Corporations you patronize, even though they're part of the "bad guys"

[Taverner]

Me? Marriott. I do all my business travel through them. Yes they are run by RW Crazies, the Marriott family is up there with the worst of them.

But their hotels? All of them are comfortable. I have yet to find a chain with that level of comfort, size and location. Their point system is pretty good too. I fully endorse their product , not their politics.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

1. no one that i know of. i am trying really hard not to shop at large companies

the only corporations i use are trader joes, express clothing, ikea and h&m

even stopped using target. no target no walmart. still ok.

[Inchworm]

2. Lowes and CVS

I tried not doing it and using the local guys that have been here forever, but it costed me too much. Sucks I know, but what can ya do.

:hi:

[Phillycat]

3. No Lowes is good - it's Home Depot that's bad.

[graywarrior]

4. Lowes rules.

Home Depot sucks.

[flvegan]

5. Verizon, Mazda, Home Depot

It's almost impossible to be "pure" these days.

[Demonaut]

39. Damn, I had no idea that these corporations have cornered their

their respective market share...no more choices!?

[Deja Q]

6. Not all are bad...

It depends on your point of view; some are worse than others, and others still have a very braided record of good and not-so-good deeds. I don't think it's very black-or-white a scenario...

[Taverner]

9. I agree - I shop at Costco without any problem

But Marriott clearly is one of the bad guys

Still, they run a tight ship.

[KSinTX]

7. HEB grocery stores

Too lazy to make the trip to Whole Foods (who does a great job supporting local farmers) or the Farmers' Markets, so I slip down the the mega-grocery. Bear in mind there's no big grocery alternative unless I go to Wal-Mart (which I ain't) 'cause they ran Albertson's and Kroger out of the city/state pretty much.

[Hangingon]

10. We go to HEB

The only local chioce is Wal-Mart. I go to them too.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

12. HEB is cheap and good!

Much better than Mall Wart.

[ceile]

27. I shop at HEB

Randall's is too freakin' expensive. And I like supporting TX stores.

[Initech]

8. HP, Hell Computers, Verizon, GM

[Westegg]

11. I've never even seen a Wal-mart.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

13. What planet did you say you were orbiting? n/m

[LSK]

14. there are no Walmarts in the city of Chicago

Probably none in NYC either. Does Europe have them?

[TheMightyFavog]

16. They have themj in the UK

Only they're called ASDA over there, and they had a couple of locations in London when I was over there last year.

[tjwmason]

19. Asda are all over the place here.

They were around for quite a while before Walmart bought them a couple of years ago.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

30. the planet of large cities.

[Westegg]

33. Weird but true, I swear. Here's why...

...since the mid-'80s, I've lived in L.A. and NYC. Since 2000, I've been in NYC. No Wal-Marts here, and none in L.A. when I lived there. I assume there's one in my hometown of Pittsburgh, but I have not seen it during my infrequent visits back there.

I am, however, a regular at my local K-Mart.

Oh yeah--- I've been boycotting Exxon since even before the oil spill. This hasn't seemed to have hurt their profits any. Oh well. We do what we can.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

29. i saw one in canada. never seen one in the us.

[LSK]

15. Comcast??? Target??

I'm not sure anymore.

[Chan790]

17. Starbucks...

and I work there. :puke:

Good human rights record, great environmental protection record. Dedicated to treating employees great. All rare for a corporation in a commodities-buying business. Strangely, Starbucks even has a net positive effect on the business of small competitors typically.

Terrible record on:

animal exploitation (Actively supportive of it even. It's part of why I'm leaving soon.)
anti-labor
not terribly responsive to customer concerns.
support and partnership with other exploitative corporations.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

32. starbucks is a mixed bag. its a lot good and a lot bad.

hard to make a call on starbucks for me.

[Blue_Tires]

18. dell

i got my pc years ago, and i confess i didn't know much about their RW fundraising, but i have to admit it has served me VERY well over the last 5 years, and the customer service/tech support has always solved my problems...

[Connonym]

20. they're all bad

They're all out to screw the customer and the employee and make the CEO rich. Fuck 'em all. I wish I could live 100% self-sufficient.

[tjwmason]

21. Two of the biggies - Coca-Cola and Tesco.

I discovered yesterday that Schweppes Tonic is produced in the U.K. by Coca-Cola.

I buy my newspaper at a mini-Tesco (the largest supermarket in the U.K., notorious for its anti-competitive and anti-local community activities) each morning, because it drove the small independent convenience store out of business and I'd have to make a notable detour to buy it elsewhere (given that I don't drive).

[Tommy_Carcetti]

22. Cracker Barrel

Apparently they used to discriminate against gays or something like that, but I'm sorry, their country smoked sausage and biscuits are irresistable to me. Always have been.

[begin_within]

23. AT&T, only because I hate Cox more than I hate AT&T

[last_texas_dem]

24. Probably too many to count

Due to eating fast food too often; just about all fast food chains are part of the "bad guys."

Someone mentioned H-E-B above; I go there sometimes. It seems almost impossible to go to grocery stores that aren't Repug, though. I go to Kroger the most often. I know that they're at least unionized on some level, but I've read that they're Repug donors as well.

[AngryAmish]

25. I have boycotted Oberweiss for years

I am tempted, oh am I tempted.

[otherlander]

26. Burger King

Dunkn' Donuts

I love veggie burgers and boston cream doughnuts...:shrug:

[bikebloke]

28. About to move over to Comcast

For Internet. I've always used the little guys for my Internet connection. But the latest, Speakeasy, has turned crooked. There's a problem with a bad circuit board in the Central Office. And it's even been diagnosed by one of their few competent techies. But they'd rather charge me $200 to have some chap roll up to my flat. The alternative is Verizon, but the bad circuit board still needs replacing. So tonight I tell them to switch me off.

I have to wait till Sunday for Comcast to unlock my line (I'm self-installing). In the meantime, I've charged the batteries on my short wave radio for my news.

*Please copy all DU postings via carrier pigeon until then.

[siligut]

31. RW crazies, correct!

Marriott is the stepford wife of hotels. We stayed at one of their resort type hotels in the Virgin Islands. GOD! The staff was like programmed robots, hell, I haven’t stayed at a Marriott since, and would rather sleep in a gas station restroom.

[Taverner]

35. Well, they do pay their employees well

They make a point of paying above market rates to get above average service.

[Fox Mulder]

34. Wal-Mart.

It's the only store within 20 miles.

[LibertyLover]

36. Chick-fil-a

Yes, the founder's religious views are not my own by any measure, but I damn sure love their Chick-fil-a sandwiches. I'm going to try the new McDonald's southern chicken sandwich to see if I like it too. That way I can get my fried chicken sandwich fix without patronizing Chick-fil-a.

[Blue_Tires]

37. General Motors

Allstate
Blue Cross Blue Shield
Microsoft
Nike (even though i've only bought four things from them in 15 years, i'm sadly wearing new nike eyeglasses now)...dating back to high school, nike was the first company i ever made a point to boycott

[Demonaut]

38. Great, I would rather sleep in my car than know my money undermines

the country...sleep well and keep supporting the RW with indirect donations