Club Q Q107-Loyalty Club (Southern ON Only) v4

[The Jester]

The monopoly of junk producers who collectively aspire to keep poor health and obesity available aplenty; while they sit back and get stupidly rich at our expense


Just when you think there’s no end to the diversity of junk food lining supermarket aisles, an insanely detailed infographic comes along to set us all straight. Out of the hundreds of products at our disposal, only ten major corporations manufacture the bulk of what we toss in our shopping carts.So whether you’re looking to stock up on anything from orange soda to latte-flavored potato chips, Mondelez, Kraft, Coca-Cola, Nestlé, PepsiCo, P&G, Johnson & Johnson, Mars, Danone, General Mills, Kellogg's, and Unilever own just about everything you could hope to buy. It seems that six degrees of separation theory has been proven after all, if only because we all drink Diet Coke every now and then.
In order to visually elucidate that point, Oxfam International created a comprehensive infographic that reveals the extensive reach of the “Big 10” food and beverage companies. Unlikely ties between brands we largely don’t associate with one another show how easy it is to be misinformed about the American food system. For example, PepsiCo produces Quaker granola bars, and Nestlé makes Kit Kat bars but also frozen California Pizza Kitchen pies. To the surprise of many, Pineapple Fanta isn’t sourced straight from the mythical Fanta Islands, but canned right alongside Barq’s root beer at the Coca-Cola factory.

Obviously, the horrors extend far beyond our own shattered daydreams. Massive corporations squash entrepreneurial diversity and make it nearly impossible for startups and small businesses to compete. According to Oxfam’s report, “The world’s largest food and beverage companies have a lot of power – but you have more. And because they’re not using theirs enough to help poor communities or the planet, you can use yours to change the way they do business.”
If you’re looking to avoid contributing to the Big 10 world takeover, try shopping at local farmers’ markets and maybe skip out on soda and highly processed foods altogether. Your body will thank you for it in the long run anyway.


Go to this link to see the graph
http://qklnk.co/VIIxmB

[kawam]

Good Morning all. Happy Friday!

[heartgirl99]

good morning qts!

[heartgirl99]

a beautiful stretch of summer ahead!:

Today

Mainly cloudy. Wind becoming northeast 20 km/h this morning. High 28. Humidex 31. UV index 7 or high.



Saturday

	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
July 30	July 31	August 1	August 2	August 3	August 4
A mix of sun and cloud	A mix of sun and cloud	Sunny	Sunny	Sunny	Sunny
High 26°	High 26°	High 27°	High 27°	High 30°	High 31°

[heartgirl99]

traffic leaving the city will probably get heavy early today.

[Karl Stiel]

Morning All

[ROMEO]

Good Morning have a great Long w/end

[dededi]

Good morning everyone. Hope you have an awesome day!

[the H team]

TGIF Q sters,

It's the start of the long weekend. Have to work tomorrow, but it should be a slow one. Boss wanted to take his family away for the weekend. I agreed to work. At least I get the rest of Caturday, all of Psunday & Monday off. It's going to be a beauty weekend. Enjoy.

[Spartacus]

Good morning my Q friends. Happy Friday and the beginning of the August long weekend. Have an AWESOME weekend.

[rock lobster]

One for habs rule!
out on netflix now.
good movie, shows
how the U.S. banks
brought the world's
economy down......for the second time.

[rock lobster]

I have a very busy schedule today.
Dive for lost sunglasses.
Sun on shore.
Nap.
Repeat.
I'm tired just thinking about it.

[Lee03]

Sounds like you are having an amazing time in Florida Hicks!! Thanks for sharing your pictures!!

Hang in there h team... Maybe your boss will be nice and give you an extra day off sometime soon for holding down the fort and allowing their family to go away...



We started our week-end early and came up last night to avoid the traffic. It should be an amazing week-end!! Enjoy!!

[kenrod]

Good morning fellow Canucks!

I'm excited for the long weekend. But we have to get through the work day first.
Hopefully 5:00 will roll around quickly.

Have a great day folks!

[habs rule]

Good morning!

Hope everyone has a great long weekend!

Hicks looks like you are having a fabulous time in Florida!

Kenrod, are you leaving soon to NFLD? If so enjoy your trip!