Interstellar_1 ( @Interstellar_1@pawb.social ) to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 years agoWhat is an interesting fact that you recently discovered?message-squaremessage-square69linkfedilinkarrow-up1112
arrow-up1112message-squareWhat is an interesting fact that you recently discovered? Interstellar_1 ( @Interstellar_1@pawb.social ) to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 years agomessage-square69linkfedilink
minus-square Interstellar_1 ( @Interstellar_1@pawb.social ) OPlinkfedilinkarrow-up52·edit-22 years agoFerrero (the company that owns Kinder, Nutella and Ferrero Rocher) controlled one quarter of the global production of hazelnuts in 2014. (Edited to remove some unintentionally deceptive language)
minus-square SorteKanin ( @SorteKanin@feddit.dk ) linkfedilinkarrow-up21·2 years agoThat’s way too much for one company. Is it just me or does the world just keep making more and more monopolies?
minus-square Zagorath ( @Zagorath@aussie.zone ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·2 years agoThat’s how capitalism works.
minus-square Altima NEO ( @altima_neo@lemmy.zip ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 years agoIt’s just deceivingly worded. It’s not like they took that much out of the total supply, taking away from others that would have needed it. Reality is that hazelnut farmers were farming them in order to sell them to Ferrero.
minus-square SorteKanin ( @SorteKanin@feddit.dk ) linkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 years agoI guess that makes somewhat sense. But it still gives Ferrero too big of an influence on the price of hazelnuts I would guess
Ferrero (the company that owns Kinder, Nutella and Ferrero Rocher) controlled one quarter of the global production of hazelnuts in 2014.
(Edited to remove some unintentionally deceptive language)
That’s way too much for one company. Is it just me or does the world just keep making more and more monopolies?
That’s how capitalism works.
It’s just deceivingly worded. It’s not like they took that much out of the total supply, taking away from others that would have needed it. Reality is that hazelnut farmers were farming them in order to sell them to Ferrero.
I guess that makes somewhat sense. But it still gives Ferrero too big of an influence on the price of hazelnuts I would guess