#BoycottWoolworths campaign grows

Didn't we have to boycot Woolworths a few years ago because their new Muslim owners removed all the Christian Magazines from the racks? Or was it Afrikaans Magazines?

Ah ****it! I'm off to go and buy something from them - out of ****ing principle. And because you lot are starting to piss me off with all your boycots. And I'll be smoking a cigarette while doing it!

Go back to Palestine and sort your **** out there, both of you. This is South Africa - as in the southern tip of Africa. Its a tough country, but we love it. And you lot are just pissing me off trying to pull us into your family squabble.

Anyone else want a Chocolate covered donut with chocolate filling? Its on me.
 
*yawn*

Another boycott by a bunch of people who will still buy from Woolies anyway.
 
Compton_effect said:
Didn't we have to boycot Woolworths a few years ago because their new Muslim owners removed all the Christian Magazines from the racks? Or was it Afrikaans Magazines?

Ah ****it! I'm off to go and buy something from them - out of ****ing principle. And because you lot are starting to piss me off with all your boycots. And I'll be smoking a cigarette while doing it!

Go back to Palestine and sort your **** out there, both of you. This is South Africa - as in the southern tip of Africa. Its a tough country, but we love it. And you lot are just pissing me off trying to pull us into your family squabble.

Anyone else want a Chocolate covered donut with chocolate filling? Its on me.
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I tend to agree ^ ...and hell yeah to the donut but I want one with the white icing please.
 
Compton_effect said:
Didn't we have to boycot Woolworths a few years ago because their new Muslim owners removed all the Christian Magazines from the racks? Or was it Afrikaans Magazines?

Ah ****it! I'm off to go and buy something from them - out of ****ing principle. And because you lot are starting to piss me off with all your boycots. And I'll be smoking a cigarette while doing it!

Go back to Palestine and sort your **** out there, both of you. This is South Africa - as in the southern tip of Africa. Its a tough country, but we love it. And you lot are just pissing me off trying to pull us into your family squabble.

Anyone else want a Chocolate covered donut with chocolate filling? Its on me.
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Random Christians were up in arms 'cos they removed non-selling Christian magazines from the shelves. Derp.
 
TheTwo said:
would love to watch you and Adielk together, wrestling, OIL wrestling

dont ask if the oil is from Israel or Palestine

it's a secret ;)
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There isn't oil in Israel. That's half the problem :D
 
daveza said:
The Frankies issue forced their rip-off product off the shelves.
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On this issue, WW is known to pull this stunt:

http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/arti...hioned-david-and-goliath-battle/#.U-oOpceSzOg

Frankie’s had complained that Woolworths imitated its advertising in a number of ways, but the ASA’s ruling was based on the phrase “Good Old Fashioned”. Frankie’s said since 2006 all its point-of-sale and advertising material included the slogan “Good Old Fashioned Soft Drinks”. When it expanded in 2009 and started distributing in Johannesburg and the Western Cape, the concept continued to be emphasised as public awareness of the brand developed.

Before Woolworths released its vintage cold drink in November 2011, Frankie’s tried to market its product to the retailing giant and made it clear it considers the phrase “Good Old Fashioned Soft Drinks” to be its advertising property. Woolworths was already creating its own option and had various designs in mind. Nevertheless, it decided to label its new range “Good Old Fashioned”.

Woolworths’ defence was that it didn’t use the “Good Old Fashioned Soft Drinks” tag and because Frankie’s wasn’t the first company to release a brand of vintage drinks, it couldn’t claim the phrase. “We find ourselves in a difficult place where our integrity has been challenged,” Woolworths managing director for foods Zyda Rylands told IOL in December. She said it was “very clear that we did not copy”.
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Coming back to this quote:

Good artists copy, great artists steal.
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- Not Steve Jobs :p

Sarcasm aside, this is a non-issue in relation with the current development, Pick n’ Pay and Shoprite are also targeted, but Woolworths is a Jewish-target (or so it is now interpreter by the people). Knowing the NC4P march in Cape Town (and its memorandum), ~50,000 people marched to boycott Israeli goods.
 
Isn't people still boycotting woolworths because of that BEE ad or did people give up on that?
 
deni-do said:
Isn't people still boycotting woolworths because of that BEE ad or did people give up on that?
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Whaaat...?

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