So, since I'm pretty new to this boycotting thing- what do you do about Halloween? (for those who are mainstream enough for candy)
I bought snickers and milky ways (i think those are safe- i checked but could be wrong)
Do you let your kids eat nestle stuff that they get? do you ban it altogether? do you figure that it's already paid for so there's no point?
:dizzy:

I never buy Nestle (as far as I'm aware at least; I know they own a lot of companies that changes with alarming frequency). I at least never buy the Nestle or the Stouffers labels. So, I won't buy any for Halloween, obviously, either.

In fact, for Halloween, I usually buy some chocolate and then smarties. This year, I wanted to give out erasers and stickers and such, but DP, and my mom & dad have convinced me that I would be totally lame. My mom claims that I will get egged if I do that. Sheesh. So, I guess I'm making non-candy goody bags for the neighbor girls and then letting my mom & dad hand out candy (chock full o' HFCS, ugh) to the T-o-T'ers...

I have a love/hate relationship with Nestle'. I hate their infant formula practices however my mother was employed by Stouffer's now Nestle' for 16 yrs of my life growing up.

I never buy Nestle (as far as I'm aware at least; I know they own a lot of companies that changes with alarming frequency). I at least never buy the Nestle or the Stouffers labels. So, I won't buy any for Halloween, obviously, either.

In fact, for Halloween, I usually buy some chocolate and then smarties. This year, I wanted to give out erasers and stickers and such, but DP, and my mom & dad have convinced me that I would be totally lame. My mom claims that I will get egged if I do that. Sheesh. So, I guess I'm making non-candy goody bags for the neighbor girls and then letting my mom & dad hand out candy (chock full o' HFCS, ugh) to the T-o-T'ers...
Just a thought for people who don't want to give out candy-
how 'bout juice boxes? My DD got them from 2 houses (and one was a choice between juice or candy) and loved it. They get thirsty with all that walking :-)

You have to be careful what you buy. I've bought a few things and then, after I got them home, realized that the company was owned by Nestle.

I refuse to buy or eat any of their products, but what the kids bring home that someone else bought I don't stop them from eating. It's their only chance.;)

Nope- we are hard core boycotters and we throw out Nestle related Halloween candy, too. Doing otherwise would be unethical for me.

I refuse to buy or eat any of their products, but what the kids bring home that someone else bought I don't stop them from eating. It's their only chance.;)

I figure

a) It's bought
b) We tell our kids not to throw away food because it's wasteful

But we throw away Nestle? As long as your money isn't going to the product, it should be ok.

Alternatively, if you get home and trick-or-treat is still going on, then give the Nestle away to someone else! :) (And just replace your child's candy with something from what you're giving away.)

The only reason I can think to throw candy away would be so the kids don't know what they're missing. For example, I love butterfingers, but now that I'm aware of Nestle, etc., I don't want to buy them...but they're so good! If I didn't know what I was missing, it would be easier. Same thing with giving away the candy. If you give it to a kid, then they grow up thinking that brand is good and they buy it. It's advertising for Nestle.

Nope- we are hard core boycotters and we throw out Nestle related Halloween candy, too. Doing otherwise would be unethical for me.

:yeah:

My kids go around telling people why they boycott Nestle. Makes for some interesting conversations with the neighbours, schools, etc.

OK, I will admit it. I eat the Butterfingers. I can't buy them so this is my only opportunity to eat them. But I do participate in the boycott and the only Nestle products that come into our house are the ones my DH inadvertantly buys (he's supportive of my boycott effort but I don't think he cares enough to pay attention. It's his guyness coming out, I guess). But he gave up Hot Pockets for me!

ETA: My kids are too little to care or understand about the boycott at this point. Maybe I'll have them sort out the Nestle to donate to "charity" when they get a little bigger? Or perhaps I'll have to throw them away. I don't know yet. This will probably be the first year my 3 year old notices the different types of candy in her bag.

I was just thinking about this!

I do not buy nestle products - so wont be for holloween...
However...I thought 'but other peolple will do and will probably hand out nestle products to my son....'.... So my thought here is that I didnt buy it (so I am not contributing to them) so wont waste it or say 'no thank you' to the person I just knocked on their door to trick or treat with - as that wouldnt make sense and I dont want to give a speech on why nestle need to be boycotted at every house we visit for something that occurs one night a year! lol So I am not too fussed tbh...We wont be buying any, but accepting it from others isnt really going to be contributing to them either I feel... However, all our familiy members know not to buy nestle for my son (as thats not strangers that we visit one night a year!) hehe

We don't do Hallowe'en, but during the month of October I do try to spread the word and encourage people not to buy Nestle treats. I was thinking of getting a poster to pin up around town for next year. Assuming, of course, that Nestle doesn't completely change its policies before next year. :rolleyes

Assuming, of course, that Nestle doesn't completely change its policies before next year. :rolleyes

:lol

Mamabadger, I love your gentle sense of humour!

I figure it's already paid for and throwing out food (even candy) is wasteful. So I let DS keep whatever. He's hardly going to get any candy at all this year, though - he's allergic to strawberry and there's a good chance he's dairy sensitive. Dairy allergy in kid = chocolate heaven for mom!

You have to be careful what you buy. I've bought a few things and then, after I got them home, realized that the company was owned by Nestle.

Yep! We bought bottled water (not paying attention!) that was owned by Nestle! I was like :dizzy:

This network has the audacity to claim on its website that it empowers women yet I just saw, during a danielle steel movie the most reprehensible formula commercial to date. I posted on their forum, probably won't make it on, but this ad implies immunity in the formula. Empowering women? Now I'm boycotting WE.

This is actually a mostly moot point for me, since Ina is allergic to eggs we pretty much have to limit her to just a few candy options, therefore her "Trick or Treat" moments are all people we know, and treats that we've OK'd ahead of time (we can do apples, Hershey bars, that sort of thing).

I think once she outgrows her allergy, we will probably give the Nestle stuff to dh (he adores most of their candy bars and still buys them sometimes but they are the only Nastle stuff we have ever in the house).

I so wish there were a good Butterfinger substitute. There's a Reese's bar that seems somewhat similar (I can't have dairy right now so haven't tried it) but dh says it's not nearly as good as a Butterfinger. And it's my favorite candy bar. :(

I've been thinking I might make helpful "Nestle boycott fliers" and "accidentally" drop them or tape them up in the candy aisles near Hallowe'en in the future. ;) And things do change so much, so quickly - like Gerber being Nestle now. I wouldn't have known that if I weren't online so much.

First of all I am not buying any candy to give out on Halloween.
The kids don't need it, we still have candy left from Hope's loot bags from last Halloween (Christmas and Valentine's too) and so far in 11 years we have had 1 trick-or-treater. (We live in the country on a road with no street lights.)

If anyone does decide to come by I have some Wendy's gift certificates I will give them. I always purchase them as the proceeds benefit adoption.

I also disagree with Nestle's practices and do my best to avoid purchasing their products wherever possible. Having said that if we are out and thirsty (for example at the park out for a walk on a hot summer day) and their water bottle is the only water available I will buy it.

I wonder if anyone has ever mass mailed information to doctors regarding Nestle's evil practices. Does anyone know of any good literature that could be copied and passed on to them?

OK, I will admit it. I eat the Butterfingers. I can't buy them so this is my only opportunity to eat them.

Me too! My daughter is only 19 months, so the candy all goes to mom and dad anyways. :lol I told my husband that he can have any of the candy he wants, just please PLEASE PLEASE save the butterfingers for me!

I don't buy Nestle, but if someone else buys it, my kids can have it or I give it away. Throwing out food when their are people starving just seems selfish and wasteful to me no matter who made it. FWIW I also donate formula samples instead of dumping them.

We boycott Nestle but I wouldn't throw it away. Likewise, I don't eat farm-raised meat or dairy, but I'd eat it before I'd let it go to waste.

I don't buy Nestle, but if someone else buys it, my kids can have it or I give it away. Throwing out food when their are people starving just seems selfish and wasteful to me no matter who made it. FWIW I also donate formula samples instead of dumping them.

:yeah: It's killing me and DH not to have Hot Pockets and Butterfingers. But, I'm also not one to turn down food given to me, or my children. It's only one night a year, my kids might come home with loot for a lifetime, but they're only going to get maybe 20 pieces total. DSS can't have red 40, so that cuts a lot of the junk he eats. I got M&Ms, Snickers, and Sixlets because if they don't get passed out, I'll eat them. :lol I even got Teddy Grahams for the little ones.

Anna

[QUOTE=menomena;9514604]I never buy Nestle...

In fact, for Halloween, I usually buy some chocolate and then smarties.QUOTE]

Did you not know that smarties are Nestle products?
It was the hardest part of the boycott for me, I love smarties.

I let my kids have Nestle products if other people are giving them. The money has already gone to the company, we're really just punishing ourselves in that situation. The company does not give a crap if you eat it or not, they've already made the money off of it.

Plus, now I get to have smarties, since I didn't buy them :p

I remember a couple of years ago my cousin gave us the grocery store brand of gourmet hot chocolate (he works for the chain) and some nice mugs. The hot chocolate was awesome and we told him that we loved it and we planned on buying more with our next grocery order and he replies "OH yeah, it's great isn't it? Nestle makes it for us" and both DH and I went "arrrrgggh...nooooooo!" He was totally bewildered by our reaction, until we explained the boycott.

Smarties confusion!!

In the US, Smarties are round little pastel sugar disks. They are made by the Ce De candy company in New Jersey. Outside the US, they are marketed as "Rockets" to avoid confusion with Nestle Smarties - which are essentially Nestle's version of M & Ms. AFAIK, Nestle Smarties aren't commonly sold in the US. At least I've never seen them in my 27yrs.

So unless Ce De is owned by Nestle (stranger things have happened), then Smarties/Rockets are okay. Nestle Smarties are still right out. ;)

Smarties confusion!!

In the US, Smarties are round little pastel sugar disks. They are made by the Ce De candy company in New Jersey. Outside the US, they are marketed as "Rockets" to avoid confusion with Nestle Smarties - which are essentially Nestle's version of M & Ms. AFAIK, Nestle Smarties aren't commonly sold in the US. At least I've never seen them in my 27yrs.

So unless Ce De is owned by Nestle (stranger things have happened), then Smarties/Rockets are okay. Nestle Smarties are still right out. ;)

I was just coming back to edit my post :lol You beat me to it.

Yes, here in Canada these are Smarties (http://www.smarties.ca/en/index.aspx)

And I miss them :(

Smarties confusion!!

In the US, Smarties are round little pastel sugar disks. They are made by the Ce De candy company in New Jersey. Outside the US, they are marketed as "Rockets" to avoid confusion with Nestle Smarties - which are essentially Nestle's version of M & Ms. AFAIK, Nestle Smarties aren't commonly sold in the US. At least I've never seen them in my 27yrs.

So unless Ce De is owned by Nestle (stranger things have happened), then Smarties/Rockets are okay. Nestle Smarties are still right out. ;)

I was about to cry... Smarties were one of the things from my childhood I remember and still enjoy on occasion. My father would give us a sleeve of them after church for the ride home.

Anna

Smarties and KitKats. I miss them desparately.

Speaking of Smarties and KitKats... have you seen these posters?

http://www.babymilkaction.org/pdfs/nestlefree/nestlefreesmarties0507.pdf

http://www.babymilkaction.org/pdfs/nestlefree/nestlefreekitkat0507.pdf

They are from the Baby Milk Action web site.

I don't participate in the boycott because I think there are better ways to promote breastfeeding. I volunteer for a probreastfeedig organization, for example. In looking at their product lists we don't eat any of that stuff anyway and when I went through the halloween candy, much of what I tossed included nestle products just because they are junkier than most.

I kept the smarties - the sweet and sour disks. That is what we have here. I did eat a few crunch bars. I never buy this kind of thing, for health reasons, so for once a year it is ok to indulge.

I am proud of myself I didn't buy Nestle mini chocolate bars even though I was tempted to. (Coffee Crisp and Kit Kats are two of my favourites from childhood trick or treating.)

Instead I bought a 75 variety pack of Hershey's bars. :)
You know what? They taste better!!! :yum

I don't participate in the boycott because I think there are better ways to promote breastfeeding. I volunteer for a probreastfeedig organization, for example. In looking at their product lists we don't eat any of that stuff anyway and when I went through the halloween candy, much of what I tossed included nestle products just because they are junkier than most.

I kept the smarties - the sweet and sour disks. That is what we have here. I did eat a few crunch bars. I never buy this kind of thing, for health reasons, so for once a year it is ok to indulge.

The Nestle boycott really isn't about promoting breastfeeding. You're right, there are much better ways to promote breastfeeding, but again, that's not what the Nestle boycott is primarily about.