A STAUNCH Buy Muslim First (BMF) advocate is likely to find himself in hot soup after having accused hypermart chain Lotus’s Malaysia of boycotting Gardenia bread purportedly over the bread war with Massimo.
In retaliation, Ashraf Al-Kahfi (@ashraf_alkahfi) who is a digital creator and social media personality whose content focuses on “Agama”, “Bangsa”, “Tanah Air” and “Perniagaan Muslim” (Muslim business)has further rallied Malay Muslims to boycott Lotus’s in favour of Mydin – the epitome of Malaysian Muslim consumerism.
“I received information from lorry drivers that Lotus’s is in the midst of boycotting Gardenia product range,” penned the rightist Threader in a post that has since been deleted.
“If this is true, Malay Muslims ought to boycott the Lotus’s hypermart. At best, they should shop at Mydin which is owned by Muslims.”
This was when an anti-ragebait Threader Nadzim (@nadzimruddin) highlighted a screenshot he saved from the original post of (@ashraf_alkahfi).
“Anyone saw @ashraf_alkahfi fitnah (slander) of @lotussmalaysia earlier?” he mocked. “Deleting the post is of no use for people have already saved the receipt.”
Apparently, the awareness sparked by @nadzimruddin triggered a slew of calls to Lotuss’ Malaysia to contemplate legal action against the preposterous post by the BMF advocate.
“Sue please @lotussmalaysia to serve as a deterrent/lesson to walaun (diehard PAS supporters) who like to slander,” echoed a few commenters.
Other interesting reactions are as follows:
- “Malay and boycott can never be separated.”
- “@lotussmalaysia please sue the person who spread false accusations against your company. Don’t request him to make an apology. Let him pay a fine.”
- “Malay Muslim”👀. Don’t embarrass your own race and religion. Slander first and then play the victim.”
List of brands / things got boycotted by Malaysians. I’m starting an Excel tracking sheet now
Aug: Uniqlo Hijabs
Sept: Adidas, Avisena Hospital
Oct: Oriental Gopi, Waze & Azerbaijan
Nov: Hyrox Malaysia, Lotus’s (new entry)
Keep em coming 😁
True enough, the accusation by @ashraf_alkahfi has no basis given fellow Threader Syahir (@sya.hi.r) came across evidence of Lotus’s Malaysia been stocked up with Gardenia’s range of bread.
“This was at 8pm last night at Lotus’s IOI Mall … all kinds of Gardenia bread were scattered and had in fact, just arrived (expiry date is a week later). It seems like Gardenia bread is more abundant than Massimo here,“ observed the witness.
Recall that Bangkok-based Charoen Pokphand Group (CP Group) acquired Tesco’s operations in Malaysia and Thailand in December 2020.
By 2021, all former Tesco Malaysia stores were officially re-branded under the Lotus’s name. – Nov 13, 2026
