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[โ€“] Tja@programming.dev 6 points 1 week ago (8 children)

The one on the left is a lie. Coca-Cola consumption has risen since trump, for instance.

[โ€“] Bunbury@feddit.nl 5 points 6 days ago (7 children)

Got some data to back that up? All I can find is a decline in Europe revenue 2025 Q1 by 1.1%, but hey, maybe you found more recent numbers?

[โ€“] Tja@programming.dev 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (6 children)

Data from July where I read it: https://www.reddit.com/r/BuyFromEU/comments/1m6ykfl/cocacola_earnings_beat_estimates_as_strong_demand/

Growth was 3% in EMEA, can't find the 5% for Europe, might have hallucinated that one...

EDIT: I just noticed I didn't claim 5% in my previous comment above, but had this exact discussion recently many times and was convinced it was 5% up in Europe. It's late, I need a nap...

[โ€“] Bunbury@feddit.nl 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Oh wow, thanks. Someone under that post also linked that this is not about Coca Cola the drink, but everything owned by the Coca Cola company, which is over 500 brands.

As I recently explained to someone else on here: I genuinely donโ€™t think most Europeans are doing the research regarding the background of the brands they buy. Itโ€™s easy to avoid things like the standard Coca Cola drink as thatโ€™s well known to be from the US, but Iโ€™m sadly willing to bet that most of those other brands would be purchased without much of a second thought.

[โ€“] birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

I think the easiest way to get people to adapt is to require that stores have sections with "European products". Products in there must be 100% European in origin.

Mandate that stores separate those two. Promote the European ones. Check if it actually is.

If we make it easier for the consumer, we make it easier for all.

[โ€“] Bunbury@feddit.nl 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, I was thinking along similar lines, but maybe just a mandatory country of origin flag next to the price. However the downside of that is that some of our food is already picked one country and then transported to another for processing, then transported to another for packaging. So my idea is unrealistic. However I like your โ€œthis is picked, processed and packaged in Europe onlyโ€ type of labeling. Sadly Iโ€™m sure that all of the big food producers would be against it and they have a lot of money to lobby the government to prevent this.

[โ€“] birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

An alternate would be new stores that only do European.

I'd foresee a lot of potential with that, honestly. Stores that explicitly advocate themselves as having 100% European products, and can back it up.

Eurofederalists would be happy because it gives the EU a stronger footing.

Nationalists would be happy because it means their own country, or at least Europe, is largely represented.

Ecologists would be happy because it'd mean less waste generally, in terms of transport.

And so on....

[โ€“] Bunbury@feddit.nl 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I just know that the main supermarkets in my country are actively lobbying the government and suing the competition to squash them. But hey, if we donโ€™t try we lose by default.

[โ€“] birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Ugh, this is exactly why we should abolish CEOs and require all former bosses to work the lowest paid job of their company for two years. Or they pay all people earning less than them the same wage (or more than them), and decline bonuses. And also don't donate to politicians, direct or indirect.

In return, former bosses who adhere to this, and snitch on other CEOs, get extra help.

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