The Ultimate Couponers Road Map

[torontogal12]

What an eye opener. Thank you! Surprised by all the ice cream at Unilever. And the cosmetic/creams at Nestle!!!!!!! I think they forgot Simply Orange under Coca Cola

[lecale]

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[aussie]

Thanks for posting!

[2010ontest]

Thanks lecale to be the first one... but thanks alot to the OP who found a way to show it to more people on the board.

This is a really amazing map and super visual... This remember me the sc scan thread with coupon listed under "mother corporation"... This exercise was a big "open eyes"

Maybe this map could be add on the sc scan thread!!! lol

[hello_kitty]

Very Interesting.

[jemwars]

Wow I thought coke owned more than that, very surprised. What a great map though thanks for posting.

I think a lot of people would be very surprised that just a few years ago Coke actually almost went into bankruptcy!! There company was in serious jeopardy of closing. Seems that they (for many years) thought that their name and product was going to stand the test of time all on it's good name. As people started to turn away from "unhealthy soda" and more to "healthy juices" they thought there was no need to change. They really were shocked to find out it just wasn't going to hold up and over the past couple years have begun to really try to change the products they are putting on the market.

Let's hope it works out for them!

[2010ontest]

hum...nestea is under Nestlé or under coca-cola? I saw them at both place on the map...

where is Danone and Saputo? lol!

[lecale]

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[jezz]

wow...that is amazing...a bit Chomsky'ish tho! The whole food industry controlled by a few mega corporations.

If we choose, we can live in a world of comforting illusion.
Noam Chomsky

[torontogal12]

Saputo is a Canadian publicly traded company on its own. Nestea has to be Nestle. Look at the name. I don't believe anyone who says otherwise lol

hum...nestea is under Nestlé or under coca-cola? I saw them at both place on the map...

where is Danone and Saputo? lol!

[JadeDragon]

Brands get bought and sold and companies combine and split regularly. Wrigley used to be independent not too long ago for example.

I grew up in the food business and still follow it. Many of you enjoy products that carry my family name (no not any of the brands listed).

Except for Kelloggs (who only manufactures their own brands), nearly all these companies make store brand and no name products in the same factories with the same ingredients or at most slightly different formulations. If you look at the name brand and store brand packages they are often the same size and shape with the same caps etc The change the package color and label.

My family manufactured food that went in a big bin and then into branded or store branded bags based on orders.

Later, we bought a Pillsbury/Green Giant factory where they canned veggies etc (now closed). I learned that all the cans went in the warehouse without labels. When corn was ordered they pulled a corn pallet and added GG or store brand label to match the order.

I've toured a factory that fills soap, shampoo, body wash etc bottles. It's all the same basically.

An ice cream plant I serviced makes branded and store brand products.

I also know lot about a big brand name water facility - name brand and store brand, all filled on the same line with exactly the same process. Only difference is the label and price.

Paying more for a brand name product vs store brand is just throwing money away.

Kelloggs also owns Morningstar Farms/Worthington/Loma Linda meat substitutes.
Kraft owns Boca
Hain Celestial is missing from the list - they are a growing second tier public co that owns a long list of brands http://www.hain-celestial.com/brands.php

[LauraWill]

This is awesome!

[Venuila]

Definately very interesting, thanks for posting!

[aDavis1984]

That's fantastic!!! I just learned some of these recently others I had no clue where they stemmed from!! Thanks so much!!!!

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[aDavis1984]

JadeDragon : thanks that was exactly what I have been thinking nice to know I'm not crazy!!! I will say some no name and pc etc. Has a stranger taste but only certain products.

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