Nestle has a long history of doing lots of fucked up things. I try to use as few Nestle products as possible. I don't get why government can't regulate these companies which has a monopoly on everything you eat or drink[1]
It's depressing as hell that a company like Nestle was allowed to buy a company like Roundtree.
It's a reminder that no matter what a company's founder's principles are as soon as it goes public it's a target to have all that reversed by people with no principles at all.
Upvoted your comment because it’s so true. The Quakers have a great tradition of setting up ethical enterprises. I mostly know Rowntree because of the chocolate but I also remember the family came to Ireland during the Great Famine to provide relief to the victims of racist British “laissez faire” economics.
By the way, the name is spelled “Rowntree” (I also used to think the first syllable was “round”).
You can just Google "ice cream brands market share" and learn that Nestle has nothing resembling a monopoly on ice cream. The 5 top brand owners combined represent less than 1/3 of the market.
Because we operate on a banlist instead of an allowlist of ingredients. Banned sugar in baby porridge? Oh, we just broke down the wheat (to simpler carbs/high insulin response)
As someone whos home is directly underneath two of them: their flowers somehow get through 2mm gutter guard mesh, and rot (which is annoying as heck and slippery if you're not paying attention).
They're pretty, for sure, but they're not without their detractors
Another tree used as a street tree here is white cedar (native) and it would have the same problem with rotting flowers, plus far more annoying fruit/berries that cause slips and try to start rogue trees all over the place.
Incidentally, what are considered ideal street trees? I know plane trees are out of favour (lots of leaf litter, annoying flower ball thingies). Crepe myrtles aren't tall enough for roadside plantings.
Yeah there's also the Leopard Tree which has the same problems around leaves too (we have one of those above our house as well!). I honestly don't know what would be better, I don't know enough about trees!
Nestle has a long history of doing lots of fucked up things. I try to use as few Nestle products as possible. I don't get why government can't regulate these companies which has a monopoly on everything you eat or drink[1]
[1] https://wyomingllcattorney.com/images/nestle-list.png