A shifting perception of the United States amid President Trump’s trade war is prompting Europeans to pivot decisively away from U.S. goods and services.
Boyfriend asked me to buy detergent yesterday. Ariel specifically, and I looked up the company owning Ariel to make sure they weren’t American, but they were, so I went with the local discount brand instead.
There are very few exceptions I have made where I still use American products, but for the most part, I avoid murican.
We had a comical example of the boycot over the weekend. In my city Burger King is right next to Sunset, which is a Danish owned fast-food restaurant. We were going on a longer trip and needed some fast and easy food along the way. We arrive. Not a single car in burger king’s drive in. A caravan in Sunset’s drive in. We were - no joke - stuck in that line for 40ish minutes. Not a single car gave in and switched to burger King. We all just waited patiently for our orders to come through.
Before new years it would have been opposite. There were always cars waiting outside of burger King while sunset was largely ignored. It’s not that their food is bad. Actually, I have been pleasantly surprised after trying some of the items on their menu, but they were just seen as not a real fast-food brand before. McD and Burger King were the ones people trusted because they were the real deal.
It’s not unlikely that Sunset’s Boulevard (which I didn’t realize was Danish) and Burger King are closely placed in other cities, but certainly sounds like it could be where I live. Is there a Roll 'n Eat, McD and Bilka nearby by chance?
It’s in the area, yes, but tbf, I have seen Sunset and Burger King next to one another in at least one other city in Denmark so maybe it’s just something they do? I dunno. Bilka and McD - in the city where we were waiting for our order - are a few km away, so not right next to it, but nearby. Relatively. Roll n Eat is not something I’m acquainted with, though. Doesn’t mean it isn’t there, I just don’t know about it.
I haven’t really tried Roll 'n Eat either, just that it’s right next to burger king here with the same drive thru arrangement as McD and Burger King. But I suppose we don’t live very close then, because those franchises are all practically on top of each other here. Even has a Carl Jr. burger place inside the Bilka.
Switched from Ariel to Persil recently for the same reasons. Persil is a German brand marketed by Unilever in the UK. Unilever being a UK based company. It all helps.
Yeah, I switched to Salling. I also just like Salling in general because they make discount versions of almost everything. It’s cheaper and the quality of the product is often either as good or better than the brand products. When it comes to detergent I like Salling better because it has a relatively neutral smell and my skin doesn’t itch when I wear my clothes after washing.
Boyfriend asked me to buy detergent yesterday. Ariel specifically, and I looked up the company owning Ariel to make sure they weren’t American, but they were, so I went with the local discount brand instead.
There are very few exceptions I have made where I still use American products, but for the most part, I avoid murican.
We had a comical example of the boycot over the weekend. In my city Burger King is right next to Sunset, which is a Danish owned fast-food restaurant. We were going on a longer trip and needed some fast and easy food along the way. We arrive. Not a single car in burger king’s drive in. A caravan in Sunset’s drive in. We were - no joke - stuck in that line for 40ish minutes. Not a single car gave in and switched to burger King. We all just waited patiently for our orders to come through.
Before new years it would have been opposite. There were always cars waiting outside of burger King while sunset was largely ignored. It’s not that their food is bad. Actually, I have been pleasantly surprised after trying some of the items on their menu, but they were just seen as not a real fast-food brand before. McD and Burger King were the ones people trusted because they were the real deal.
But not anymore.
It’s not unlikely that Sunset’s Boulevard (which I didn’t realize was Danish) and Burger King are closely placed in other cities, but certainly sounds like it could be where I live. Is there a Roll 'n Eat, McD and Bilka nearby by chance?
It’s in the area, yes, but tbf, I have seen Sunset and Burger King next to one another in at least one other city in Denmark so maybe it’s just something they do? I dunno. Bilka and McD - in the city where we were waiting for our order - are a few km away, so not right next to it, but nearby. Relatively. Roll n Eat is not something I’m acquainted with, though. Doesn’t mean it isn’t there, I just don’t know about it.
I haven’t really tried Roll 'n Eat either, just that it’s right next to burger king here with the same drive thru arrangement as McD and Burger King. But I suppose we don’t live very close then, because those franchises are all practically on top of each other here. Even has a Carl Jr. burger place inside the Bilka.
Switched from Ariel to Persil recently for the same reasons. Persil is a German brand marketed by Unilever in the UK. Unilever being a UK based company. It all helps.
Yeah, I switched to Salling. I also just like Salling in general because they make discount versions of almost everything. It’s cheaper and the quality of the product is often either as good or better than the brand products. When it comes to detergent I like Salling better because it has a relatively neutral smell and my skin doesn’t itch when I wear my clothes after washing.