What's your list of banned brands?

SethranKada@lemmy.ca to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml – 175 points –

What brands do you avoid at all cost? I don't keep up with the news all that much, and many of the reasons to avoid something don't make it there anyway. So I'm asking here to make a big list of things to avoid. It could be anything from bad security practices to really frustrating packaging. Working as a cashier myself, I definitely know there are plenty of brands I avoid purely on the basis that their product is a pain to stock.

On the flip side, what's the alternative? If you avoid Pepsi, for example, what do you turn to instead?

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Fair enough. I've never been, don't much like coffee, and I can't say I ever plan to go there. They don't sound like the most pleasant of places to relax in.

Even if you like coffee, they make absolute shit coffee. Go to a local coffee place instead. I like my Vietnamese coffee, so any Vietnamese coffee place will give me much better cup.

i wish the vietnamese places here did sugar free. every time i ask, they act like i grew a new eye right in front of them; but sugar might as well be poison for a diabetic old fart like me.

The defining feature of Vietnamese coffee is sweetened, condensed milk. Personally I don't think I've seen sugar-free condensed milk. Not sure how you could make it.

Personally I don’t think I’ve seen sugar-free condensed milk. Not sure how you could make it.

it's everywhere except vietnamese coffee places.

I guess coconut milk would work. For dairy milk though unsweetened≠sugar free. Looks like there are plenty of unsweetened condensed milks, but I don't see any that are sugar free. Gotta get rid of the lactose for that.

Oh, the starbucks "thing" isn't even coffee. You're not losing anything by not going.