somewhere_in_VT t1_je0ph2s wrote on March 28, 2023 at 4:01 PM

While unions are good, Nestle owns Starbucks and nestle is bad.

ETA- fair enough, the US stores and the coffee they serve there is Starbucks and not nestle, ~~it’s privately owned by Howard Schultz~~. Nestle has rights to sell SB “ready to drink” coffee in a couple foreign markets as well as SB branded packaged coffee.

AKAManaging t1_je0qomu wrote on March 28, 2023 at 4:08 PM

This is simply incorrect. Nestle doesn't "own" Starbucks.

Nestle doesn't own Starbucks, they simply are licensed to sell and distribute Starbucks products.

LetsGoHome t1_je0sv6s wrote on March 28, 2023 at 4:22 PM

Nestle distributes their bagged and branded coffee and I'm not even sure they have the rights within the US.

sad0panda t1_je4segl wrote on March 29, 2023 at 12:40 PM

Howard Schultz doesn't own Starbucks either. It's a publicly traded company.

somewhere_in_VT t1_je4sy5o wrote on March 29, 2023 at 12:44 PM

Thank you for the correction!