I was told today that Nestle own the company that make the Fairtrade chocolate. Is this true?!!!
2006-10-06 08:39:07 · 6 answers · asked by No_More_Drama 4 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
No — Nestle didn’t change their ways due to my costumed protest earlier this year. Nestle’s product line remains adamnantly fair trade chocolate-less: “A Nestlé spokeswoman said it had no plans to bring out its own fair-trade chocolate products.”
But this megacorp, often-boycotted for — among other things — using child labor to make its choco bars, has gotten into the fair trade choco biz through a weirdity in the way corporations work these days.
From The Guardian: “Nestlé will this week acquire a stake in a leading independent British supplier of fair-trade chocolate as part of L’Oréal’s purchase of Body Shop.”
Nestle owns more than a quarter of L’Oreal, which is buying Body Shop, which owns 14% of Day Chocolate Company, which makes Divine chocolate, Dubble bars, and Co-operative Group’s brand of fair trade chocolate.
Writes the Guardian: “Now experts in ethical trading are watching how Nestlé will use its muscle in the fair-trade chocolate sector.” The Day Chocolate Company says it doesn’t know what’ll happen, and the Co-operative Group, Day’s largest customer, won’t comment as of yet.
These chocolate products are just in the UK, so part-Nestle-owned fair trade chocos won’t be in the US anytime soon, as far as I can tell…
Update, 7/13/06: Nestle’s now gotten outta fair trade chocolate.
2006-10-06 08:47:32 · answer #1 · answered by rltouhe 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No its not true! They have their own fairtrade coffee after jumping on the bandwagon but for many years have been boycotted for selling powered babymilk to under developed countries.
When my children were babies the health centre had posters all over the place warning people not to buy from Nestle as they were doing this.
2006-10-06 08:46:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They have recently launched a "fair trade" coffee, but do not own the "fair trade" brand
2006-10-06 08:41:27 · answer #3 · answered by Pinkcherryblossom 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i heard something like this as well a long time ago then... Wouldnt be suprised if they were. it s a very big company...so...
2006-10-06 08:42:36 · answer #4 · answered by Laugilde 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
naa..Fairtrade chococlate is made by ???????? cant say...top secret..ha ha
2006-10-06 08:49:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
REALY
2006-10-06 08:40:46 · answer #6 · answered by chuco 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋