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sherilocks Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-11-04 02:25 PM
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Pepsi Cola Board of Directors Information (Sinclair Boycott)
Pepsi Cola Products

Pepsi-Cola:
Frito-Lay:
Quaker:
Gatorade:
Tropicana:

Call the PepsiCo Board: (866) 626-0633


Write the PepsiCo Board:

700 Anderson Hill Road
Purchase, NY 10577

Email: BoardofDirectors@Pepsi.com
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Bluzmann57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-11-04 02:29 PM
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1. DAMMIT!
I just bought a 12 pack of Pepsi. There are some things I don't think I can give up. Will either call or email though.
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michigandem2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-11-04 02:30 PM
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2. thank god I'm a coke drinker! LOL! nt
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Generator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-11-04 03:18 PM
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5. Aa ha...I always knew Pepsi was evil!
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KharmaTrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-11-04 03:39 PM
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7. I'm Still Boycotting Pepsi From When Nixon Was On Their Board
Talk about carrying a grudge, eh?

BTW...I avoid Taco Smell & Kentucky Fried Cholesterol for the same reasons.
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aden_nak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-11-04 02:36 PM
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3. My Letter:
Makers of Fine Beverages-

First off, I really like Pepsi. I go out of my way to make sure that the cola I am drinking is, in fact, a Pepsi-Cola. I much prefer it to Coca-Cola and, as it happens, I also vastly prefer Sierra Mist (formerly Slice) to Spirt and 7-Up. I drink what is probably an unhealthy amount of Pepsi each day, and I don't mind doing it one bit.

However, there are things I love more than my caffinated soft drink of choice. One of them is my country. Another is honesty. And so, like many of my other politically charged friends in that coveted 18-25 demographic, I am joining in the boycott of Sinclair Broadcasting, and by extension anyone who advertises with them or invests in them. I was highly disappointed to notice that Pepsico was on that list.

You see, Sinclair Broadcasting has decided to force its affiliates to pre-empt their normal programming in order to run a very biased, politically slanted movie slandering John Kerry.It is concerned with his war record, and it is riddled with innaccuracies, distortions, and just out-and-out lies. Sinclair Broadcasting is putting this on the air 2 weeks before the Presidential election.

Their Public Relations Vice President has insisted that it's simply a news piece (and has compared it to reporting car bombings and economic news on their daily broadcast). It's kind of hard to believe that sort of rhetoric when 96% of all Sinclair campaign contributions go to GOP candidates, and when the very VP that made these commends runs an editortial that attacks John Kerry's war record on a near-weekly basis.

So now you know my reasons. And I'm standing by them. Bluntly put, I will have nothing to do with ANYONE handing these political shills so much as a single dime. And if that includes the makers of my beloved Pepsi, well, so be it. But as a loyal consumer, I must urge you to tell Sinclair that you won't have anything to do with THEM if they insist on such partisan, politically biased activities.

-Aden
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Oreo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-11-04 03:01 PM
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4. No Longer a Pepsi Drinker
Edited on Mon Oct-11-04 03:01 PM by Oreo
Emailed this to the following:
To: BoardofDirectors@Pepsi.com
Cc: mhyman@sbgnet.com dsmith@sbgnet.com jdefeo@sbgnet.com sales@kmwb23.com promotions@kmwb23.com programming@kmwb23.com

In front of me is the last Pepsi I will drink until you stop advertising with Sinclair networks.

Affiliating your name and products with a network that airs Sinclair's blatant political leanings over public airwaves is my reason.

Learning that they are forcing all of their stations to air anti John Kerry propaganda was the last straw.

As a longtime Pepsi drinker, Frito eater, KFC goer... this is not going to be easy for me. I love your products. I cannot however continue to buy products from a company that gives money to companies like Sinclair.
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deadparrot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-11-04 03:36 PM
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6. done!
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TexasSissy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-11-04 03:42 PM
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8. I own Coca Cola stock, thank goodness! Was going to buy Pepsi,
but I think I'll hold off.

But I think some of my mutual funds have Pepsi. But I can't start selling mutual funds because they own tiny percentages of this or that company that I don't like. They all own tiny percentages of companies I don't like. That's the bad thing about mutual funds. That's part of owning mutual funds.
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BUSHOUT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-11-04 03:42 PM
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9. Full list of Pepsi products and "YUM" toll free contact info......
go here

YUM is another big Sinclair advertiser.
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kemche Donating Member (58 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-11-04 03:43 PM
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10. More Pepsi Products
Here are some more PepsiCo products...

Pizza Hut
Taco Bell
KFC

I used to work at Pizza Hut long time ago. When I was working there they had an AD campaing with the Rush as their spokes person.

I don't know what to think of then because I wasn't into politics before but if they do the same I would be pist.

KG
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in_cog_ni_to Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-11-04 03:49 PM
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11. done. n/t
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