The Publics Response

 
After countless controversies, Nestlé has created numerous groups of people who are boycotting and protesting against them. The most recent cases, including the child labor lawsuit and their stealing of water in drought areas, caused people to start posting. A post created March 14 on Facebook states there is a Nestlé blackout through March 21-28. The boycott was influenced by the public when they realized that Nestlé was taking water in dry areas and indulging in child labor. The boycott consists of avoiding all Nestlé-owned brands and their products. The thousands of people posting on Facebook believe this will make a difference. Boycott leaders are posting do not buy grocery list items to ensure everyone knows what not to buy. Twitter posts from Diva Jain, an Indian resident, state that Nestlé has also been dumping expired milk and formula.

Multiple people are being comical as well, saying if you run out of sugar, Nestlé iced tea and other products are great substitutes. There is also talk about Nestle lobbying Congress for unpaid maternity so mothers won't have time to breastfeed, which will end in them selling more baby formula. Comments under this post suggest that many parents have not supported Nestlé ever since they learned about how they tricked African mothers into drying up their breastmilk so they would buy their formula instead. This caused thousands of babies to die, and this made people upset. 

The idea of child labor and Nestlé just seem to go together, according to online posts, blogs, and articles. A video posted by Hannah Dreier shows an underage worker milking a cow, who works for Nestlé and supposedly works 12-hour days six days a week. Although there are people who support Nestlé's new IAC policy, there are still people who don't believe they are ethical and will keep up with better business practices. Diversity and inclusion also seem to be a problem with this brand. Multiple infographics show to boycott nestle due to there lack of inclusion towards diversity. 

Here are just a few examples of what people have been posting and sharing with one another. Along with social media posts, there have also been numerous articles made about Nestlé exposing them for all of their unethical issues. Most articles are research based or from personal experience with the company. 

A headline from the Guardian covers the wrong Nestlé does by adding sugar is poverty countries

Yet another headline about Nestlé and why they think child labor is okay

Sources Used:

Twitter(Nighstar544)- African Mother information

Twitter(Diva Jain)- India Refrence 

Twitter(Rahul Tandon)- Sugar meme

Facebook(Rick St John)- Boycott information

Headline(Chold Labor)-https://earthrights.org/media_release/nestle-and-cargill-claim-right-to-profit-from-child-slavery-without-accountability/

Headline(Sugar)- https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/apr/17/nestle-adds-sugar-to-infant-milk-sold-in-poorer-countries-report-finds