How is the boycott going?

[Challenger]

Chip, chip, chip, there goes another brick in the wall...

 

[Sweet_Caroline]

Ireland’s biggest food retailer drops Israeli produce, as European boycotts surge

Major Israeli food exporters are facing an unprecedented wave of cancellations in orders from Europe as a result of Israel’s most recent massacre of Palestinians in Gaza.

SuperValu, the biggest food distributor in Ireland, told the Irish media last week that it has withdrawn Israeli products from its shops.

And Israeli media reports suggest that other major European retailers have taken similar decisions without announcing them publicly.

Israeli fruit and vegetable exporters have faced cancellations from Scandinavia, the UK, France, Belgium and Ireland.

Retailers have become fearful of the rapidly growing consumer boycott of Israeli goods, according to an 11 August article in Hebrew business website The Marker.

A spokesperson for EDOM, a major Israeli fruit grower and exporter that has extensive operations in illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, told The Marker:

Importers from Europe are telling us that they can’t sell Israeli produce … One European buyer has told me that he had been blocked in several chains in Denmark and Sweden, and then in Belgium. Last weekend, he told me that mangoes which had been packaged in the Netherlands, as always, and shipped to Ireland, were returned, claiming that Israeli produce would not be accepted …

I’ve heard of major exporters from whom chains in southern France are no longer buying. There is no official boycott, but everyone is afraid of selling Israeli fruits. We can only hope that things do not get worse.

Among the other exporters interviewed for the article is an Israeli pomegranate grower who is quoted as saying that they had been forced to cancel their “entire work plan in the UK” because major retail chains were no longer interested in Israeli goods, and that similar messages had been received from importers in Belgium and Scandinavia.

A separate article published in The Marker on 27 July detailed how fruit juice producer Priniv had lost a major contract with a business in Sweden after refusing a request to export the produce in a way that would make it easier to conceal the fact it was produced in Israel. Customers in Belgium and France also made similar requests.

Priniv director Ido Yaniv attributed the drop in sales to Israel’s attack on Gaza.

Organised boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaigns have in recent years succeeded in pressuring retailers across Europe to announce that they will not stock produce from illegal Israeli settlements or from companies that operate in settlements, with the Tesco chain the UK the latest to make such an announcement.

But it is now becoming increasingly clear that European businesses are starting to react to growing public support for Palestinian rights and boycotts of Israel in Europe. They are deciding not to sell Israeli produce of any kind — at least for now.

“Disposal” of Israeli goods

Ireland’s largest grocery and food retailer distributor SuperValu instructed all of its 232 stores to remove Israeli products from the shelves earlier this month.

In an email to store managers, the chain called on store managers to “remove all stock from available sale and dispose of [it] at store level.”

“It’s mostly fruit and vegetables, carrots and herbs more specifically,” a source from the retailer told the Irish Herald.

Major Irish toy store Smyths may have taken a similar decision, temporarily displaying a poster at one Dublin store stating that it had removed products made in Israel from the shelves.

The decisions come as part of a huge upsurge in support of the Palestinian struggle and boycotts of Israel across Ireland.

Protests have been held in retailers across the country and calls for boycott have been made by national trade unions, local councils and even sports stars including Irish and Leinster rugby star Gordon Darcy.

Ireland?s biggest food retailer drops Israeli produce, as European boycotts surge | The Electronic Intifada


Looks like the river is running dry for Israel.

Sorry to burst your over-inflated bubble.


Supervalu says it is not involved in boycott of Israeli produce

Supermarket chain moves to clarify reports it had withdrawn Israeli goods from shelves

SuperValu last night moved to clarify a newspaper report which yesterday claimed the supermarket chain was involved in a boycott of Israeli products due to the ongoing conflict in Gaza.
SuperValu last night moved to clarify a newspaper report which yesterday claimed the supermarket chain was involved in a boycott of Israeli products due to the ongoing conflict in Gaza.
Colin Gleeson


Wed, Aug 6, 2014, 10:59
First published:
Wed, Aug 6, 2014, 07:05

Supervalu last night moved to clarify a newspaper report which yesterday claimed the supermarket chain was involved in a boycott of Israeli products due to the ongoing conflict in Gaza.

A report in the Herald claimed a group-wide email was sent to its 232 stores nationwide, stating that products originating from Israel were to be withdrawn and disposed of “at store level”.

Following queries from The Irish Times last night, a statement from Supervalu, which is part of the Musgrave Group, said the chain “is not involved in a boycott of Israeli produce” and has a policy “of not taking a position on international affairs”.

“Supervalu has a long and proud history of supporting Irish producers as much as possible,” said the statement. “75 per cent of products in our stores are produced and sourced locally in our communities.

“However, due to the unpredictable climate in Ireland there are occasions when we are required to source products from further afield in order to meet customer demand. We prioritise supply from the UK and Europe when Irish product is not available.

“Very occasionally we source some products from Palestine and Israel when we cannot get sufficient supply from our main markets. We currently have sufficient stock from our usual supply market with no goods ordered from Palestine and Israel at this time.

“Supervalu is not involved in a boycott of Israeli produce and ultimately consumers will make their own purchasing decisions. We understand that this is an emotive issue, however, we have a policy of not taking a position on international affairs.”

The statement came after Irish trade union Mandate released a petition calling on Irish food retailers to cease selling Israeli produce.

Supervalu says it is not involved in boycott of Israeli produce

 

[docmauser1]

Ireland’s biggest food retailer drops Israeli produce, as European boycotts surge ...

I've always thought of that activity as a novel campaign of convincing jews that, there's nothing like home, sweet home, of course. We may, very well, even happen to hear palistanian hysterics about it.

 

[Hossfly]

Still a couple hours till the close. Sodastream posted my little investment today. BTW, I spent the past month in Germany and visited many relatives and friends. Kinda funny that almost everyone had a Sodastream in their home. Looks like the boycott is working. Not.




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[Beelzebub]

Haha.

Supervalu is NOT boycotting Israel.
They are just for commercial reasons clearing their shelves of Israeli stock and not restocking.

Everybody wins!

 

[Beelzebub]

Still a couple hours till the close. Sodastream posted my little investment today. BTW, I spent the past month in Germany and visited many relatives and friends. Kinda funny that almost everyone had a Sodastream in their home. Looks like the boycott is working. Not.

Of course not Hoss.

Not with your friends. That is a special group of people.

And not much with Germany. They supply free nuclear capable subs to Israel.
And Germans like genocidal types. They have a soft spot for you.

 

[Hossfly]

Haha.

Supervalu is NOT boycotting Israel.
They are just for commercial reasons clearing their shelves of Israeli stock and not restocking.

Everybody wins!

Congratulations on the boycott, Bub! You win a seegar.

 

[Beelzebub]

Cuban, I hope.

 

[Challenger]

As I've said before governments may have to suck up to the Zionists, but the people are a different matter, chip, chip, chip..another brick is dislodged, another step taken.

Boycott 'forcing Sainsbury's to sell up in Egypt' - Telegraph

 

[Beelzebub]

Yep.

Governments are good are locking people up or killing them.
Much less good at policing shopping habits.

 

[toastman]

I love watching the anti Zionists making a big deal out of something sooooo minute while getting excited over it!
It's quite entertaining

 

[Roudy]

Still a couple hours till the close. Sodastream posted my little investment today. BTW, I spent the past month in Germany and visited many relatives and friends. Kinda funny that almost everyone had a Sodastream in their home. Looks like the boycott is working. Not.

Of course not Hoss.

Not with your friends. That is a special group of people.

And not much with Germany. They supply free nuclear capable subs to Israel.
And Germans like genocidal types. They have a soft spot for you.

And we know you Muslims are the non genocidal, peaceful types. Yup.

 

[toastman]

Roudy, Hoss: let these idiots have their little 'victories'

After all, it's all they have

 

[Beelzebub]

In comparison with the children the IDF has killed, are the boycotts a greater or lesser victory?

 

[ForeverYoung436]

In comparison with the children the IDF has killed, are the boycotts a greater or lesser victory?

The boycott hasn't made a dent in Israel's economy.

As for the children, here is what Golda Meir said: "When the Arabs decide that they love their own childrem more than they hate Israelis, then peace will finally come."

 

[Phoenall]

In comparison with the children the IDF has killed, are the boycotts a greater or lesser victory?

Listen to the Palestinians and what they have to say, that will give you a clearer picture


Palestinians: BDS Activists Are Troublemakers, Criminals

The Palestinian Authority's move against the BDS activists shows that it considers the movement a threat to Palestinian interests.

A Palestinian Authority official in Ramallah explained that BDS and its followers make the Palestinians appear as if they are all radicals who are only interested in boycotting and delegitimizing Israel.

"No, we do not support the boycott of Israel." — Mahmoud Abbas, President, Palestinian Authority.

 

[Challenger]

In comparison with the children the IDF has killed, are the boycotts a greater or lesser victory?

...Listen to the Palestinians and what they have to say, that will give you a clearer picture...

Well...one "Uncle Tom Palestinian" who was educated in Israel and writes for the Jerusalem Post perhaps...with lots of references to "unnamed officials" (i.e. "anonymous sources", which usually means he's making it up, see Fox News). Abbas' term as President expired several years ago, so his personal views are irrelevant. Given he's kept in power by Zionist Israel and the USA and seen as a Quisling by many Palestinians, the whole article can hardly be seen as an unbaised analysis.

 

[Challenger]

In comparison with the children the IDF has killed, are the boycotts a greater or lesser victory?

The boycott hasn't made a dent in Israel's economy...

Two words, Carmel Agrexco.

 

[Daniyel]

Raccccistssss!! !
BDS movement are racists.
BDS gone bad | Because even an activist can turn out to be a racist
https://www.google.com/url?q=http:/...v5SeqA&usg=AFQjCNEOeXmhf_fUTp8h30jTxznAA-63FA
https://www.google.com/url?q=http:/...2z7nwQ&usg=AFQjCNHgYjzz0KtuaNBQ4vYzpfT2NkDi1Q

 

[Challenger]

Chip, chip, chip, another brick dislodged.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/israel-ends-export-eu-settler-210452220.html#FR2MIb3