To boycott Aperol?

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Aperol is part of the Campari group, which has subjected a decent guy, Steve, from the North East to a long court case for wanting to call his village microbrewery beer ‘’Dark Sky”.

(Campari produces a “Skyy” vodka and claimed people could be confused).

Also imo Aperol tastes grim unless you are on holiday, but that’s not the main reason here).

Here is Steve:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/06/08/village-microbrewery-wins-battle-drinks-giant-name/

Who DO these companies think they are?

I suggest boycotting Aperol as no one under 85 yrs drinks Campari anyway.

not. a. chance.

In may event i. uy once a year for big family bbq

i take it you’re a big fan?

Also imo Aperol tastes grim unless you are on holiday,

so what does you boycotting it look like?

Well I love a negroni which has Campari in it so sorry Steve it's a no from me

Not buying it (to have as an option for friends).

what we talking… a bottle a year?

And presumably you’ve passed this on to all your aperol loving friends?! 😆

do you purchase from amazon ever?

We get through a lot more than 1 bottle a year- especially this time of year.
But not any more 😔
Solidarity with Steve.

Nope- Cancelled Prime last year. My kids would kill me!!

I will be happily sipping on my Aperol Spritz tonight. Some of us have real life problems to worry about

what was your motivation?

although given your posts on amazon failing to deliver a book you wanted, i suspect it was more to do with service than ethics! 😆

so weird

you hate it and think it’s grim and think no under 85 enjoys it

and yet you buy multiples of bottles…. lots of very aged relatives?

Surely you're better off buying vodka from Steve than boycotting Aperol if you want to show solidarity?

I mean beer from Steve 🤣
Don't any of your friends/ relatives drink beer?

Boycott it if you want to - you don't need to ask MN for permission, do you?

True! Until my children helped me see the light 😀

Ethical buying decisions can be a bit more time consuming, though it doesn’t take long in cases like Campari vs Steve🤣

It’s just useful to highlight bullying behaviour by big business of the Steves of the world.
But no more Aperol in my drinks cupboard.

I’m sure there are lots of similar examples I’m not aware of 😬

Well I’m 42 and drink campari. As per my user name 😉

Gransnet will be awash with posts from tour many friends and relatives over 85 who are no longer being served this by you

Have you shared this with your aperol loving friends OP for whom you buy a lot of bottles for every year?

I presume you’ll now buy a caseload from Steve OP?

Hehe- it’s Campari I associate with aged relatives not Aperol. I didn’t buy Campari in the first place but did buy Aperol.
So maybe the aged relatives were already on Gransnet berating me for lack of drinks options.
And I don’t mean to be ageist, it is just an impression of the brand having its heyday a very long time ago. Didn’t the Queen enjoy it?

have you made your order yet?

have you forward this article to them or just anonymously on mumsnet?

It's disgusting anyway!

Aldi do a good knock off

You seem quite over invested in a light-hearted thread crayfishmum!
You don’t work with the Campari legal team do you 🤣