Thread: Damn........it's hard to be a little food company with any kind ofconscience anymore and not get snarfed up by big conglomerates

This article is very eye opening.

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Ben and Jerry’s is far from alone. The typical pattern for a new,
successful, triple-bottom-line company is that it quickly gets gobbled
up by a major corporation — usually the leader in its field.
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..Silk Soymilk was bought by Dean Foods, America’s largest dairy
company; today, most of Silk’s products are no longer organic. Horizon
Organic Milk is also now owned by Dean Foods. The organic brands
Cascadian Farms and Muir Glen are now part of General Mills. The
natural toothpaste-maker Tom’s of Maine was bought in 2006 by Colgate-
Palmolive. The juice-maker Odwalla’s Web site advertises it as “earth-
friendly” and as “a business with a heart” but nowhere on the site
will you find the information that it is a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Coca-Cola. Stonyfield Farms yogurt company is owned by Dannon. The
Body Shop was bought by L’Oreal in 2006. The cereal maker Kashi was
bought in 2000 by Kellogg, Naked Juice is owned by Pepsico and granola-
maker Back to Nature and Boca Burger are subsidiaries of Kraft.

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Now there is the "B" Corp. The article explains.


http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com...conscience/?hp