Mn, do you know that Miriam Stoppard,your latest recruit in the ceaseless campaign to get us to buy even more unnecessary crap for our children works for Nestle and is hustling health journalists to join her at the Nestle luxury HQ in Switzerland to ...

[moondog]

Read all about it in Baby Milk Action

Lovely lady eh?

What are you all going on about - where is Miriam? Why won't someone tell me? Is it a secret?

Willow, have you clicked on Moondogs link in the opening post?

Yes, but it goes on about her and Nestle - where is Nestle on the site? I can't see it or her.

Press Active Convo's - she's flashing about at the top of the screen, on an advert for Bepanthen.

I read it how faq did, but, on second reading, I'm not clear....

I wish I knew who they were.... lol

So does Neslte own Bepanthen then?

What's the problem with Bepanthen?

click on moondog's link.

miriam and nestle

I'm still looking for the ad in question.......

Nowt about Bepanthen on the link - it's a different company, isn't it?

Willow - Miriam Stoppard is 'helping' Nestle promote a 'seminar' on it's products, and, is advertising another product on MN.

We dont like Nestle.

Willow - I think Miriam Stoppard is advertising Bepanthen, and she works for Nestle (or something like that) - don't actually know what she looks like and still haven't see the advert lol

I do get the Miriam Nestle connection (and, having been a member on here since 2001 am well aware that Nestle isn't liked) just not sure how MN can ensure that anyone who has ever been connected with Nestle doesn't appear in another ad for a totally unconnected product... unless we issue a hite list?

that should read hit (hadn't forgot to type s)

Well I suppose if product sales of say Bepanthen drop because of mums being aware of her connection with Nestle, she may come to be seen as a marketing kiss of death for other products and not get the advertising deals.
Which may longer term make her think long and hard about her association with Nestle.

Didnt do anything with Davina McCall.

She was working with NCT AND advertising L'oreal.

Mind you, the NCT have started 'charging' for advice so I cant say I'm surprised.

Hello, hello,
No we didn't know Miriam Stoppard worked for Nestle not least because we haven't recruited her (not unless she's our new Tech that is ).

I gather there must be an ad running on the site with Miriam on - is that right? The way our advertising works is that we outsource most of it (though there are some folks who approach us directly) to an agency. Our agency handles all advertisers who come via media planners etc. Our agency has a list of banned advertisers/ products. On it are the following:
Nestle, Macdonalds, formula milk products, political parties, pawn, red top newspapers, plastic surgery ads.

By Nestle we mean companies that are majority owned by Nestle or have a strong brand association - eg Nescafe. Minority stakes (eg L'oreal) are where we've chosen to draw the line because as I understand it they've a big pension fund and a lot of minority stakes.

But if I'm understanding you are objecting to any product that Miriam Stoppard is associated with - and her books I guess which are recommended by many Mumsnetter in our best parenting book review? Is that right? Follows on that we should boycott any and all products endorsed by anyone who has also been associated with Nestle I suppose - and even Supermarkets because they sell Nestle products, as do petrol stations, cinemas etc etc?

I guess the only way to be purer than pure is to not accept any advertising at all - but sadly we have running costs and we don't think asking folk to pay to use Mumsnet is viable...

So we have our policy as listed above which we hope makes a point. We turned down a nestle campaign only this week. We have also said no to Macdonalds, several formula milk companies, lots of slimming pill companies and The Sun in the last 12 months, plus countless pop-up, pop-under key word and sub site type of activity, much to our ad person's chagrin.

If folks feel we should add to our current banned list then please do feel free to let us know and tell us why and of course we'll consider it.

ps VVVQ we aren't "not doing a book on breastfeeding" we just haven't persuaded our publisher to publish one (yet...)

Cheers,

M Towers

The sodding ad has disappered now! Must be on an hourly loop or summat.

Here's the next best thing

Ahhh, the winds of change are a'blowin'.