Administrators Nathan Posted May 3, 2012 Administrators Posted May 3, 2012 This is crazy... 10 companies in the US control almost 100% of the "choices" that we have when it comes to consumer products. We feel that we have a choice, but we really don’t. This is a cool example at how massively successful "house of brands" can become. Quote
CHiLL Posted May 3, 2012 Posted May 3, 2012 It is shocking to see, but to be honest I'm not surprised. Conglomerates just buy up everything. Quote
Thomas Posted May 3, 2012 Posted May 3, 2012 Think about Fast Food? KFC, Pizza Hut, Long John Silvers and Papa Johns (i think i'm missing one) are all run by the same Compnay: Yum Internation Quote
Administrators Nathan Posted May 3, 2012 Author Administrators Posted May 3, 2012 (edited) Ah thought Pepsi owned all of them at one time, maybe that's who owns Pepsi. Edited May 3, 2012 by Nathan Quote
Thomas Posted May 3, 2012 Posted May 3, 2012 Pepsi is a company in it's own right although Pepsi and Yum International have a lifetime contact to supply there stores with Pepsi (except a few stores in the USA that were surviving Coke before all this came about) Quote
SpikeTheLobster Posted May 3, 2012 Posted May 3, 2012 Years ago, I used to work for a company that did some IT training at a Unilever site on the edge of London. I remember their site shop was awesome because they had the company's products on discount and we were allowed to pick stuff up because we were contracting with them (and because they liked us). The first time I walked through the shop, I was stunned at how many different brands (many of which produce the same thing) were available - all owned by Unilever. More often than not, you wouldn't even notice they owned it unless you read the tiny, tiny little trademark info on the back somewhere. Incredible how big companies just keep getting bigger and bigger. The other thing I remember is the awful smell when they were cleaning the fish oil tanks (gasometer sized ones) and the wind was blowing the wrong way.... ewwwww. Quote
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