Azerbaijan gives up Coca-Cola because of Jewish director
Unknown people, hiding behind well-known names in Azerbaijan, use various levers of influence to put pressure on retail facilities and push the production of Coca-Cola out of the market shelves, Azerbaijani website Haqqin.az writes.
“One does not have to be specially gifted to fail to notice that Coca-Cola’s outdoor and media advertisements have disappeared from Baku, the fridges of the company have been taken away from many supermarkets, and many shops have totally given up their sale. Notably, they do not give up the distribution of coke alone, but also the other drinks produced in the factory, including the ordinary Bonaqua,” the website points.
According to Haqqin.az, one of the reasons is that the company is headed by a Jew, “who spends the money earned in Azerbaijan against the Palestinians.”
The “underground struggle of giants,” who try to monopolize the soft drinks market in Azerbaijan, is another factor, the authors of the article believe.
The unhealthy business environment in Azerbaijan has forced a number of prominent brands to leave the country. In March 2012, the Swiss company Nestle, which distributes food products worldwide, cut off the supply of its whole assortment to Azerbaijan, following a regional audit, which had revealed corruption in the financial relations between the local distributor and customs authorities of Azerbaijan.
In 2014, the largest chain of supermarkets in Baku stopped its cooperation with Coca-Cola and refused to sell its products because of the fact that the representation of the company in Azerbaijan had released a large batch of drinks whose cans were emblazoned with the logo of the Azerbaijani youth movement NIDA.
On 25 July 2014, the outlawed Islamic Party of Azerbaijan attempted to organize a protest in front of the Israeli Embassy in Baku, which was dispersed by the officers of the law enforcement agencies. In the same month, some supermarkets in Baku also decided to cease selling the production of Coca-Cola company believing that the company is owned by the Israelis. The boycott was stopped after being actively mocked in the social media.
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