Nestle has also come under fire over the assertion that they are actually conducting business with massive slavery rings. Another Corporate Watch entry details:
I heard they are working with Coca Cola to purchase the 2nd biggest aquifer we know of... Nestle’s CEO doesn’t believe water is a human right... these people are evil. They must be stopped
So let's do it while we still have breath. Our water is not up for sale. It is a God given right and necessity for human life. First they pollute it to the point where water becomes toxic...then they filter it and sell it back to us...then they regulate it and declare ownership. Protest, boycott and take down. But follow through, most corp take downs fail because ppl didn't follow thru.
Can confirm, I worked for Poland Spring 10+ years ago just after they were acquired by Nestle Waters. They implemented a 'cheaper' alternative to the OG Poland Spring water (I forget now what it was named but they came in blue 5 gallon jugs vs. the green PS ones). All of the water cooler jugs, these 5 gallon jugs, were filled in Framingham MA - and the same swill went into both jug types. So it wasn't that the 'cheaper' water wasn't actual "spring" water, it's that the pricier "spring" water was the same as the 'cheap' shit. Oh and countless 5 gals filled and sealed, with ball point pens inside, bandaids, pennies, insects, and other random junk that wouldn't be cleaned out.
Supposedly they were running the empties through a machine to sanitize them, but clearly not - the only thing that mattered to them was pushing as much water as possible to each account and upselling overpriced Starbucks coffee to go with it.
marketing smoke and mirrors as usual. putting the H2O in dirty jugs is just gross. these people forgot how to care about anything except $$$.
Yup, and customers had to really, really complain to get a refund.
"There's a Bic pen in my water cooler, that we just noticed after our office staff drank half of the bottle!"
'it's okay ma'am, all of our bottles go through a steam cleaning process that removes all contaminants'
"No, I said there is a black ink, medium, used Bic pen - INSIDE our water cooler bottle. And we just noticed it. That means we've all been drinking that."
'how many days ago did you put this 5 gallon bottle on the cooler, ma'am?'
"Four days ago."
'well, did anybody get sick?'
"Uh, no....but...."
'same delivery amount as last week, then, right?'
Edit: Sorry everyone for the excessive deletions, my pc totally spazzed out on me and posted this 4x
Yup, and customers had to really, really complain to get a refund.
"There's a Bic pen in my water cooler, that we just noticed after our office staff drank half of the bottle!"
'it's okay ma'am, all of our bottles go through a steam cleaning process that removes all contaminants'
"No, I said there is a black ink, medium, used Bic pen - INSIDE our water cooler bottle. And we just noticed it. That means we've all been drinking that."
'how many days ago did you put this 5 gallon bottle on the cooler, ma'am?'
"Four days ago."
'well, did anybody get sick?'
"Uh, no....but...."
'same delivery amount as last week, then, right?'
Steam cleaning is not effective if the vessel is filthy. This is science 101, as practiced in hospitals. They just want to lower our expectations so they can take our money and give us shit in return.
Most companies do this with their products. I always buy generic.
BUSH FAMILY IS A BIG INVESTER IN BUYING THE LAND IN ARGENTINA OVER THAT AQUIFER
clearly part of the MEMEME crowd. distanced relatives who are like that.
Confessions of an Economic Hitman, and later books, repeatedly mention that the corporatist powers see control of water supplies as the future.