To stop buying Fevertree tonic over their sponsorship of the US Republican Conference?

I don’t know anything; I’ll be honest I got it out of a craft gin club box and my DH made me a faux gin with it (pregnant) and I thought it was pretty special when I had it.

Will definitely look into them further though-especially if they’re a lovely company (makes it taste even nicer!) Thanks for the heads up

The standard water they do is lovely too.

Do you know much about them? They're such a genuinely lovely company.

Can we slander a non-British brand without evidence?

Oh for heavens sake, neither Starbucks nor Fever Tree are “sponsoring” this or any other political event.

Ooh, thanks. On it! Thats the thing, there are ALWAYS plenty of alternatives.

I second this! Tried it at the weekend and was pleasantly surprised. Not cheap, but for special occasions it’s lovely

Aw shite, if that’s true then Fevertree are off the shopping list, forever.
Don’t like Starbucks anyway, but they are an American firm. What’s Fever tree’s excuse?? They’re U.K. based. Other than we want loads more cash thanks.

and for those saying boycotts
don’t work? Sometimes they are the ONLY things that work, hitting the £€$¥ is often the only way to get companies to pay attention.

Look what happened to Budweiser.

Yes and when you actually educate yourself beyond reading an article in the Washington Post you will know that when you factor in demographics such as age and disability of the states residents the subsidy factors out to zero.

Fever Tree tonic isn’t all that special any more. Here are some in my opinion more interesting alternatives:

https://luscombe.co.uk/collections/tonic-water
buy direct or from Amazon.

https://www.londonessenceco.com/drinks/tonics/
Love the pomelo and pink pepper one. In Tesco, Waitrose, Amazon…

https://www.fentimans.com
Some interesting flavours, quite strong…in supermarkets

@ZenNudist excellent idea, what with Schweppes in Europe being owned by Coca Cola, a company which tends to score worst on any measure related to carbon emissions and ethics. Oh and Coke is also Trump’s favourite drink.

Interestingly, someone has added to Fevertree’s Wikipedia entry to state they have sponsored the (US) 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

It seems strange (or maybe seeking to make trouble if untrue), as Fevertree themselves have said they aren’t sponsors of the event. They certainly have a lot of awards, and are involved in a campaign to eradicate Malaria (the quinine connection, I suspect).

It's not a Nat Con (national conservatives) event. It's the Republican National Convention (RNC), the democrats will hold theirs (DNC) in August.

I've never heard anyone refer to national conservatives the way you have so I doubt you have either.

Yes I will tell DH to avoid it from now on. Schweppes is fine for day to day and I was already planning on switching grapefruit soda for one by a nicer make I found

Just get Aldi or Lidl version - taste exactly the same and way cheaper

Well, the owner is an odious piece of shit, so no surprises.

@GrumpyPanda Do you not see a connection between the decimation of traditional industry and the rise of MAGA?

As a huge range of businesses have demonstrated (from Disney to Target, Bud Light and many more) embracing the more extreme “woke” tenets doesn’t tend to do much for the bottom line.

Your do realise that the way American fiscal federalism works it's the blue democratic states subsidizing red states, right? Funny how the "workshy" are so much more productive.

'The Silicon Valley tech giants are all backing Trump as they believe he will prevent any billionaire wealth taxes and will reduce workers rights. I cannot believe ‘the little guy’ thinks he’s on their side.'

So are you boycotting Google, Apple, Microsoft?

Or just picking on a small company who's products you don't really use?

You don't have to buy any product or brand.
Any product or brand can sponsor who they like and people can make choices on that. Tonic water isn't a necessity.
Not sure what the point of this post is tbh.

We boycott any company that is woke or openly left wing biased.

Regardless of your political position be it left or right, it's good to show large corporations that they would be better off being neutral if they want to please all of their customers.

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2016/01/child-labour-behind-smart-phone-and-electric-car-batteries/

One of the allegations of child labour is cobalt used in Microsoft, Apple, Samsung and Sony. I think China is involved in the forced labour end. Thinking of changing to an electric car soon. Now, worried about that.

I can highly recommend Marlish Water tonic as an alternative.

The Silicon Valley tech giants are all backing Trump as they believe he will prevent any billionaire wealth taxes and will reduce workers rights. I cannot believe ‘the little guy’ thinks he’s on their side.

I will avoid Fever Tree. Clearly they stand with the removal of abortion rights, and Trumps VP, Vance who once said that married women should be barred from the workforce.

Trump is a genuine threat. He has openly declared he wants to end democracy. His biggest backer, the billionaire Peter Thiel (who Vance used to work for) has also stated he believe democracy should end. Theil has also bought citizenship in New Zealand in anticipation of a civil war in America. These are very dangerous people.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jun/26/silicon-valley-tech-market-donald-trump-joe-biden-wealth-tax-big-tech-venture-capitalists

So no good reason to boycott a small British company, no doubt employing quite a few people, for something that didn't actually happen?

@Meadowfinch that’s not what Fevertree has said. You can’t seriously believe that Starbucks are “sponsoring” the RNC. Or Visit Milwaukee for that matter or most of the other “partners”.

Starbucks has made it clear they are providing coffee and drinks to first responders and that they will do the same for the Democrat National Convention in August. Shock horror, a commercial enterprise supplying its products irrespective of customers’ political opinions, whatever next.