Yahoo and TheStreet.com published an article today listing various niche (mom and pop)brands that are now owned by major corporations. Here is a quick list of the brands and their parent companies.
Seattle's Best Coffee owned by Starbucks (Purchased 2003)
Boddington's owned by Bud maker Anheuser-Busch Inbev
Tom's of Maine owned by Colgate-Palmolive
Kashi owned by Kellogg
Nantucket Nectars owned by Dr. Pepper Snapple Group
Stonyfield Farm owned by Groupe Danone (2001)
Schwinn (Bicycles) owned by Dorel Industries (2001/2002)
Ben & Jerry's owned by Unilever
Stowe Mountain Resort owned by AIG (Yes, the same AIG that was bailed out with US tax dollars of $47.5 billion!)
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