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elleng

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2. Oh good, Nestle!

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Mon Jun 20, 2016, 07:04 PM

Jun 2016

Nestlé Pumps Millions of Gallons for Free While Flint Pays for Poisoned Water.

http://www.democracynow.org/2016/2/17/michigans_water_wars_nestle_pumps_millions

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Caffeine Diplomacy: Nestle to Bring Cuban Coffee to US [View all] Judi Lynn Jun 2016 OP

The next taste of US-Cuban diplomacy will be coffee-flavored Judi Lynn Jun 2016 #1

Don't buy Nestl� products CanonRay Jun 2016 #26

Oh good, Nestle! elleng Jun 2016 #2

Thank you! Jazzgirl Jun 2016 #8

I hope they don't corner the market! truthisfreedom Jun 2016 #3

As much as I love coffee and as much as I would love to taste Cuban coffee, I LoisB Jun 2016 #4

I remember how my Grandpa loved Cafe Bustelo when it came from Cuba. Joe Bacon Jun 2016 #20

Why can't some Cubans do it? We have plenty of places that could buy whatever jtuck004 Jun 2016 #5

Right now because they dont have a distribution network setup plus they will have to cstanleytech Jun 2016 #9

Probably price-gouge the shit out of it, too. tabasco Jun 2016 #6

And I won't be buying it. Jazzgirl Jun 2016 #7

I know, Nestle and all. ozone_man Jun 2016 #12

Maybe it's the powdered milk, but... Sen. Walter Sobchak Jun 2016 #10

ZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zz zzz ....... . . tabasco Jun 2016 #37

I"m old enough to remember madokie Jun 2016 #11

ASR Group now owns C&H Sugar csziggy Jun 2016 #13

I'm sorry but C&H madokie Jun 2016 #15

They probably changed the definition for "C" during the cold war csziggy Jun 2016 #16

Best I remember it changed madokie Jun 2016 #17

I found this one, small reference so far... Beartracks Jun 2016 #21

Here's a vintage 1934 C&H sack on ebay... Beartracks Jun 2016 #22

Perhaps you were thinking of Central Hershey? Beartracks Jun 2016 #24

I remember the commercial, but not the fact C & H meant Cuba and Hawaii. Thanks for that! n/t Judi Lynn Jun 2016 #14

Woo-hoo Nestle'! chapdrum Jun 2016 #18

Just wondering how lordsummerisle Jun 2016 #19

Cuba needs to be careful dflprincess Jun 2016 #23

The dealing cutting will be done by the Government, right? brooklynite Jun 2016 #25

As compared to the gangster rule of Batista that the CIA and the US Government supported? Feeling the Bern Jun 2016 #30

Right, the one that provided Universal Healthcare for all Cubans and anyone in Cuba. harun Jun 2016 #33

And education nt dflprincess Jun 2016 #39

Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2016 #27

I don't understand the thrill. uppityperson Jun 2016 #28

Fuck Nestle. As evil a company as Wal-mart Feeling the Bern Jun 2016 #29

I want Cuban coffee, just not from Nestle. I find myself in the odd position of boycotting a Cuban.. marble falls Jun 2016 #31

Let the pillaging of Cuba by corporations begin! alarimer Jun 2016 #32

It has to start with something IronLionZion Jun 2016 #34

A company like Nestle can buy in such quantities ... JustABozoOnThisBus Jun 2016 #35

this could even make conservatives pro-Castro: "He's a commie, but DAMN his coffee is great!" yurbud Jun 2016 #36

Why People in Havana Are so Crazy for Their Coffee Judi Lynn Jun 2016 #38