Guest guest Posted October 28, 2003 Report Share Posted October 28, 2003 Below it should read "third world countries" not "third world companies"! - Jak Tuesday, October 28, 2003 2:37 PM Re: After Eights I didn't register after eights as being nestle at the time of reading, butnow i remember i always avoid them, in fact any product with that nestlelogo on it. Yuk, the fiends! In case anyone isn't aware, nestle get mothersin third world companies using their formula product to feed their babies bygiving them free samples and literature that will convince them that it isbest for their babies. Then the mothers milk dries up, and she can't affordanything beyond the free samples given.You can find out more at this site (scroll down to the section "Nestle Isn'tAs Good As Breast Milk: Help Protect Third World Babies"):www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/700357568Not to worry 'though Elizabeth, there's Elizabeth Shaw chocolate mint crispsand also I've seen orange crisp version in woolworths. Also like Cath said,we can try supermarkets own brands like co-ops, which means they'll becheaper tooJak-Cath Pritchard Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 10:15 AM After EightsI though I heard somewhere that some of the batches of After Eights were notok anymore, that you have to check to see if it's an old or a new batch??Anyway, Co-op own brand 'After Eights' are definitely vegan, cheaper, andnot Nestle - much better all round?!Cathmavreela <ndisc wrote:> Having> said that, Tescos are doing 3 boxes of "After Eights" for £5 and> there's a new orange flavour one.....Of course a lot of ethical vegans boycott After Eights because they aremade by Nestle. You can get similar items from Dr Hadwins (and alsosame brand in high street stores) though I haven't seen any Orange ones.Michael~~ info ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Please remember that the above is only the opinion of the author,there may be another side to the story you have not heard.---------------------------Was this message Off Topic? Did you know? Was it snipped?~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Guidelines: visitUn: send a blank message to - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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