Monday, October 18, 2010

What Companies Own the Smaller Well Known Brands

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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