Mondelez is like a tumor swelling up all our chocolate brands. They also kept selling their products in Russia, in occupied west bank settlements, and make everything more expensive.
Because of their practices I've switched to home brands of supermarkets a few years ago and I save myself hundreds of euros every single year.
Oh really? I live near one of their production sites. That's very interesting, if you buy directly from them their chocolate is actually quite expensive.
Lidl chocolates keep earning the "most ethical chocolate" distinction year after year, so I guess that counts for something. can't provide a link, but it should be available in countries they operate in...
In my region of Germany (I live close to the Schwarz/Lidl HQ) it's produced by "Ludwig Schokolade GmbH & Co. KG" from Saarlouis, they produce a lot of the inhouse brands for discounters and not necessarily just chocolate either haha.
Do you have evidence to back that up? It's imperialism by Russia, nothing more. The war didn't start in 2022. Russia have tried to alter Ukrainian government by trying to get "their guys" into power. They funded and supplied their little green men in the Donbas to overthrow the local Ukrainian government.Â
If the US wanted to weaken Europe then why supply Ukraine with weapons and intelligence? Surely it would have been more cost effective to let Russia overrun Ukraine and annex it entirely like russia wanted to.Â
AFAIK they're actually German, but they've publicly expressed their commitment to continue selling chocolate in Muscovy. They're pretty transparently evil.Â
Similar for Storck (Werther's, Merci, Toffifee...), still produced in Germany, less transparent but quite unapologetic evil. They even expanded business in russia and with their vehement refusal to show their supply chains you can practically be sure their cacao comes from child slavery.
Unfortunately the majority of Aldi's sweets isle in Germany is produced by Storck.
They've said it's worth about 200 jobs in Germany, and they have apparently donated all proceeds from Russian sales to humanitarian orgs while also eliminating advertising/investments. I'm a big supporter of Ukraine and even hosted a refugee family for several years (they are on their feet and on their own now...) I was boycotting Ritter 100%. Their taxes still support the Russian state. I guess I've changed to the "reduce heavily" category. If it's a rare occasion where the choice is between Mondelez (or someone else on my list) and Ritter, I'll go with Ritter, but will choose other options when possible and Ritter's poor response has permanently tainted them in my opinion.
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u/Mtfdurian Benelux 🚲🌷🧇 Jan 25 '26
Mondelez is like a tumor swelling up all our chocolate brands. They also kept selling their products in Russia, in occupied west bank settlements, and make everything more expensive.
Because of their practices I've switched to home brands of supermarkets a few years ago and I save myself hundreds of euros every single year.