Well, boycotts are targeted, orgainized actions meant to levy economic pressure on a party to achieve policy change. What do you want to change about Tim Hortons? Get better coffee? Pay fair prices? Stop using paper cups? Stop using so much fat and salt? I'd rather just get rid of them altogether. Same with the others in E/ Tamaran's list.

I don't patronize any of those stores, but it's not because of a boycott. I do it as a matter of principle, but I don't think I'm changing anything because to do so would be to assume that consumers have any power--that we can "vote with our dollar." We don't, and we can't. There are other ways to stop the mercenary, expolitive and violent practices of these companies. Personally boycotting "roll up the rim to win" won't do the job.