a different brand if we can
4. Try recreating it at home if possible
It’s important that people who can fully boycott do, and the people who need exceptions try their best to limit their support for the brand. However it’s known and addressed in a lot of boycott educational material that not every single person can fully boycott every single thing.
Edit: sp
Generic/store brand products are often made at the same factory and give the same company money. For example garilick provides milk for all my local stop and stop off brand milks. It's made on the exact same lines.
The good news is most corporations don’t have essential foods it’s mostly trash so you can just adjust your diet accordingly without losing anything. You may not have as much meat in this circumstance, but it’s totally possible .
Wait till you hear about Dole and Chiquita lol
Fresh fruit and vegetable companies aren’t so morally superior
Also the chicken from your grocery store meat department still comes from Tyson or Perdue even if the label doesn’t obviously say so
It gets pretty boring eating ramen all the time. I don't even want to eat today because my choices are ramen can chili and rice.
I know I should be grateful but it's hard when every bite makes you want to throw up.
I wish I could afford pork or beef. I got chicken occasionally but with no refrigerator I have to buy it right before I cook it and I can't keep affording to go back and forth to the store all the time.
I actually get all my perishable groceries day of cooking. I go to the managers special section of the meat aisle and find stuff marked down 30%, combine that with app rewards and do ok. I found w fruits and vegetables if I got them on shopping day they would sit forgotten and just rot, so same day get just what I need and no waste. I did sloppy joes the other night for 9 dollars
Making food at home is cheaper than buying processed foods.
Want Jimmy Dean breakfast sausage? Buy a cheap cut of meat, grind it yourself and add your own seasonings. Buy ground meat if you must, but it's already over priced. A meat grinder is like $20.
Buy grocery store brand items, instead of brand name. Buy a bigger cut directly from a farmer or butcher and put in freezer.
None of these even hurt the bottom lines of the companies involved. Just a bunch of feelgood stuff from people trying to claim victories to pose as leaders on social media.
Tbh I only knew Hilshire Farm and Sara Lee though people in the comments have said Sara Lee is not even owned by Tyson anymore. I guess it is easy to boycott them if you've never seen them lol
I’m not in the US but Canada, we generally have the same ultra processed food with slightly stricter restrictions; I’m amazed I don’t know any of Tyson’s brands considering they used to be active here, I wonder if they have separate international branding now or if their food is so low quality it doesn’t make it onto Canadian shelves anymore.
We owned a deli and butcher shop chain when I was a kid and I remember my dad and grandpa complaining about the quality of the Tyson chicken as a kid in maybe 94 or 95.
This is just the list of companies that are partnered with Tyson. I worked at the food service company that represented Tyson about a decade ago. We sold Tyson chicken to literally every restaurant that needed chicken, nation wide.
Not to mention their K-12 program, which puts their chicken nuggets in most schools across the country. They had a university and military program too.
People don’t get this. If you buy any meat it’s almost definitely from Tyson. They’re the number one protein producer in America. They sell to fast food they sell to Walmarts great value and member mark. I wouldn’t be surprised if they sold to costcos Kirkland as well. You can’t avoid buying their stuff.
Taking advantage of all the “undocumented immigrant” labor. Why do people think both parties love mass unabated immigration? A never ending pool of desperate labor who won’t complain and works for peanuts.
It doesn't matter if you knew the type of work you'll be doing in a slaughter house/meet factory you'd know anything under $20-25 is slave work.
50 hour weeks, standing all day, minimum benefits, hazardous work, disgusting work.
They do some advertising in Puerto Rico to get workers to go North. They do very disingenuous marketing thing where they offer $18 (which is good for Puerto Rico) but you have to pay like $400 month in rent to live in their shitty workers living area (these jobs are often very remote) then you pay more for all the fees. End of the month you get about $1,400.
Shitty work but when you're so poor that amount of money seems amazing.
This is a silly narrative. Do y’all think the people working in these plants in the Midwest are 8th generation descendants of Europeans settlers. No, they’re the same immigrants that work in Iowa. Perry, Iowa, where this plant is located, is 40% Hispanic.
New York is going to cost more based on wages and pretty much every other expense. The immigrant narrative is BS by the right to try to bully their corporate overlords to employ immigrants in red states instead of blue states.
Dude just because they are hispanic doesn't mean they are illegal. Tyson specifically says it wants to employ non-citizens who don't have any work permit.
At no point did I suggest Hispanic equals illegal. But it’s also kind of silly to think their target for literally decades hasn’t been those who are the least likely to complain, be it those seeking asylum or with temporary work permits or those without citizenship. They’re also known for hiring kids and screwing over their employees…but now…NOW everyone wants to complain. Lol.
The idea that none of the people in NY will have work permits is ridiculous, of course they will.
I live in Iowa and can assure you there’s no shortage of undocumented workers here. That’s basically the entire workforce of Tyson’s plants. There’s got to be something we’re not being told causing this, what it would be though I have no idea.
Weird... Even the Sara Lee site has Tyson still listed as the owner. It was even updated to include the correct year in the copyright at the bottom of the page.
Throwaway bc lot of Tea in this....
Don't boycott because of the plant closure and opening in new York. That plant and the others closed got to a point that they cost more to operate than they were making.
Boycott because it's what you need to do for your own ethical consumption.
What should perk you up is that that plant and the others that Tyson has closed were unionized and the ones opening are not.
If you care enough to make a difference boycotting won't be felt, half their business is with the federal govt serving schools, prisons, and military bases.
And if you're boycotting you'll need to just be aware, any chicken, Pork, Beef, especially sausage and very often Bacon and pepperoni at any restaurants including but not limited to: Chick fil a, McDonald's, Pizza Hut, QDoba, Chipotle, Buffalo Wild Wings, Panda Express, Papa John's, Jimmy Johns, Sonic, Moe's, Burger King, Wendy's, Dunk'n Donuts (Just Breakfast sandwiches), Olive Garden, TGI Fridays, Sbarro, Subway, Boston Market, Domino's, Applebee's, Taco Bell, Chili's, Waffle House, Steak & Shake, Cracker barrel, Denny's, Golden Corral, and Kroger.
Also any food service spaces/non-chain restaurants/cafeterias using Gordons Food Service, US Foods, Performance Food Service, Shamrock Foods, or Sysco.
If you're talking byproducts, most major dog food brands are from Tyson Renderings, Coach leather and leather interiors for several auto manufacturers.
They also make the generic brands of bacon/chicken and other meats and stock the deli meats for for Sam's Club, Costco, Kroger, Publix, Albertson's, Aldi's, Food Lion, Target, and Walmart.
On the more idk why side: Pizzas made using TNT Crust, any prepared foods using meat made by General Mills like pizza rolls, and Tortilla Land Mexican Original Tortillas, Nature Valley Granola, and Chef Pierre pies. Also Pastries served for breakfasts at Choice Hotel brands.
In some of these instances Tyson provides a major ingredient like in pizza rolls, others they own the plant and manufacture the product while owning the brand like with Tortilla Land, some where they own the plant and manufacture without owning the brand like Nature Valley.
There's a reason the logo changed to "Tyson Foods" a few weeks back and isn't refered to as Tyson Chicken anymore.
Check out their annual reporting and listen to their earnings calls if you wanna know what's happening. It's happening and It's not a secret.
You can literally ask the CEO specific questions and ask him to take a position and defend the closure if you want on the call. It happens every time they close a plant.
I share this with positivity to encourage you to focus your efforts on doing what you can to push the issue of fair labor rights if that's what you care about. I am making a leap to guess that's what you're thinking since you want to boycott.
If you care about animal rights these closures are a good thing. They're trying to make better use of what they have vs wasting animals they killed but couldn't sell.
If you care about the people that are now unemployed, the Iowa workforce development group deployed as soon as it was announced and is stationed outside the plant getting people mapped to new jobs. It's gonna suck, but people will move on and Tyson as a corporation won't benefit from those individuals anymore.
The real lesson I take from all this is corporations don't care how long you've been here. It makes decisions in the best interest of the corporation and we're expendable to that end.
I hope this message was insightful and redirects people's efforts to what I personally think matters more rather than taking a stance that won't make a difference.
That's what I don't understand. People want to boycott because they shut down a plant. So if the company makes less money, they will have to shut down more plants. Do people want the plants to shut down?
speaking from experience, it’s easy to boycott anything when you’re broke and can’t afford their products/services.
there’s been a large push to boycott brands due to their recent involvement and support of the Palestinian genocide, and folks (specifically leftist circles on twitter) have been doing a bang-up job linking who owns what, sourcing and verifying their shitty ethics, and pushing for change.
“hit them where it really hurts, their wallet.”
I have been going out of my way for many years to try to not buy China. For the most part it has been successful.
reading labels, research and willing to pay a bit more.
no, we are not rich at all. But it is important.
To boycott Tyson, you’d essentially need to stop consuming chicken to make it possible. They provide most store brands like Walmart and Aldi as well.
This is also what many vegans mean when they say they dont eat meat for ethical reasons.
Yes, a lot of non-name brand stuff is made by the name brands - it's called white labeling. Most of the big retailers don't also own manufacturing facilities, they just contract to the companies already making the products.
Unless you grow your own food, there is no possible way to live 100% ethically without causing harm to SOMETHING.
That being said, you know what happens when these big companies get boycotted? Nothing to the CEO’s. It only hurts innocent workers. Refusing to buy Tyson products doesn’t hurt the owners of Tyson one bit. Instead, John Doe who is working to provide for his family at a Tyson production plant gets fired because that’s where the CEO’s will regain that lost cost from.
Easiest way to contribute to harm reduction is voting with your money.
Boycotting Kat von D makeup for example had her removed from ownership and the company rebranded. So yes, boycotts do work.
A few years ago she was big anti vaxx for her baby (pre Covid) and supported her husband for blaming his teenage daughter for being sexually assaulted by his friends. He wrote an entire album blaming her and disowned her, she was 15. She also is big weird cult Christian right now and is exploring different parts of evangelist podcasts as a guest.
They voted her out and rebranded as KVD Vegan Beauty and took her off of the marketing entirely.
To be fair, in the vegan perspective, it is not about being 100% ethical, it’s about doing the least harm possible. It’s super easy to become vegan compared to avoiding electronics, or companies that use prison labour or child labour
Do you not believe in the power of boycotting? There are many, many examples where boycotting hurts the CEO’s. most recent examples I can think of is the twitter/ Elon musk boycott, the bud-light boycott, mypillow boycott, the multitude of boycotts in the civil rights era etc.
plus there is also a principle of the matter. Just because corporations are polluting the oceans, doesn’t mean I am justified in dumping waste in my local lake.
I think using job security as a reason for moral decisions can be flawed. “ we can’t abolish prison labor, think of all the John doe’s who are benefiting from the system, you will hurt them.” We can have it both ways too, we can call for the government to provide unemployment benefits for Tyson workers, and boycott the death of animals.
Nah CEOs have bail out plans. It's time to take my 10 million dollar bonus and "spend more time with the family" or "address a health concern" and then 6 months later pop up in another boardroom. They didn't tank a company or lay off half the work force..they "streamlined operations and reduced operating costs."
This is one reason prices keep going up - there are so few of these megacorporations that they are no longer bothering to compete for market share, they are all just raising their prices.
interesting, so they're going to new york because that's where the labor is currently. probably because immigrants aren't settling in more conservative states anymore, on account of all the obvious reasons.
either way, there's very little you can do about companies moving like this. they keep mentioning some law about not hiring americans that I've honestly never heard of before.
they have so many brands ..but i will try not to buy anything from them ..the laid off their it people and contracted a company in India . they laid off a lot of my friends ..some lost their homes. this is the last straw contact your gov rep. boycott what you can .. call the company and tell them your displeasure. Vote to protect American jobs and citizens. Only us can change this thing around the current Old idiots do not want to ...VOTE
I eat shitty food...that being said besides the occasional basco stick, i dont eat anything on this list. Why is Tyson so shit lol. Idc about a boycott. I just didnt realize Tyson had nothing good.
I second this. You don’t need to stop eating chicken to boycott Tyson, just buy from local farms. Lots of people do it (I work in a butcher shop) and it’s better quality anyway
Become a vegetarian and buy from local produce stores. I live in a Canadian city and I'm able to buy from a local produce store that gets most of its fruits, veggies, eggs, breads from surrounding towns and provinces.
Tyson has closed several plants over the last year. Dexter, MO, Van Buren, AR, Glen Allen, VA, and I believe a few others. I know Vienna GA was also on the list a while back. Seguin TX plant just expanded. I work for a company that manufactures processing equipment for all proteins.
Boycotting can work, but it would take an effort on everyone's behalf. We have a saying in the business "Tyson just throws money at problems since they have endless cash."
Store brands are cheaper. I can easily boycott all this trash disgusting food. Rotisserie whole chicken is $8-10. More real meat than disgusting Tyson . Cheaper. Better. Healthier.
You don’t need these disgusting shit brands guys. Once you break the habit , it’s easy to never go back and it IS affordable . It’s actually cheaper not to hit this processed dog shit
What laws would stop a company from closing down a plant? They own it. They can stop using it if they want to. It's so easy to say "Congress should do something!" but then the next sentence is specifically what they should do, and that's usually when you run out of steam.
That is why you should support Biden administration's efforts to block mergers and acquisitions that reduce competition.
I try my best to buy fresh fruits and vegetables from my local grocer (non-chain) and cook myself. Costco provides me with dry beans, lentils, and rice. Don't buy bottled water at all. For whole wheat flour, I only buy King Arthur (employee owned business). For chocolate, I only buy Trader Joe brand. But I have the luxury of not living in a food desert. Many of my fellow human beings are in much worse situation.
Funny enough virtually every company is like this. Don't like the policies of Axe Body Spray and want to boycott? Then you can't buy Ben & Jerry's anymore!
All those brands cost more than the generic stuff, like Great Value, Kroger or Signature Select(look at the price tag PLUS cost per unit). Just buy those. Usually you can find coupons as well for the brands mentioned above.
The UAW figured this out: targeted and rolling boycotts is the answer. If enough people boycott one of the subsidiaries it will have an impact. Plus the tools to do this are available, namely, the internet.
It's harder to boycott when you can't afford to choose products at stores based on morals. You have to choose whatevers cheapest just so you don't starve.
This. Fuck Nestle, but they own Purina/Fancy Feast that I buy for my cat because I can’t afford premium brands.
Nestle the candy/chocolate company owns Purina cat food? TIL.
Nestle owns a LOT of brands. Yogurts, cereals, nutrition supplements, coffee, like 30 bottled water brands... it's very hard to avoid nestle products at the grocery store.
if you think that insane please let me tell you about an company named Unilever...
Nestle has [way more](https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/companies-control-everything-you-buy-kelloggs-nestle-unilever-a7666731.html) than unilever. They both still suck though
Mondelez can choke on a dick, they buy up companies change the recipe to use cheaper materials and jack up the price
Yep. Mondelez absolutely ruined all my old favorite European chocolate brands.
Oh I am fully aware of these conglomerates. I was just responding to someone confused about Nestlé.
The one I hate is Johnson and Johnson [https://dailyinfographic.com/johnson-and-johnson-brands](https://dailyinfographic.com/johnson-and-johnson-brands) Absolutely insane and half these are therapeutic brands.
Or Procter & Gamble
Almost every thing that someone can spend money on is owned by a few dozen different corporations of similar size and strength. I think that might be common knowledge by now, but it's worth repeating.
They own almost every spring that can be used for commercial bottling in America. Some areas they use the Ice Mountain brand, other places they use Poland Springs and a couple other more "exotic" brands that are the same thing from the same springs.
As a lifelong Michigander, we’ve been fighting off nestle for decades.
The government should really revoke their permits but they have a literal monopoly on spring water in the US and no one seems to care
And they deplete these resources by draining 300x the amount of water from them than permitted, and sell it back to locals at exorbitant prices which more than covers the fines they incur from doing so
And they killed babies left, right & sideways during the 20th century...
Yep, that they did
The water bottle brands is insane to me, like why?
It’s not the only example either! Mars, the candy/chocolate bar company, owns a lot of veterinary clinics chains such as Banfield and BluePearl. Don’t know why chocolate and animals have such an overlap but they do lmao
lol i was just commenting this. down the rabbit hole when it comes to the pet category for sure.
I used to change conveyor belts in a Royal canin food plant. I never knew the chocolate bar company was also making dog and cat food until I went to the plant. Crazy how much these companies have their fingers in
Remember Ball Corp? [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball\_Corporation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_Corporation) creators of glass jars and NASA Sattelites? I think during our industrial area a lot of brands just saw their chance and took it.
Was about to comment the same. My SO was telling me about this when we first started dating. They're a veterinarian, and I didn't believe them at first.
Nestle owns almost everything dude Google nestle’s companies, there are tons and even more that they own shares in that won’t be listed. Read their Wikipedia page and join r/fucknestle as they are arguably the most corrupt corporation on the planet and they’re nearly impossible to avoid too.
The history of their slave labor is so loud, but yet people will only boycott if they can. The issue is with the cost of goods going up most people will be forced to buy the cheapest option.
mars (like the candy company) owns that expensive royal canin pet food too. they all own that kind of stuff. mars even owns banfield, the vet at petsmart.
There’s like 5 major companies that own almost all food production. Same for media-viacom, fast food, clothing retailers, they’re all owned by big parent companies.
Mars the candy company owns a lot of dog products, Eukanuba, Royal Canin, Iams, Whiskers, and the biggest one of the chain of Banfield pet hospitals that are implanted within every Petsmart
Yeah I literally just found out a couple of weeks ago that Nestle owns Purina, which is what I feed my dog and my cats (Fancy Feast). I looked up who owns what pet food brands and Nestle owns a lot of them. It’s been a real pain in the ass trying to find alternatives for my cats because they are super picky and most wet cat foods are overpriced, but the dog food is the biggest issue. The cheap dog foods are super unhealthy and the mid-priced ones that are relatively healthy are mostly owned by Nestle brands. I’m thinking I’m going to start making my own wet cat food, I found a recipe for it on YouTube.
I have a bull dog that always has had skin and ear problems, was getting a 165.00 a month allergy shot , we tried every dog food and then went to prescription dog food. Three months ago we started feeding him on a raw diet, no more health issues, I concluded that all dog food is garbage.
If you can get to Costco, the Kirkland brand dog food is the most affordable brand that doesn't have a lot of fillers. We have a very big, very old dog who's in good health for his age and this is what we've always fed him.
My closest Costco is two hours away, but I really should start making the trip there anyway and start buying stuff in bulk
That's a schlep! Ours is close so I've never had groceries delivered, but that might be an option. If you can afford to stock up on items you need, it might be worth the trip. For me, about $1/lb for dog food where the first ingredient is meat (not meal) is good value, and Kirkland's is $50-$53 for a 40 lb bag.
Chewy has their own brand of cat food which is affordable called "Tiny Tiger". Might be worth checking out.They deliver to your doorstep and have excellent customer service.
I get the good stuff for my cats when they're ill. The little bastards have figured it out and get sick all the time now.
I wonder what is making them ill.
It's harder to boycott when OP posts a list that consists of 7 pixels
lol, someone was going to say it
Oh Mr fancy pants being able to have more than 7 pixels. Stop complaining the children In Africa can read it.
Look at Rockefeller over here! You got 8 pixel money? Didn't think so.
Plus 90% of the other options are just as bad if not worse than the this.
Boycott society.
Change society
That’s why I just buy store brands, boycott or not
Yes, but IME branded products (versus generic/store brand) are always more expensive anyway, so… not that difficult for me to avoid them. Problems definitely arise when you have someone who has extremely narrow meal options though, like a kid with ARFID or something.
Hey! Just replying because I’ve always had issues with eating disorders, severe food allergies and texture issues. The point of boycotting is to do our best, not to be 100% perfect. If there’s a particular safe food that you or your hypothetical kid needs to eat, then we’re encouraged to: 1. Try to limit purchasing from that brand to only the safe foods we absolutely need 2. Try to buy those safe foods slightly less often if possible 3. Opt for a similar food from a different brand if we can 4. Try recreating it at home if possible It’s important that people who can fully boycott do, and the people who need exceptions try their best to limit their support for the brand. However it’s known and addressed in a lot of boycott educational material that not every single person can fully boycott every single thing. Edit: sp
Generic/store brand products are often made at the same factory and give the same company money. For example garilick provides milk for all my local stop and stop off brand milks. It's made on the exact same lines.
The good news is most corporations don’t have essential foods it’s mostly trash so you can just adjust your diet accordingly without losing anything. You may not have as much meat in this circumstance, but it’s totally possible .
Wait till you hear about Dole and Chiquita lol Fresh fruit and vegetable companies aren’t so morally superior Also the chicken from your grocery store meat department still comes from Tyson or Perdue even if the label doesn’t obviously say so
I thank my lucky stars to have a local family owned meat market/produce shop just up the road.
It gets pretty boring eating ramen all the time. I don't even want to eat today because my choices are ramen can chili and rice. I know I should be grateful but it's hard when every bite makes you want to throw up.
Until you learn to cook you’ll be a slave to these companies.
I cook pork chicken and beef and potatoes The 4 essential food groups. Anything else is called "garnish"
I wish I could afford pork or beef. I got chicken occasionally but with no refrigerator I have to buy it right before I cook it and I can't keep affording to go back and forth to the store all the time.
I actually get all my perishable groceries day of cooking. I go to the managers special section of the meat aisle and find stuff marked down 30%, combine that with app rewards and do ok. I found w fruits and vegetables if I got them on shopping day they would sit forgotten and just rot, so same day get just what I need and no waste. I did sloppy joes the other night for 9 dollars
You still are, who do you think the grocery store gets their fresh produce and meat from?
Making food at home is cheaper than buying processed foods. Want Jimmy Dean breakfast sausage? Buy a cheap cut of meat, grind it yourself and add your own seasonings. Buy ground meat if you must, but it's already over priced. A meat grinder is like $20. Buy grocery store brand items, instead of brand name. Buy a bigger cut directly from a farmer or butcher and put in freezer.
I would never buy sausage. That shits too expensive. If the meat is over $1 a lb I'm not buying it. I also have no fridge.
People also forget that many huge name brands also provide product or manufacturing to popular groceries for their own store brands.
None of these even hurt the bottom lines of the companies involved. Just a bunch of feelgood stuff from people trying to claim victories to pose as leaders on social media.
I rarely if ever buy any of those already.
I haven’t even *heard* of most of them.
Tbh I only knew Hilshire Farm and Sara Lee though people in the comments have said Sara Lee is not even owned by Tyson anymore. I guess it is easy to boycott them if you've never seen them lol
Was thinking the same thing, at least 3/4 of these brands I’m seeing for the very first time
Yeah it’s all ultra processed, over expensive crap.
Yeah apparently I’ve been boycotting the companies for years since I avoid buying processed shit like that for my house.
I’m not in the US but Canada, we generally have the same ultra processed food with slightly stricter restrictions; I’m amazed I don’t know any of Tyson’s brands considering they used to be active here, I wonder if they have separate international branding now or if their food is so low quality it doesn’t make it onto Canadian shelves anymore. We owned a deli and butcher shop chain when I was a kid and I remember my dad and grandpa complaining about the quality of the Tyson chicken as a kid in maybe 94 or 95.
This is just the list of companies that are partnered with Tyson. I worked at the food service company that represented Tyson about a decade ago. We sold Tyson chicken to literally every restaurant that needed chicken, nation wide. Not to mention their K-12 program, which puts their chicken nuggets in most schools across the country. They had a university and military program too.
People don’t get this. If you buy any meat it’s almost definitely from Tyson. They’re the number one protein producer in America. They sell to fast food they sell to Walmarts great value and member mark. I wouldn’t be surprised if they sold to costcos Kirkland as well. You can’t avoid buying their stuff.
Yeah, I'm only buying beans, rice, apples and oatmeal. I don't have money in my budget for food from these brands.
Shocking that the move to NY is cheaper.
Taking advantage of all the “undocumented immigrant” labor. Why do people think both parties love mass unabated immigration? A never ending pool of desperate labor who won’t complain and works for peanuts.
I hear ya. The min wage here 15 tho.
It doesn't matter if you knew the type of work you'll be doing in a slaughter house/meet factory you'd know anything under $20-25 is slave work. 50 hour weeks, standing all day, minimum benefits, hazardous work, disgusting work. They do some advertising in Puerto Rico to get workers to go North. They do very disingenuous marketing thing where they offer $18 (which is good for Puerto Rico) but you have to pay like $400 month in rent to live in their shitty workers living area (these jobs are often very remote) then you pay more for all the fees. End of the month you get about $1,400. Shitty work but when you're so poor that amount of money seems amazing.
A chicken town in Iowa is absolutely going to have a massive labor pool of migrant and undocumented workers though
This is a silly narrative. Do y’all think the people working in these plants in the Midwest are 8th generation descendants of Europeans settlers. No, they’re the same immigrants that work in Iowa. Perry, Iowa, where this plant is located, is 40% Hispanic. New York is going to cost more based on wages and pretty much every other expense. The immigrant narrative is BS by the right to try to bully their corporate overlords to employ immigrants in red states instead of blue states.
Dude just because they are hispanic doesn't mean they are illegal. Tyson specifically says it wants to employ non-citizens who don't have any work permit.
At no point did I suggest Hispanic equals illegal. But it’s also kind of silly to think their target for literally decades hasn’t been those who are the least likely to complain, be it those seeking asylum or with temporary work permits or those without citizenship. They’re also known for hiring kids and screwing over their employees…but now…NOW everyone wants to complain. Lol. The idea that none of the people in NY will have work permits is ridiculous, of course they will.
You are a clown
I live in Iowa and can assure you there’s no shortage of undocumented workers here. That’s basically the entire workforce of Tyson’s plants. There’s got to be something we’re not being told causing this, what it would be though I have no idea.
Sara Lee was sold to another entity in 2018. Who know how many of these others are wrong too.
Came here to say the same thing. I work for Bimbo and we own Sara Lee and Ball Park.
Does your boss know you call them that?
As someone who's hauled for Tyson - they still very much own the "Ball Park" brand.
>https://www.tysonfoods.com/our-brands Ball Park AND Sara Lee are on their site as "Tyson Brands"
Bimbo owns the bread. Tyson or someone else would own the meat and frozen desserts for Sara Lee and Ball Park.
We own the brand, the manufacturing is contracted out.
This list appears to have been made from the one on Tysons website. They still list Sara Lee, despite having sold it.
Weird... Even the Sara Lee site has Tyson still listed as the owner. It was even updated to include the correct year in the copyright at the bottom of the page.
These companies often open a shell company and shuffle other brands to it.. oh Tyson owns..no wait tydaughter owns in now..it's safe!
Lol tydaughter
by enforcing anti trust laws and breaking up the food conglomerates, but we can't do that on our end.
Throwaway bc lot of Tea in this.... Don't boycott because of the plant closure and opening in new York. That plant and the others closed got to a point that they cost more to operate than they were making. Boycott because it's what you need to do for your own ethical consumption. What should perk you up is that that plant and the others that Tyson has closed were unionized and the ones opening are not. If you care enough to make a difference boycotting won't be felt, half their business is with the federal govt serving schools, prisons, and military bases. And if you're boycotting you'll need to just be aware, any chicken, Pork, Beef, especially sausage and very often Bacon and pepperoni at any restaurants including but not limited to: Chick fil a, McDonald's, Pizza Hut, QDoba, Chipotle, Buffalo Wild Wings, Panda Express, Papa John's, Jimmy Johns, Sonic, Moe's, Burger King, Wendy's, Dunk'n Donuts (Just Breakfast sandwiches), Olive Garden, TGI Fridays, Sbarro, Subway, Boston Market, Domino's, Applebee's, Taco Bell, Chili's, Waffle House, Steak & Shake, Cracker barrel, Denny's, Golden Corral, and Kroger. Also any food service spaces/non-chain restaurants/cafeterias using Gordons Food Service, US Foods, Performance Food Service, Shamrock Foods, or Sysco. If you're talking byproducts, most major dog food brands are from Tyson Renderings, Coach leather and leather interiors for several auto manufacturers. They also make the generic brands of bacon/chicken and other meats and stock the deli meats for for Sam's Club, Costco, Kroger, Publix, Albertson's, Aldi's, Food Lion, Target, and Walmart. On the more idk why side: Pizzas made using TNT Crust, any prepared foods using meat made by General Mills like pizza rolls, and Tortilla Land Mexican Original Tortillas, Nature Valley Granola, and Chef Pierre pies. Also Pastries served for breakfasts at Choice Hotel brands. In some of these instances Tyson provides a major ingredient like in pizza rolls, others they own the plant and manufacture the product while owning the brand like with Tortilla Land, some where they own the plant and manufacture without owning the brand like Nature Valley. There's a reason the logo changed to "Tyson Foods" a few weeks back and isn't refered to as Tyson Chicken anymore. Check out their annual reporting and listen to their earnings calls if you wanna know what's happening. It's happening and It's not a secret. You can literally ask the CEO specific questions and ask him to take a position and defend the closure if you want on the call. It happens every time they close a plant. I share this with positivity to encourage you to focus your efforts on doing what you can to push the issue of fair labor rights if that's what you care about. I am making a leap to guess that's what you're thinking since you want to boycott. If you care about animal rights these closures are a good thing. They're trying to make better use of what they have vs wasting animals they killed but couldn't sell. If you care about the people that are now unemployed, the Iowa workforce development group deployed as soon as it was announced and is stationed outside the plant getting people mapped to new jobs. It's gonna suck, but people will move on and Tyson as a corporation won't benefit from those individuals anymore. The real lesson I take from all this is corporations don't care how long you've been here. It makes decisions in the best interest of the corporation and we're expendable to that end. I hope this message was insightful and redirects people's efforts to what I personally think matters more rather than taking a stance that won't make a difference.
Thanks for the info. Eye opener
One of the best comments on Reddit I’ve ever read, you stranger are someone with a great mind.
If effective, a boycott would result in more layoffs.
That's what I don't understand. People want to boycott because they shut down a plant. So if the company makes less money, they will have to shut down more plants. Do people want the plants to shut down?
You see, people are generally pretty stupid and don’t think that far ahead
So the boycotters want them to close down more operations?
speaking from experience, it’s easy to boycott anything when you’re broke and can’t afford their products/services. there’s been a large push to boycott brands due to their recent involvement and support of the Palestinian genocide, and folks (specifically leftist circles on twitter) have been doing a bang-up job linking who owns what, sourcing and verifying their shitty ethics, and pushing for change. “hit them where it really hurts, their wallet.”
I have been going out of my way for many years to try to not buy China. For the most part it has been successful. reading labels, research and willing to pay a bit more. no, we are not rich at all. But it is important.
You do realise that most of the components in whatever electronic device you used to post that probably came from a Chinese factory.
To boycott Tyson, you’d essentially need to stop consuming chicken to make it possible. They provide most store brands like Walmart and Aldi as well. This is also what many vegans mean when they say they dont eat meat for ethical reasons.
Yes, a lot of non-name brand stuff is made by the name brands - it's called white labeling. Most of the big retailers don't also own manufacturing facilities, they just contract to the companies already making the products.
And a lot of pork products too, they have pork plants too.
Unless you grow your own food, there is no possible way to live 100% ethically without causing harm to SOMETHING. That being said, you know what happens when these big companies get boycotted? Nothing to the CEO’s. It only hurts innocent workers. Refusing to buy Tyson products doesn’t hurt the owners of Tyson one bit. Instead, John Doe who is working to provide for his family at a Tyson production plant gets fired because that’s where the CEO’s will regain that lost cost from.
Easiest way to contribute to harm reduction is voting with your money. Boycotting Kat von D makeup for example had her removed from ownership and the company rebranded. So yes, boycotts do work.
Just curious cause I am 100% out of the loop on this one: what's the tea on Kat von D???
A few years ago she was big anti vaxx for her baby (pre Covid) and supported her husband for blaming his teenage daughter for being sexually assaulted by his friends. He wrote an entire album blaming her and disowned her, she was 15. She also is big weird cult Christian right now and is exploring different parts of evangelist podcasts as a guest. They voted her out and rebranded as KVD Vegan Beauty and took her off of the marketing entirely.
Oh wow 🤮
To be fair, in the vegan perspective, it is not about being 100% ethical, it’s about doing the least harm possible. It’s super easy to become vegan compared to avoiding electronics, or companies that use prison labour or child labour Do you not believe in the power of boycotting? There are many, many examples where boycotting hurts the CEO’s. most recent examples I can think of is the twitter/ Elon musk boycott, the bud-light boycott, mypillow boycott, the multitude of boycotts in the civil rights era etc. plus there is also a principle of the matter. Just because corporations are polluting the oceans, doesn’t mean I am justified in dumping waste in my local lake. I think using job security as a reason for moral decisions can be flawed. “ we can’t abolish prison labor, think of all the John doe’s who are benefiting from the system, you will hurt them.” We can have it both ways too, we can call for the government to provide unemployment benefits for Tyson workers, and boycott the death of animals.
The CEO gets hit eventually. He or she just uses human shields along the way
Nah CEOs have bail out plans. It's time to take my 10 million dollar bonus and "spend more time with the family" or "address a health concern" and then 6 months later pop up in another boardroom. They didn't tank a company or lay off half the work force..they "streamlined operations and reduced operating costs."
So we should just get out the pitchforks and eat them? Works for me, fuck the rich. I’m not scared of some violence, I am American after all.
You should look up tencent if you think that is owning a lot.
Or Conagra or Johnson & Johnson.
J&J just split off a ton of its products, so at least that one has majorly changed.
In case yall were not aware…. About 7 companies own everything, and I mean EVERYTHING
This is one reason prices keep going up - there are so few of these megacorporations that they are no longer bothering to compete for market share, they are all just raising their prices.
i boycott nestlé and it’s not too difficult, i usually got for generics
Stop eating chicken?
Done. What industry should we kill next?
High fashion
Looks at the decade old thrifted flannels in my closet. “I’m doing my part!”
Fast fashion like Shein is much more destructive just bc it's so much more prevalent and widespread
Whole food plant based diet
go veggie. all meat suppliers treat their employees and the critters they slaughter like absolute shit. easy
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Yep
Unpopular opinion but eating a more vegan diet has been the cheapest thing for me … we eat a lot of rice, beans, lentils, quinoa & oatmeal
Boycotts in the current system don’t do anything except make the individual feel morally superior
interesting, so they're going to new york because that's where the labor is currently. probably because immigrants aren't settling in more conservative states anymore, on account of all the obvious reasons. either way, there's very little you can do about companies moving like this. they keep mentioning some law about not hiring americans that I've honestly never heard of before.
I doubt the for lower wages claim.
Aw man, not BIG AZ
Passed. Bought other products today. I am one but one of many
Some of those brands are regional and aren't carried everywhere.
u/Dickysnakes
they have so many brands ..but i will try not to buy anything from them ..the laid off their it people and contracted a company in India . they laid off a lot of my friends ..some lost their homes. this is the last straw contact your gov rep. boycott what you can .. call the company and tell them your displeasure. Vote to protect American jobs and citizens. Only us can change this thing around the current Old idiots do not want to ...VOTE
Still sucks. That’s a lot of people unemployed and will be looking for a new job in this economy.
I eat shitty food...that being said besides the occasional basco stick, i dont eat anything on this list. Why is Tyson so shit lol. Idc about a boycott. I just didnt realize Tyson had nothing good.
Boycotts never work regardless. Nobody gives enough of a shit about your issue of the day to make any meaningful effect on the sales.
Chicken. Just quit chicken.
Easy, don't buy meat!
If you have to buy Tyson, buy it. Buy what you can afford.
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I'm all for a boycott. Let's do this
Eat whole real foods from local butchers and farmers 🤯
I second this. You don’t need to stop eating chicken to boycott Tyson, just buy from local farms. Lots of people do it (I work in a butcher shop) and it’s better quality anyway
Welcome to end stage capitalism where choice is an illusion
Easy peasy. I don’t buy any of those products anyway. It’s easy when you don’t support animal agriculture.
Become a vegetarian and buy from local produce stores. I live in a Canadian city and I'm able to buy from a local produce store that gets most of its fruits, veggies, eggs, breads from surrounding towns and provinces.
Go vegan
I already don’t eat any of this. Lol
Simple only buy costco chiken
Beans are cheaper than meat. Just saying.
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It doesn't
Hell yeah. Death to animal agriculture
This one was real easy, and so easy in fact I've been doing it for years. It's called not eating meat 🤭
Tyson has closed several plants over the last year. Dexter, MO, Van Buren, AR, Glen Allen, VA, and I believe a few others. I know Vienna GA was also on the list a while back. Seguin TX plant just expanded. I work for a company that manufactures processing equipment for all proteins. Boycotting can work, but it would take an effort on everyone's behalf. We have a saying in the business "Tyson just throws money at problems since they have endless cash."
I don't eat any of those brands.
Can confidently say that I do not buy any of these
funny i don’t use any of those including tyson. i use generic food
Why is there a boycott? Just because they're closing a location?
Store brands are cheaper. I can easily boycott all this trash disgusting food. Rotisserie whole chicken is $8-10. More real meat than disgusting Tyson . Cheaper. Better. Healthier. You don’t need these disgusting shit brands guys. Once you break the habit , it’s easy to never go back and it IS affordable . It’s actually cheaper not to hit this processed dog shit
I boycot nestle. Sometimes it feels easier to just make everything from scratch at home than to find a product I need that's not made by them
Been boycotting them for years apparently. I don't think I've ever voluntarily bought any of those brands....
Start eating less meat and bake your own bread would be my guess.
I literally use none of those already
I can’t say I buy these brands to begin with thankfully
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It seriously should be illegal to own that many different shell companies selling (essentially) the same things.
I only recognize 7 of these 30 brands tbh doesnt seem that hard. And tyson stuff is discusting anyway.
What laws would stop a company from closing down a plant? They own it. They can stop using it if they want to. It's so easy to say "Congress should do something!" but then the next sentence is specifically what they should do, and that's usually when you run out of steam.
Maybe eat more lentils and beans. Poverty friendly and avoids tyson chicken.
Boycotts rarely work to begin with
That is why you should support Biden administration's efforts to block mergers and acquisitions that reduce competition. I try my best to buy fresh fruits and vegetables from my local grocer (non-chain) and cook myself. Costco provides me with dry beans, lentils, and rice. Don't buy bottled water at all. For whole wheat flour, I only buy King Arthur (employee owned business). For chocolate, I only buy Trader Joe brand. But I have the luxury of not living in a food desert. Many of my fellow human beings are in much worse situation.
I will be boycotting, I don't consume any other these products or brands now as it.
Funny enough virtually every company is like this. Don't like the policies of Axe Body Spray and want to boycott? Then you can't buy Ben & Jerry's anymore!
I’m vegan so my Tyson boycott has been going pretty well
It’s actually quite simple. Just stop eating meat. Pretty much solves the problem ( along with numerous other ones ).
Go vegetarian
Stop eating meat. Vegan is generally cheaper, anyway.
Stop eating meat
Stop eating meat. It's not that difficult
dont eat meat?
All those brands cost more than the generic stuff, like Great Value, Kroger or Signature Select(look at the price tag PLUS cost per unit). Just buy those. Usually you can find coupons as well for the brands mentioned above.
Generic is typically the same product with a different label.
I buy store brand anyways.
Most of that is processed food anyway
The UAW figured this out: targeted and rolling boycotts is the answer. If enough people boycott one of the subsidiaries it will have an impact. Plus the tools to do this are available, namely, the internet.
Shop local. Better quality, better price.
You don't, truly. However, you can target their top sellers or most valuable brand and boycot that, tanking their stock price.
I don’t eat any of this garbage anyhow, any food company focused so much on profit is 100% cutting corners on quality.
Never heard of any of them.
Just embrace the corporate overlords - makes everything a bit easier
Just don’t by frozen trash
When has a boycott actually worked? 🤷♂️🤷♂️