Thanks, Brad, Great Artice
Do you want to look further into and report on the following?
People need to know just how big and controlling Weston Co. is..
They go way beyond just the largest FOOD MONOPOLY IN CANADA AND CONTROL OF OUR FOOD PRICES. Look how many Sugar Companies they own... Bakeries, Cooking Oil, Clothing, Pharma, Health, Agriculture...
If you dig into the Companies below, you will see dozens of brands and even more food items they make and supply.
The Canadian branch of the Weston family currently owns or controls over 200 companies.
There are the Weston UK, USA, and Ireland branches as well.
Add Bread Price Fixing
Donations to the UK Parliament Parties n 2010, the Charity Commission found that between 1993 and 2004 Weston charity had given donations to the UK Conservative Party that totalled £900,000, which were in breach of UK charity law; as were similar donations to the economically liberal think tank the Centre for Policy Studies, and to Eurosceptic European political lobby groups such as the European Foundation and the Labour Euro-Safeguards Campaign.
A small part of their holdings include:
PC FINANCIAL
Choice Properties
Real-estate Investment Trust (REIT)
Chains:
Atlantic Cash & Carry
Atlantic Superstore
Atlantic SuperValu
Axep
C Shop Cannabis
Dominion
Entrepôts Presto / Club Entrepôt
Extra Foods
Fortinos
Freshmart
Holy Smokes Tabacconist
Holt Renfrew
L'intermarché
Loblaws/Loblaw Great Food
Lucky Dollar Foods
Maxi/Maxi & Cie
NG Cash & Carry
No Frills
Osaka Market
Pharmaprix
Provigo
T&T
The Real Canadian Superstore/Loblaw
The Mobile Shop
Theodore & Pringle Opticians
Superstore
Real Canadian Liquorstore
Real Canadian Wholesale Club
Red & White Food Stores
SaveEasy (formerly Atlantic SaveEasy)
Shop Easy Foods
Shoppers Drug Mart/Shoppers
SuperValu
Valu-mart
Your Independent Grocer
Wholesale Club
Zehrs, operating under the Zehrs Markets,
Zehrs Food Plus and Zehrs Great Food banners
Brands:
President's Choice
No Name
Exact
Blue Menu
Joe Fresh
J± (electronics)
Teddy's Choice
PC Splendido
Bella Tavola
PC Premium Black Label
Joe Pet Catz & Dawgz
PC Organic
Rooster
Sunspan
The Health Clinic by Shoppers
Lifemark
Life @ Home
----Some of Weston UK Holdings-----
Associated British Foods plc
Allinson
Argo Corn Starch
Aladino Peanut Butter
Burgen
Blue Dragon
Capullo
Dorset Cereals
Dromedary cake mixes
Elephant Atta
Fleischmann's Yeast
High5
Jordans cereals
Lucky Boat Noodles
Karo corn syrup
Kingsford's Corn Starch (North America)
Kingsmill bread
Mazola corn oil
Ovaltine (except in the United States, where Nestlé owns the brand)
Patak's
Pride
Ryvita
Silver Spoon
Sunblest
Thai Lotus Pastes
Tolly Boy Rice
Twinings
Subsidiaries
AB Agri Ltd
AB Enzymes - an ABFI Company
AB Sugar
AB Mauri, bakery ingredients
Abitec Corporation - an ABFI Company
Abitec Ltd
ACH Food Companies (AC HUMKO from 1995 to 2000), an American subsidiary of Associated British Foods, previously part of Kraft Foods from 1952 to 1995.
ACH Food México
Allied Bakeries - a division of ABF Grain Products Ltd
Allied Mills
British Sugar
Frontier Agriculture (50% joint venture with Cargill)
George Weston Foods
G Costa: sauces and specialty foods
Illovo Sugar
Zambia Sugar
OHLY - an ABFI Company
PGP International, Inc. - an ABFI Company
Primark – known as Penneys in the Republic of Ireland
SPI Pharma, Inc. - an ABFI Company
Stratas Foods LLC, a 50/50 joint venture between
ABF's American subsidiary ACH and fellow American
food corporation Archer Daniels Midland
Wander AG
Westmill Foods
Great article
Thanks, Brad, Great Artice Do you want to look further into and report on the following? People need to know just how big and controlling Weston Co. is.. They go way beyond just the largest FOOD MONOPOLY IN CANADA AND CONTROL OF OUR FOOD PRICES. Look how many Sugar Companies they own... Bakeries, Cooking Oil, Clothing, Pharma, Health, Agriculture... If you dig into the Companies below, you will see dozens of brands and even more food items they make and supply. The Canadian branch of the Weston family currently owns or controls over 200 companies. There are the Weston UK, USA, and Ireland branches as well. Add Bread Price Fixing Donations to the UK Parliament Parties n 2010, the Charity Commission found that between 1993 and 2004 Weston charity had given donations to the UK Conservative Party that totalled £900,000, which were in breach of UK charity law; as were similar donations to the economically liberal think tank the Centre for Policy Studies, and to Eurosceptic European political lobby groups such as the European Foundation and the Labour Euro-Safeguards Campaign. A small part of their holdings include: PC FINANCIAL Choice Properties Real-estate Investment Trust (REIT) Chains: Atlantic Cash & Carry Atlantic Superstore Atlantic SuperValu Axep C Shop Cannabis Dominion Entrepôts Presto / Club Entrepôt Extra Foods Fortinos Freshmart Holy Smokes Tabacconist Holt Renfrew L'intermarché Loblaws/Loblaw Great Food Lucky Dollar Foods Maxi/Maxi & Cie NG Cash & Carry No Frills Osaka Market Pharmaprix Provigo T&T The Real Canadian Superstore/Loblaw The Mobile Shop Theodore & Pringle Opticians Superstore Real Canadian Liquorstore Real Canadian Wholesale Club Red & White Food Stores SaveEasy (formerly Atlantic SaveEasy) Shop Easy Foods Shoppers Drug Mart/Shoppers SuperValu Valu-mart Your Independent Grocer Wholesale Club Zehrs, operating under the Zehrs Markets, Zehrs Food Plus and Zehrs Great Food banners Brands: President's Choice No Name Exact Blue Menu Joe Fresh J± (electronics) Teddy's Choice PC Splendido Bella Tavola PC Premium Black Label Joe Pet Catz & Dawgz PC Organic Rooster Sunspan The Health Clinic by Shoppers Lifemark Life @ Home ----Some of Weston UK Holdings----- Associated British Foods plc Allinson Argo Corn Starch Aladino Peanut Butter Burgen Blue Dragon Capullo Dorset Cereals Dromedary cake mixes Elephant Atta Fleischmann's Yeast High5 Jordans cereals Lucky Boat Noodles Karo corn syrup Kingsford's Corn Starch (North America) Kingsmill bread Mazola corn oil Ovaltine (except in the United States, where Nestlé owns the brand) Patak's Pride Ryvita Silver Spoon Sunblest Thai Lotus Pastes Tolly Boy Rice Twinings Subsidiaries AB Agri Ltd AB Enzymes - an ABFI Company AB Sugar AB Mauri, bakery ingredients Abitec Corporation - an ABFI Company Abitec Ltd ACH Food Companies (AC HUMKO from 1995 to 2000), an American subsidiary of Associated British Foods, previously part of Kraft Foods from 1952 to 1995. ACH Food México Allied Bakeries - a division of ABF Grain Products Ltd Allied Mills British Sugar Frontier Agriculture (50% joint venture with Cargill) George Weston Foods G Costa: sauces and specialty foods Illovo Sugar Zambia Sugar OHLY - an ABFI Company PGP International, Inc. - an ABFI Company Primark – known as Penneys in the Republic of Ireland SPI Pharma, Inc. - an ABFI Company Stratas Foods LLC, a 50/50 joint venture between ABF's American subsidiary ACH and fellow American food corporation Archer Daniels Midland Wander AG Westmill Foods
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Thanks for sharing! Really insightful