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Did you know...
Pepsi owns Stacy's Pita Chips?
I don't know why I am posting it on this board, but for some reason it almost feels like a "green" topic when a huge huge corporation buys out these small companies (Stacy's did become pretty big, but still..)
For some reason it turns me off a little to the company.. not that Stacy's was 'green', but it is like Clorox owning Burt's Bees or all the stuff that Pepsi owns, makes me feel less trusting for some reason. Of course, I'm not going to "boycott" Stacy's, but it bums me out that they sold out.
Re: Did you know...
I kind of agree with this. I think companies can have the same values that they did before being bought out by bigger companies. But when companies completely change what they stand for that or their products change, it bothers me.
Bands are the same way. Some of my favorite bands have caught a good break and are now popular. It doesn't make the music any less enjoyable because other people are listening to it.
I think they can still have good practices, but don't usually. So many of the 'natural' and 'better' brands in stores are owned by megacorporations and filled with high-pesticide, GMO ingredients.
Even so, all things equal, I'd rather support a smaller company.
I've never heard of Stacy's, maybe its a regional thing.
I agree with Alisha. In my experience, when a small company gets bought out, the mega corporation makes it cheaper to produce (increasing their profit margin) by adding processed sugar and oils, which are GMO, and lower quality produce which has pesticides.
Also, one of my key criteria to purchase a product is that it contains no animal ingredients and isn't tested on animals. I loved Tom's of Maine for a long time because they fit those criteria. Tom's still does, but Colgate-Palmolive does not. So hence I don't buy Tom's anymore.
With all the smaller companies getting bought out, and those new mid-size companies getting bought out, that means a smaller and smaller number of companies control a bigger and bigger piece of the food, personal product, and cleaning product markets. It's the illusion of choice when there really isn't any.