• Herbal Gamer@sh.itjust.works
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    20 hours ago

    Ok but this kind of stuff is usually given to the place as promo gifts since they have a contract to supply the drinks.

    Those bar ans restaurant owners all over the world aren’t always big fans of Heineken, but if they give you Parasols for your terrace in summer, you’re gonna put them up.

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      19 hours ago

      I remember seeing these things everywhere growing up 20+ years ago. Nowadays there are much fewer of them for some reason.

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        19 hours ago

        Breweries are more frugal and don’t give much stuff away anymore. It also didn’t help that representatives of the brewery would drive into towns and see their parasols at houses everywhere.

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          18 hours ago

          Pretty much every single bar/cafe I see in the Netherlands has these branded parasols, and the vast majority are beer brands (Heineken, Brand, Hertog Jan, Jupiler are all ones I regularly see)

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            18 hours ago

            They can probably buy them cheap from the brewery, or the bars are outright owned by the brewery.

            I heard this from a bar owner I know, he had the experience with Grolsch that they could freeby him a few kegs of beer once in a while but not give merchandise other than small stuff.

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    17 hours ago

    Lucky Southern Hemispherian! It’s been scorching hot here in the NorHem for two months straight. (June was of course more gay than straight.)

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    20 hours ago

    I would go out of my way to order Coca-Cola and when they say “is Pepsi ok” look them dead in the eyes and say no just to fuck with them.

    • Droechai@piefed.blahaj.zone
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      20 hours ago

      Do you think the server you are making uncomfortable in any way influences the deals the establishment does with other companies?