Amathani ayizinkulungwane ezimbili zamazambane embewu yaseScotland athunyelwa eRussia yiPepsiCo Corporation ngemvume esemthethweni kahulumeni waseScotland, ngokusho kwe-portal Potatoes News.
Njengengxenye yesivumelwano neSaltire Seed, amazambane azothunyelwa ngohide lwamaloli ayi-100 ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezizayo futhi ekugcineni afinyelele emakethe yokudla okulula yaseRussia. Isivumelwano kulindeleke ukuthi sibize u-£600. Ukuthunyelwa kwempahla kwamanye amazwe kuza ngesikhathi lapho izinkampani eziningi seziyekile ukuhwebelana eRussia, kanti iPepsiCo ngokwayo imise ukuthengiswa kwePepsi-Cola nezinye iziphuzo. Kodwa-ke, i-PepsiCo igcizelele ukuthi isivumelwano samazambane siqhubeke, futhi uhulumeni waseScotland wenza lokhu ngokunikeza amalebula adingekayo kanye nezitifiketi.
Amazambane aseScotch ekuqaleni kwakufanele alethwe olwandle, kodwa abathumeli banomuzwa wokuthi kuzoba nzima ukuthola imikhumbi ezovakashela amachweba aseRussia, ngakho uhlelo lwashintshwa.
Izenzo zikaPepsiCo zenze abantu baseYurophu bagxekwa, kodwa umkhulumeli wenkampani waphawula kanje: “Njengenkampani yokudla neziphuzo, manje kufanele siqhubeke sithembekile kunangaphambili ocingweni lokusiza abantu ebhizinisini lethu, ngakho-ke siyaqhubeka nokweseka amaRussia angama-40. abalimi abathintekayo ohlelweni lwethu lokuhlinzeka ngempahla njengoba bebhekene nezinselelo ezinkulu.”
U-Tim Halliwell, oyi-CEO ye-Aberdeen-based Saltire Seed, naye usivikele isivumelwano, ephawula ukuthi ukunikezwa kwembewu yamazambane ngeke kunqanyulwe kalula: ukuhlela nokuqonda izidingo ezithile zemakethe ngayinye.