BELGIUM mainstream media: " How to buy less American and more European. This might be the tipping point"
BELGIUM mainstream media: " How to buy less American and more European. This might be the tipping point"
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Huh I never knew milka got bought by a US company. Always thought they were german (which is also wrong, they were Swiss, but produced in Germany)
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Many Milka products are actually made in Belgium
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Made, yes, but under license to the brand owner, american megacorp Mondelez. (Much like Coca Cola).
Mondelez owns a lot of brands that you might assume are European. Here is their list.
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TIL Belgians have Fritz Cola. It can be hard to tell how widespread a brand is when you're from its home market ... I wonder if the new German chancellor is going to affect Fritz Cola's popularity ("Fritz" is short for "Friedrich").
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Its pretty good and available in one of the largest supermarket chains in the Netherlands (AH)
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We also have Dr Foots in the Netherlands, which is more like Dr Pepper / Cherry Coke than regular Cola but it's good and made here (by the company behind Bavaria and loads of other beers. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Swinkels). Lot of their money is earned by producing for supermarkets, so all those unbranded cheap versions are also not American. 🇳🇱 🇪🇺
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In the U.K. there’s Fentiman’s for soft drinks.
I don’t drink fizzy drinks but my wife does. I’ll keep my eyes open for Fritz Cola for her!
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I will not allow the name of Fritz Kola be ruined by Fotzen Fritze! My hamburgian pride forbids it!
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Looks like the shoes in the image are by Veja, a French brand. Perfect timing, I need some new trainers!
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My partner has a pair. They're fantastic. Definitely will be my next casual trainer too.
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Had a pair a long time ago, very sturdy but also very slick and nice! I'd buy again if they made bigger sizes, the 45 were a tad small.
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It's great that newspapers pick up on the movement and write about it. More people should get awear of what the buy and use.
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