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| Danish dairy returns to the Middle East |
| 2006-04-08 |
| Danish-Swedish dairy company Arla Foods has said it is getting its products back into stores in the Middle East. It supplied 50,000 stores in the area before the publication in Denmark of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed triggered a boycott of Danish goods. Arla's butter and cheese are back in 3,000 stores across the region and 31 of its largest clients in Saudi Arabia will start selling them from Saturday. To win back trust, it is now sponsoring Arla said it had contacted the Danish Red Cross for help in finding the right humanitarian causes in the region to provide assistance to. The Danish-Swedish company estimates that the boycott will cost it £37m ($64m) this year. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #4 Pretty hard to drink sand, melt it on your pita or fry your lamb chops in it, eh? So, let's see now, doesn't collaborating with these Danish blasphemers constitute violation of the numerous fatwahs pronounced against them? Shouldn't bomb-vested jihadis be going after the Saudis in droves? Oh, wait, that would be logically consistent, a concept utterly unknown in Islamic countries. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-04-08 14:21 |
| #3 IIRC, Arla agreed to throw Israel under the bus when they signed agreements with the Soddies. Fat lot of good it did them. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2006-04-08 11:56 |
| #2 Actually, Eric, I would think it should be the Arab countries that pay for victims of islamist violence and the boomers they create, fund and train. SA in particular. Let Denmark choose it's own beneficiaries and hope they choose well. |
| Posted by: Thinemp Whimble2412 2006-04-08 10:28 |
| #1 Are they also supplying products to stores in Israel? Inquiring minds want to know. I suggest that they help provide medical care for survivors of suicide bombings in Iraq and Israel. Somehow, I think that's not what Arla will do. |
| Posted by: Eric Jablow 2006-04-08 01:03 |