List For Kelloggs Boycott

[lame54]

http://www2.kelloggs.com/Product/ProductByBrand.aspx?id=943

All-Bran® Products
Apple Jacks® Cereal
Austin® Cookies and Crackers
Carr's® Products
Cheez-It® Crackers
Chips Deluxe® Cookies
Club® Crackers
Crunchmania™ Products
Eggo® Products
EL Fudge® Sandwich Cookies
Famous Amos® Cookies
Fruit Flavored Rolls
Fudge Shoppe® Cookies
Gripz®
Hydrox® Cookies
Jack's® Cookies
Jackson's® Cookies
Keebler® Cookies and Crackers
Keebler® Grahams Crackers
Kellogg's® Cereals and Snacks
Kellogg's™ Cereal Straws
Kellogg's™ Cocoa Krispies® Cereal
Kellogg's® Corn Flake Crumbs
Kellogg's® Corn Flakes Cereal
Kellogg's® Corn Pops® Cereal
Kellogg's® Cracklin' Oat Bran® Cereal
Kellogg's® Crispix® Cereal
Kellogg's™ Crunchy Nut™ Granola Bars
Kellogg's® Froot Loops® Cereal
Kellogg's® Frosted Flakes® Cereal
Kellogg's® Honey Smacks® Cereal
Kellogg's® Keebler Cookie Crunch™ Cereal
Kellogg's™ Live Bright™ Brain Health Bars
Kellogg's® Low Fat Granola
Kellogg's® Mini-Wheats® Cereal
Kellogg's® Mueslix® Cereal
Kellogg's® Nutri-Grain® Products
Kellogg's® Product 19® Cereal
Kellogg's® Raisin Bran® Cereal
Kellogg's® Raisin Bran Crunch® Cereal
Kellogg's® Smart Start® Cereal
Kellogg's™ Smorz™ Cereal
Kellogg's® Special K® Products
Kellogg's® Stuffing Mix
Kellogg's® Yogos® Snacks
Krispy® Saltine Crackers
Morningstar Farms® Veggie Foods
Morningstar Farms® Natural and Organic Veggie Foods
Murray® Cookies
Murray® Sugar Free Cookies
Pop-Tarts® Toaster Pastries
Ready Crust® Pie Crusts
Rice Krispies® Cereal and Treats
Sandies® Cookies
Scooby-Doo!® Crackers
Soft Batch® Cookies
Themed Snacks
Toasteds® Crackers
Town House® Crackers
Vienna Cremes® Sandwich Cookies
Vienna Fingers® Cookies
Wheatables® Crackers
Worthington® Loma Linda® Veggie Foods
Worthington® Veggie Foods
Zesta® Crackers

[Parche]

1. why we boycotting Kellogs?

:shrug: :hi:

[Captain Hilts]

2. I think it's because Phelps contract expired. It's seen as being fired for smoking weed.

Kellogg's had announced a cut back in this kind of endorsement.

[Parche]

3. every company

is cutting back

[vaberella]

5. Was it now?! And it was all around the weed thing.

Thank God they're stopping the waste in advertisement. Those guys cost way too much. Anyway I didn't even support what Phelps did.

[baldguy]

6. So what? Phelps was stupid for smoking weed. Kelloggs is stupid for firing him.

Starting a boycott because they fired him is stupid too.

Call me when they start murdering children to make their corn flakes.

[vaberella]

9. Apparently it wasn't firing so much as contract ending and not renewing.

Do you have any bloody idea what they spend on these guys? Phelps was probably raking in millions through the endorsement when it could be spent on their workers. Remember we're having lay off issues and getting rid of Phelps helps in the cut down since there are laborers and workers in need of that money.

I think it was a smart move that he was booted. I hope the funds they saved by getting rid of him (for good reason if we count weed smoking as bad) on the workers in their factories who are getting laid off one by one. I had one friend who was unfortunately laid off by the Kellogg's company because they couldn't afford it. Now they're cutting back in the right spots.

[LynneSin]

13. Damnit, they aren't goin g to release their Solyent Green Flakes

:cry:

[Javaman]

69. I wouldn't worry to much, I heard they were pretty chewy anyway. nt

[Sequoia]

20. Their cereal is way too high as it is.

There's always General Mills and Nabisco.

[Lost4words]

25. Well the FDA allows them to use melimane! is that enough!

big difference here between the night and the day crew.

[Captain Hilts]

34. Evidently, Kellogg's had announced his contract wasn't going to be renewed...

along with those of others as part of a cutback.

[lame54]

7. "It's seen as being fired for smoking weed"?

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedishrag/2009/02/kellogs-dumps-m.html

Cereal and snack manufacturer Kellogg's has announced that it will not renew its sponsorship contract with Olympic champion swimmer Michael Phelps

The reason? According to AP, because Phelps acknowledged smoking marijuana in a bong pipe. Duh.

The company claims that Phelps's behavior — caught on camera and published last Sunday in Britain's News of the World — was "not consistent with the image of ."

[jobycom]

4. Morningstar AND Worthington. Sorry, dumbass shouldn't have toked.

Yeah, it shouldn't be illegal, but it is, and you sometimes have to make sacrifices to earn the big bucks.

[Lost4words]

26. the problem is Phelps had friends like you! nm

[jobycom]

29. I doubt it. I'd have told him not to smoke it in the first place, and especially

around anyone with a camera.

[Lost4words]

41. well you are just the smartest person I have ever known arent you.

[jobycom]

47. I don't know. that seems like quite an insult to a lot of people you might have known.

I'm still waiting for something that remotely addresses anything I've said. :shrug: That's generally the point of discussion boards. Not hurling personal insults.

[thewiseguy]

8. WTF?

[TacticalPeek]

10. Friends don't let friends buy Kellogg's.

http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/2009/02/06/kellogg-drops-phelps-after-photos/

[cherokeeprogressive]

38. Friends don't let friends with multi-million dollar endorsements smoke pot in front of cameras.

Friends who do aren't friends at all.

[ogneopasno]

11. Kelloggs has union labels on some of their products. I'm not going to boycott those.

Or the other ones, for that matter.

[blue_onyx]

12. I didn't see the big deal in Michael Phelps smoking pot

but I also don't see the big deal in Kellogg dropping him. Marijuana is illegal and engaging in illegal activities can damage one's career. I think marijuana should be legal but it isn't. Of all the things to protest a company for, dropping a celebrity spokesperson seems like a trivial reason.

[lame54]

15. Who do you boycott and for what reason(s)?

[blue_onyx]

21. There aren't really any companies I'm boycotting

[Lost4words]

28. how about for using tainted peanut butter? Whats that do for you?

[jobycom]

32. You'd do it for Randolph Scott!!

:wtf: How is tainted peanut butter related to Phelps smoking pot?

[Lost4words]

46. Plelps is proving to be an effective destraction Isnt it?

most of the posters on this lame thread dont even know the extent or when kellogg first knew of the problem.

And you the customer are going to pay for all those lost profits the recall causes, and the law suits. do you think kelloggs is going to EAT the losses? Come on think a little.

:wtf:

[jobycom]

54. If you've got some point, why don't you try to make it? Insults are so other-party.

If you are saying the Kellog's boycott is about something other than Phelps, then explain it in a reasoned, logical way--you know, like a liberal would. The OP doesn't say why to boycott Kellogs, the only reasons given so far are because of Phelps (a hot topic over the last few days, so a logical conclusion given a complete lack of any other explanation), and you're running around screaming insults at people who said nothing even remotely attacking you, and talking about melamine and tainted peanut butter.

If you have some reason we should boycott Kellogs based on their support of melamine and salmonella, and some evidence they are the only offender in this, spell it out. As it is, your posts on this thread just seem spacey and insulting.

[blue_onyx]

45. Did they knowingly use tainted peanut butter?

The company that made the tainted is where blame belongs since they knowingly sold the tainted peanut butter. Are you going to boycott every company that used that tainted peanut butter? How about boycotting every company that ever made any tainted food product?

[Ichingcarpenter]

14. Boycott Rush's advertisers

I don't eat any kellogg products on the list anyway.

I really don't care about this enough to put an effort into it.
The swimmer will still make millions.

[grassfed]

16. those are classic munchies

only pot heads eat that stuff.....

[lame54]

17. oh, the irony

[parasim]

19. Exactly. and they also are the only ones that would support a boycott.

Doesn't look like that boycott's going to go anywhere...


on edit... left out an "e"

[Lost4words]

30. dosen't have to, the point has been made!

but the point is also the tainted ingredents in their products, you are OK with that.

[Sequoia]

18. I had already decided to boycott them. Thanks for the list.

Who was the jerk who took and submitted the bong photo? Back stabber.

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[madokie]

22. Damn thats going to be hard to do as I see several of my fav's on that list

[Cheap_Trick]

23. Not going to boycott Kelloggs.

That's just lame.

[Name removed]

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[Rebubula]

24. Really...

...this is the dumbest reason that I have even seen for a boycott...

Wow...just wow...

[Name removed]

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[cherokeeprogressive]

27. Kelloggs has every fucking right in the world to put whose face they want on their product.

They also have the right NOT to put whomever they want on their product. Pot smoker or not. Phelps broke the fucking law. Surely there was a clause in his endorsement contract that would let Kelloggs off the hook if Phelps did something like this and anyone who would disagree with a product maker using such a clause doesn't understand business or the world of advertising.

I say this as someone who has a medical marijuana prescription in CA and smokes marijuana almost daily to combat arthritis brought on by two ACL reconstructs.

[lame54]

36. To hell with kelloggs (that's me exercising my rights) I'll eat here instead...

http://blogs.suntimes.com/sportsprose/2009/02/subway_accepts_michael_phelp.html

Subway accepts Michael Phelps' apology, wants him to make them some bread
By Kyle Koster on February 7, 2009 2:15 PM

It's been a pretty rough week for former American golden boy Michael Phelps. Photographic evidenced that seemed to show him enjoying the business end of a bong surfaced, he apologized, was punished and began to see his endorsement dollars dissipate.

But all is not lost for Mr. Phelps. Sandwich juggernaut Subway has announced they're sticking by the swimming star.
"Like most Americans, and like Michael Phelps himself, we were disappointed in his behavior," Subway, which specializes in sandwiches, said in a statement.
"Also like most Americans, we accept his apology. Moving forward, he remains in our plans."

[Sequoia]

68. So there, all you Kellogg misfits!!!

Run along litle children and eat your cereal.

[Name removed]

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[cherokeeprogressive]

48. I'm wondering why you'd call me a lemming... Oh yeah, you're one who doesn't know it's a myth...

Lemmings don't commit mass suicide like you think they do. Go look it up.

On the other hand, corporation or not, Phelps BROKE THE FUCKING LAW. Did you read my post? Or did it contain too many words for your attention span??

I'd guarantee he violated the terms of his endorsement contract and as such was subject to having it negated if it weren't time to renew it.

[lame54]

40. they do not have the right "to put whose face they want on their product."

they have to contract with the person

[cherokeeprogressive]

50. No shit? Wow! So you're saying I'm never going to see my face on a box of Wheaties?

I thought surely someone would notice my rugged good looks and decide to use me as a spokesphoto without first calling my home phone.

Thank you so much for that info! Contract... hmmm... I'm going to have to look that word up.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

56. nt

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

51. And I have the right not to buy their products for having a shitty policy.

So what's the problem?

[cherokeeprogressive]

52. Who said you didn't have that right? Me?

No problem here.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

57. Who said Kellogg's didn't have the right to drop Phelps?

[cherokeeprogressive]

62. It certainly wasn't me.

Or was it?

HiFructosePronSyrup... was that poor proofreading in your part or is it related to B1FF in some way? I've been wondering since I first saw your new nick.

[grannie4peace]

31. yes!!!! thank you for the info!!!

[katandmoon]

42. Phelps screwed himself, I have no sympathy for him at all. Don't blame Kellogg's.

[lame54]

44. Kelloggs could have showed some class like Subway...

who accepted his apology and kept him on

[Ioo]

49. Subway has lower standards. Still does not make Kelloggs a bad guy at all

[lame54]

53. accepting an apology from a person...

and not letting your stock portfolio guide you is a much higher standard

[kiva]

58. Maybe they have different buyer demographics?

I suspect that Subway figures that their patrons don't much care.:shrug:

[Ioo]

43. I think they should have dumped his... Sorry activities have consequences

You may not agree with the illegality of the activity, but it is, and he broke the law... PERIOD.

Now, if you want to get into a chat about the legality, that's another topic. I would not want someone with this type of publicity attached to my products...

[msongs]

55. most of those foods are just toxic junk. stick to whole grains and avoid kelloggs 100% nt

[demokatgurrl]

59. very useful list!

I don't eat their cereals but once in a while when the munchies get me, I love Famous Amos cookies. K & R

[shanti]

60. that's a lot of HFCS there!

another reason to boycott them.

[blue_onyx]

65. You going to apply the same standard to all companies?

HFCS is in so much of our food and drinks that there wouldn't be much left to eat/drink.

[shanti]

71. no

it's just ANOTHER good reason to boycott them.

[mikeytherat]

61. For those who state Phelps BROKE THE LAW and "gets what he deserves"

Well, he broke the law before. Multiple times:

http://www.duiprocess.com/phelps-dwi.php

Apparently "super-athlete DWI (while under-aged)" is exactly the kind of image these sponsors were comfortable with.

mikey_the_rat

[cherokeeprogressive]

63. Was he under contract at the time?

That he wasn't is a big factor in the argument you're trying to make.

I need to rethink my previous posts though, because upon reflection I don't know if there was pot in the bong or not. Saying he broke the law is a little premature on my part I have to admit.

[mikeytherat]

66. No, he wasn't under contract. That IS my point.

His other illegalities did not impede him from getting those contracts.

mikey_the_rat

[jobycom]

64. I think most people are making the point that it isn't enough of a reason to boycott Kellogs.

They didn't renew his contract, and it may or may not have had something to do with the pot smoking, but even if it did, most posters seem to be saying that they aren't going to boycott Kellogs because even if they disagree with the action, they can understand why Kellogs would do it and that isn't enough reason to boycott them.

Just my reaction to the thread, maybe filtered through my own opinions.

As for the DUIs, I can't get that link to load right now. Was he arrested while under contract with Kellogs?

[cherokeeprogressive]

67. The story is from 11/08/04 and says "last week".

[Political Heretic]

70. Any evidence that product boycotts have EVER worked?

No?

Then pass.

[NaturalHigh]

72. I'm not the least bit upset about Phelps smoking pot...

but there's no way I'm giving up Apple Jacks or Frosted Flakes. Phelps will make it just fine without Kelloggs.