[mesarvagya]

Obligatory r/fucknestle.

Nestle has a long history of doing lots of fucked up things. I try to use as few Nestle products as possible. I don't get why government can't regulate these companies which has a monopoly on everything you eat or drink[1]

[1] https://wyomingllcattorney.com/images/nestle-list.png

[Lio]

It's depressing as hell that a company like Nestle was allowed to buy a company like Roundtree.

It's a reminder that no matter what a company's founder's principles are as soon as it goes public it's a target to have all that reversed by people with no principles at all.

At least Roundtree's foundation survives.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Rowntree_Foundation

[Anthony-G]

Upvoted your comment because it’s so true. The Quakers have a great tradition of setting up ethical enterprises. I mostly know Rowntree because of the chocolate but I also remember the family came to Ireland during the Great Famine to provide relief to the victims of racist British “laissez faire” economics.

By the way, the name is spelled “Rowntree” (I also used to think the first syllable was “round”).

[tptacek]

In what sense does Nestle have a monopoly on everything you eat or drink?

[throwaway290]

GP exaggerated but I have experiences looking say for a bottle of water or ice cream cone that is not Nestle and failing (not in US)

[tptacek]

You can just Google "ice cream brands market share" and learn that Nestle has nothing resembling a monopoly on ice cream. The 5 top brand owners combined represent less than 1/3 of the market.

[throwaway290]

Monopoly is an exaggeration but it's little solace knowing it when the store doesn't stock anything else...

[ikekkdcjkfke]

Because we operate on a banlist instead of an allowlist of ingredients. Banned sugar in baby porridge? Oh, we just broke down the wheat (to simpler carbs/high insulin response)

[hombre_fatal]

So, they own a lot of packaged food brands?

Only my cat regularly consumes anything on that list.

[timeon]

Not even my cat.