The map that shows how 10 mega-companies control everything you buy

The map that shows how 10 mega-companies control everything you buy

That is depressing. They left out Monsanto though. :tinfoil:

Hi Norm,

Where's Surefire on that image? And what's the blue squiggle responsible for Haagen Daaz etc?

Basically, you're money always ends up going to 'The Man' no matter where you spend it, it's just life in the First World after all.

NTW, I am suprised that Coca Cola seems to have such a small piece of the pie by this diagram.

Go down one level in the supply chain and it is even worse. The huge agri-businesses like Cargill and Archer Daniels Midland supply processed food to all these consumer product companies. Processed food like high fructose corn syrup.

yoyoman said:

Go down one level in the supply chain and it is even worse. The huge agri-businesses like Cargill and Archer Daniels Midland supply processed food to all these consumer product companies. Processed food like high fructose corn syrup.

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Woah - that's storing up a whole heap of serious culpability right there!

Nyctophiliac said:

Hi Norm,

Where's Surefire on that image? And what's the blue squiggle responsible for Haagen Daaz etc?

Basically, you're money always ends up going to 'The Man' no matter where you spend it, it's just life in the First World after all.

NTW, I am suprised that Coca Cola seems to have such a small piece of the pie by this diagram.

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General Mills.

Am I the only one who doesn't see what all the fuss is about? My reasoning is that there's still a lot of competition between these 'big players', no-one holds a monopoly over the market.

And those are only American/Global brands. Nestle owns Uncle Toby's now too, which isn't included. I'm sure there are a whole swag more local brands owned by these multinationals.

Nyctophiliac said:

Where's Surefire on that image?

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: D

And those ten companies are all owned by Weyland-Yutani, also known simply as the company oo:

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It's all junk food & bathroom stuff.

...soon, to all be owned by the _________

orbital said:

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It's all junk food & bathroom stuff.

...soon, to all be owned by the _________

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terlet.

I just went through the entire map in detail (twice) and found only six items that our household purchases. That calculates to 6 / 293 = ~2%.

• Coke
• Wrigleys' Extra gum
• Ivory soap
• Sun diswashing detergent
• Purina cat food
• Comet cleaner

Allmost all of our groceries are wild / locally-produced / organic (& independent producers) and virtually all of our meals are made from scratch.

My point being, there is a very viable alternative to processed foods & mass-marketed consumer products.

What is ironic is that I have a modest long-term investment in Berkshire Hathaway which has done quite well by owning significant amounts of some of the posted brands/companies.


"The silence of the yams" :candle:
Michael Pollan

Yeah, what PhotonWrangler said where's Monsanto?

Then there's this



LoLs at M$

Got me with some of the toiletries, gotta clean myself up from time to time. And Fruitopia was discontinued over a decade ago..

All these conspiracy theories are nonsense. Soon, you'll be talking about how these companies conspire with big-agri conglomerates to control congress, and even help to write laws to legally avoid paying taxes and instead subsidise themselves.

Since they have our best interests in mind, all of this is worrying about rainbows.

obi

A&W owned by Kraft and Coke?

Obijuan Kenobe said:

All these conspiracy theories are nonsense. Soon, you'll be talking about how these companies conspire with big-agri conglomerates to control congress, and even help to write laws to legally avoid paying taxes and instead subsidise themselves.

Since they have our best interests in mind, all of this is worrying about rainbows.

obi

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Political Comment deleted. - Norm

A&W Root Beer (not the restaurant chain) is owned by Dr. Pepper Snapple Group (NYSE DPS yesterday's close 48.66 is down slightly from the 52 week high of 50.37)

Thanks for posting that fascinating chart Norm....and for starting this interesting thread.

While we are talking about corporate consolidation and control of consumer goods, let's not forget that the same phenomenon has been going on with the media. Control of the media is vital for control of the consumer. (and some other stuff too.)

Also see:
http://i.imgur.com/NcIU0lM.jpg

Consolidation of the media explains why when you read news about an event you see practically the same article posted word for word on many different news sites.