What Kellogg's and Mars Don't Want You to Know About Their Merger

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  • Опубликовано: 24 дек 2024

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  • @colton_936
    @colton_936 3 месяца назад +1116

    Imagine how cheap all of our food could be if they stopped turning 70% of our real food into absolute garbage.

    • @nikkijubilant
      @nikkijubilant 3 месяца назад +37

      Yes, and also our pet foods

    • @zberube74
      @zberube74 3 месяца назад +34

      It's actually cheaper for them to turn healthy food to junk olive oil is a prime example most of it is cut with seed oils which are cheaper and very unhealthy.

    • @timothyrockwell2638
      @timothyrockwell2638 3 месяца назад

      When I lived in England food was cheaper and of higher quality than what is available in the midwest. Americans should be angry and demanding better.

    • @beckyheinz7337
      @beckyheinz7337 3 месяца назад +31

      I stopped eating Ultra processed foods, and avoid processed foods as much as possible. If you stop buying, maybe eventually they will provide healthier choices.
      I stopped buying mayo, and salad dressings. I make them from scratch. They taste better, and are better for you.

    • @AMPProf
      @AMPProf 3 месяца назад

      But magic is The soy protein Chain

  • @marymartin4266
    @marymartin4266 3 месяца назад +528

    It's all garbage made of the worst and unhealthiest ingredients .

    • @ohiasdxfcghbljokasdjhnfvaw4ehr
      @ohiasdxfcghbljokasdjhnfvaw4ehr 3 месяца назад +6

      too bad it's delicious

    • @MAJ0R_TOM
      @MAJ0R_TOM 3 месяца назад

      It's not delicious. It's fucking toxic. Any confusion of those 2 is a perfectly reversible addictive condition of a warped brain...warped by the toxins.

    • @glen.simpson
      @glen.simpson 3 месяца назад +10

      exactly... people should not be eating that stuff anyway....

    • @Redditor6079
      @Redditor6079 3 месяца назад +10

      ​@@ohiasdxfcghbljokasdjhnfvaw4ehrbecause it's engineered to be delicious. Once in a while it's ok to have a treat but the additives these companies put in these processed snacks make it much harder to not eat them.

    • @corrosivedevourer
      @corrosivedevourer 3 месяца назад +4

      Eh, I don't consume those poisons anyways

  • @karenwhite4461
    @karenwhite4461 3 месяца назад +173

    "Consolidation" the new word for monopoly.

    • @dominicfucinari1942
      @dominicfucinari1942 Месяц назад

      Why isn't that kind of blatant apologetics for suppression of competition called Borkism, after the man who tore apart United Statish antitrust enforcement in One Nine Eight Three?

    • @JeffHarman-ju5gx
      @JeffHarman-ju5gx Месяц назад +1

      Oligarchy

    • @GNewcomb-q9v
      @GNewcomb-q9v Месяц назад +1

      Bingo!

    • @amelliamendel2227
      @amelliamendel2227 29 дней назад

      It's all to show growth on paper in industries that are slipping

  • @joebullwinkle5099
    @joebullwinkle5099 3 месяца назад +343

    There is already way too much corporate concentration in America. It not only means higher prices, but NO innovation. This is becoming a critical issue in the US, every sector has only a handful of players. There needs to be a massive breakup of these concentrated corporations.

    • @erkinalp
      @erkinalp 3 месяца назад +14

      Or worse, bad faith innovation

    • @middleagebrotips3454
      @middleagebrotips3454 3 месяца назад +9

      Innovation to take money from you

    • @quor2243
      @quor2243 3 месяца назад

      I don't disagree, but how do you suggest we do that?
      Now that corporations have so much money and control anything we do to try and break it up will most likely have a negative effect on America. People will lose jobs, stock market can crash, or they will just move their HQ to another country and pay taxes elsewhere while still selling their products and services in America. And of course what politician is going to kill their career trying to push that kind of legislation. I imagine it's not something they would ever allow the people to vote on, it would be voted on by congress, I don't have much hope for such a thing to happen given the reality of how our country works.

    • @sharlarae9719
      @sharlarae9719 3 месяца назад

      @@joebullwinkle5099 I agree 100%

    • @TheOG-GG
      @TheOG-GG 3 месяца назад +3

      Exactly! Beautifully put!

  • @CicadaSong576
    @CicadaSong576 3 месяца назад +195

    Every item mentioned, my doctor warns me to avoid. Thank you for giving me the final nudge.

  • @gmoo1376
    @gmoo1376 3 месяца назад +524

    They aren't snacks they are poison.

    • @JoATTech
      @JoATTech 3 месяца назад +17

      Poisonous snacks :D

    • @RealHomeRecording
      @RealHomeRecording 3 месяца назад +15

      Yep. As far as I'm concerned raise the prices for all this diabetes crap to $50 per box. We need a healthier planet!

    • @JoATTech
      @JoATTech 3 месяца назад +5

      @@RealHomeRecording Or even to $100 :D.

    • @RealHomeRecording
      @RealHomeRecording 3 месяца назад +3

      @@JoATTech 👍

    • @ch1ppychipp
      @ch1ppychipp 3 месяца назад +9

      @@RealHomeRecording Or, they could stop pumping stuff full of so much added sugar, canola, etc. They make enough money, so why can't they just develop healthier alternatives?

  • @MachFiveFalcon
    @MachFiveFalcon 3 месяца назад +848

    Enforce antitrust laws! It's that simple!

    • @walterlippmann4361
      @walterlippmann4361 3 месяца назад +68

      Protect Lina Khan!

    • @cdevidal
      @cdevidal 3 месяца назад +42

      You're demanding that people who benefit from trusts to enforce laws that they benefit from by not enforcing. Almost every politician and official is compromised. That's a fool's errand. Better solutions are needed.

    • @MachFiveFalcon
      @MachFiveFalcon 3 месяца назад +23

      @@cdevidal Oh no doubt! I'm just saying that if most of them had a shred of integrity, enforcement of the laws should be (relatively) simple.

    • @cdevidal
      @cdevidal 3 месяца назад +18

      @@MachFiveFalcon yah I agree, it's disappointing. We need to start brainstorming different ways to handle this than relying on those who personally benefit from corruption.

    • @jaklumen
      @jaklumen 3 месяца назад +9

      ​@@MachFiveFalconhome cooking, home baking, home preserving.

  • @Toqom
    @Toqom 3 месяца назад +136

    I have literally stopped eating ALL of those brands a decade ago. Good luck raising the prices as more can't afford anything.

    • @mickael486
      @mickael486 2 месяца назад +3

      don't think you watched any of this

    • @T404-i9w
      @T404-i9w 29 дней назад

      ​@@mickael486 seems like a pretty normal comment

  • @DKP3000
    @DKP3000 3 месяца назад +45

    No one should eat ultra processed junk!

  • @emptyfish8992
    @emptyfish8992 3 месяца назад +202

    Just boycott them. This type of food is awful for health anyway.

    • @nicksurfs1
      @nicksurfs1 3 месяца назад +10

      The healthy stuff is a lot more expensive. They are stifling competition so the little guys won't be able to compete.

    • @Misksound
      @Misksound 3 месяца назад +2

      you can't. they own far more than just candy companies. it's like boycotting nestle or mondelez.

    • @emptyfish8992
      @emptyfish8992 3 месяца назад +5

      @@Misksound If all of their products are similar I am already not consuming it. Just don't buy it or give it to your kids. That is all we can do.

    • @smallfaucet
      @smallfaucet 3 месяца назад +3

      Yah because if we Americans are good at anything, it's standing together. (SMH)

    • @patty109109
      @patty109109 3 месяца назад

      @@nicksurfs1it’s actually not. Bananas are still nearly free. Nuts are cheap, popcorn kernels are, too. This crap will give you the beetus, and you’ll be on lifelong meds by 55 at the latest, unable to enjoy life because your body is crumbling.

  • @timetowakeup6302
    @timetowakeup6302 3 месяца назад +275

    “The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men." ~ Plato

    • @endxofxeternity
      @endxofxeternity 3 месяца назад +18

      This is why I can’t stand people who say they are apolitical

    • @BlackJesus8463
      @BlackJesus8463 3 месяца назад +3

      @@endxofxeternity Because there is no ethical way to force your morals onto your neighbors, that's what evil men do.

    • @CmdrSoCal
      @CmdrSoCal 3 месяца назад

      99.9999% are mindless peasants. What are good men going to do?

    • @WhiskeyNixon
      @WhiskeyNixon 3 месяца назад +8

      ​@@BlackJesus8463We're not talking about enforcing an individual's morals. That's a monarchy. We're talking about creating and enforcing laws through an open legislative process for the betterment of our communities, something we do here in the United States with a democratic republic.
      Where you from?

    • @Jon_got_the_answers
      @Jon_got_the_answers 3 месяца назад

      Its processed junk food, its not that serious. White people problems.

  • @ziljin
    @ziljin 3 месяца назад +352

    Time to quit eating snacks. Save your money AND your health!

    • @MrVariant
      @MrVariant 3 месяца назад +27

      It's like McDonald's. If this junk is gonna price me out, I'll just buy premium stuff and get higher quality.

    • @zumabbar
      @zumabbar 3 месяца назад +7

      I second that, the silver bullet for my weigh loss journey for the last year.

    • @blub-tf6rt
      @blub-tf6rt 3 месяца назад

      Just buy the premium now my friend dont eat this fake food​@@MrVariant

    • @UlexiteTVStoneLexite
      @UlexiteTVStoneLexite 3 месяца назад +2

      Yep

    • @esgee3829
      @esgee3829 3 месяца назад +2

      we'll only be in trouble if they start buying up all the spinach and sweet potato. but this is america we're talking about that would never happen!

  • @WolfmanzBrother
    @WolfmanzBrother 3 месяца назад +463

    I've already quit giving them my money. Keep your snacks.

    • @abbynormalz
      @abbynormalz 3 месяца назад +30

      Yep ive almost completely stopped buying chocolate bars and most of the candy aisle selections.

    • @popurm
      @popurm 3 месяца назад +30

      Their snacks tastes like shit anyways

    • @rampaginwalrus
      @rampaginwalrus 3 месяца назад

      I'm not sure why anyone trying to be more class conscious would give money to corporations unless there's just no alternative, like with housing. Trash food is literal poison. It's harmful to our bodies and our brains.

    • @leighm
      @leighm 3 месяца назад +26

      All that processed stuff isn’t even good for you. I think making the cost lower would encourage more people to buy leading to more illness and more health care cost. I wouldn’t even call these products food. I agree keep your snacks.
      Let’s talk about stoping sugar addiction in our children. In some other countries they are not allowed to have cartoon characters on cereal. Let’s talk about how other countries have banned certain chemicals in their food to protect their population.

    • @whatisahandle221
      @whatisahandle221 3 месяца назад +16

      Yep, take the 3rd choice: find or make other, healthier, cheaper snacks.

  • @stephaniegee227
    @stephaniegee227 3 месяца назад +42

    Brands I once bought, I no longer buy more than once a year or so. Partly because they cost too much, but mostly because I try to eat healthier - and I no longer consider a lot of these things healthy.

  • @111mattbell
    @111mattbell 3 месяца назад +25

    Man I work at a movie theater that buys mostly from Mars and now we have Pringles, Cheez-Its and what now. Fucking depressing why we have them now

  • @jasonrhodes7047
    @jasonrhodes7047 3 месяца назад +11

    Companies mindset used to be how can i get the best product to the consumer for the most competitive price. Now it seems like every company thinks how much money can i get from the consumer.

  • @Andre-qo5ek
    @Andre-qo5ek 3 месяца назад +186

    can we please boycott all this already?
    1) cause corps dont need our money 2) we dont need the snacks 3) we need to make them bankrupt.

    • @avi919191
      @avi919191 3 месяца назад +1

      If only I am already hooked on the candy it’s a terrible addiction but my dentist loves me…

    • @Andre-qo5ek
      @Andre-qo5ek 3 месяца назад

      @@avi919191always time for treating the addition...
      as for the dentistry... mouth health is very important. there is a strong link between mouth disease and heart disease ( from what i understand)
      be careful with that.

    • @zerocal76
      @zerocal76 3 месяца назад +6

      The one thing u shouldn't be upset is this junk food cost. U don't know how bad it actually tastes bc it's designed to get u hooked. Stop eating it for a month and you'll throw it away after a couple bites (exactly what I did)!!

    • @lostvisitor
      @lostvisitor 3 месяца назад +4

      @@avi919191 just stand in line like a good robot. Addiction is a CHOICE.

    • @nikkijubilant
      @nikkijubilant 3 месяца назад

      ​@@avi919191 there are solutions, Overeaters Anonymous, Food Addicts Anonymous, Eating Disorders Anonymous, Anorexics and Bulimics Anonymous, being serious here. There's also Celebrate Recovery (Christian) and Dharma Recovery (Buddhist) meditation and mindfulness helped me deal with food cravings. Good luck 🍀

  • @airplaneB3N
    @airplaneB3N 3 месяца назад +55

    Not all monopolies are the same. Standard Oil was able to control its prices because oil was basically a necessity during that time period. Most of this food is not. Stop paying for this garbage ultra-processed food and I promise you, the price will go down, or the quality will go up. Vote with your dollar.

    • @sylvainmichaud2262
      @sylvainmichaud2262 3 месяца назад

      Isn't it amazing that the public education system isn't providing the education and the critical thinking required to make rational decisions ?
      Stop victim shaming and realize that it's the result of a carefully crafted system that goes far beyond than the choice made every few year by the electorate. Especially, given the fact that people can only choose to elect the best of two evils.
      People, who like you, see themselves as being above the crowd without committing to any grassroot social actions are the worst of enemies of the victim of the system.
      You're nothing more than a liberal.

    • @adidab14
      @adidab14 3 месяца назад +4

      You are right, but it doesn't really matter. This will happen to any commodity that people want. It doesn't really matter if it's a necessity or not (unless the government steps in). People want these snacks, the companies know it, so they'll raise the prices. Of course they'll come down if they become unpopular but the exact same thing will then just happen to whatever replaces it. There will always be something that people want and companies will clamor to buy up all the shelf space at the store for that object so they can control the prices and there's nothing we can do about it.

    • @theshi3152
      @theshi3152 3 месяца назад +3

      Price will go up and quality will go down. i don't know what your thinking.

    • @airplaneB3N
      @airplaneB3N 3 месяца назад +1

      @@theshi3152 Not if consumers stop buying them.

    • @theshi3152
      @theshi3152 3 месяца назад +4

      @@airplaneB3N yea that's not really how that works.

  • @cutback443
    @cutback443 3 месяца назад +98

    I hate the direction the country has been going -sh!t.. since I can remember, EVERYTHING has gotten WORSE and life has gotten more and more difficult -every year. The first time I noticed the closing vice of American Fascism was when congress sneakily passed a law (prob 10-20 years ago no) that allowed companies to charge bank accounts of subscription customers REGARDLESS of whether or not they have your debit card number, OR if you've cancelled your debit card. We used to be able to stop unwanted subscriptions and cyclic withdraws from your account by simply cancelling your card -NOW? nope. You have to jump through a million hoops just to ask for permission to have your subscription payments stop. I HATE IT HERE

    • @silverhills5684
      @silverhills5684 3 месяца назад

      Then move to a country that suits you better.
      We are not a fascist nation.
      Italy, under the leadership of Mussolini was Fascist.
      You have no idea what you are talking about.
      Study the different forms of government throughout World History for a better understanding of what the USA is. It is unique in that it provides the most freedom for the people.
      VP Harris is a Marxist Communist, just like her father.
      Her father's family OWNED BLACK PEOPLE as SL@VES to work their Jamaican plantation.
      The USA hasn't been in this much peril since the Civil War of the mid 1800s.
      These are perilous political times; merging treat and snack production is only a blip in the scheme of a coming potential political uprising of this once great nation.

    • @amzarnacht6710
      @amzarnacht6710 3 месяца назад +13

      I had that - ONCE. Changed the card but the withdrawl kept happening.
      I went to the bank and said block that immediately. They didn't. I closed the account and went to another bank.
      When I tell THEM to block a recurring billing they do.
      My new bank absorbed the old one which disappeared entirely (rather than sneakily continuing to operate as 'competition')

    • @zerocal76
      @zerocal76 3 месяца назад +8

      Be grateful that at least junk food like these candies are getting more expensive. The last thing the US, any country actually, needs is more sugar and carbs!!

    • @jasonlacroix6083
      @jasonlacroix6083 3 месяца назад +4

      ​@@zerocal76my doctor recommended I shop on the perimeter of the store to help with my depression after divorce. No processed foods, only deli, produce, meat, fish and dairy, whole grains for bread, pasta, rice. Not only did it help my depression, I dropped 50lbs.

    • @DeenanTheKemon1
      @DeenanTheKemon1 3 месяца назад +10

      98% of people have no idea the US Treasury no longer accepts or cashes BEARER-BONDS. My father left me bearer bonds as Inheritance and I mailed them to the Treasury (which is what you're supposed to do), they mailed them all back to me with a vague apology letter explaining they just don't do that anymore.. I cannot imagine how many people are sitting on US Bearer-Bonds for Inheritance/retirement having No Idea they're completely worthless now unless the ORIGINAL BANK that issued them honors the amount, but many have changed names and altered records to use loopholes allowing them to not cash them anyway. Have bearer bonds yourself? Go try to cash them in, and see what happens. Some massive legal loophole allowed them to do that, they quietly did it overnight and intentionally told no one. Kept it very quiet.
      I dare you. Go cash in your Bearer Bonds.
      We are being ruled by pure evil.

  • @ChiliDishGambino
    @ChiliDishGambino 3 месяца назад +28

    Damn, I’m gonna have to go back to growing my own candy bars, aren’t I?

  • @piku5637
    @piku5637 3 месяца назад +63

    A good reason to normalize worker co-ops and unionizing. And maybe grow your own food, eat more plant based foods and not so much junk food.

    • @RealHomeRecording
      @RealHomeRecording 3 месяца назад

      Do companies get initial investment capital with worker co-ops?

    • @homelessalcoholic2716
      @homelessalcoholic2716 3 месяца назад

      Plant based and junk food is not mutually exclusive, what's wrong with you? Protein powder is LITERALLY just the macronutrient protein in an ultra-processed form, while something like high-fructose corn syrup is LITERALLY made from plants and can be really bad for you in large amounts.

  • @StreyX
    @StreyX 3 месяца назад +15

    Corporate consolidation has never worked out for the consumer. Look at airlines, they've just gotten crappier, more expensive, and now run off a concept of making people uncomfortable while having them pay more to ease up on the discomfort.

  • @appuser
    @appuser 3 месяца назад +72

    They are sliding towards monopoly. I hope the governments fights mergers of this scale/impact.

    • @Mrs.TJTaylor
      @Mrs.TJTaylor 3 месяца назад +14

      They already ARE monopolies, 10 “food” producing companies, 4 meat producing companies. . .

    • @nickjw88
      @nickjw88 3 месяца назад +3

      Biden finally started fighting M&As. Both parties have been cheerleaders for M&As for decades.

    • @nethandelwampa116
      @nethandelwampa116 3 месяца назад +4

      Plus they aren’t on competition they are in colusion

    • @LancesArmorStriking
      @LancesArmorStriking 3 месяца назад +3

      ​@@nickjw88
      4 years too late. Unless he de-ages 20 years tomorrow, he's not doing anything meaningful in the span of the next 2 months.

    • @GingerPeacenik
      @GingerPeacenik 3 месяца назад +2

      Not as long as citizens united remains in place.

  • @Sajikibara
    @Sajikibara 3 месяца назад +12

    Didn’t really buy them before but now I will make a point not to buy them…

  • @chagoriver7159
    @chagoriver7159 3 месяца назад +118

    capitalism in its monopoly phase and the corp price speculation it enables is driving the inflation you are experiencing

    • @Mix1mum
      @Mix1mum 3 месяца назад

      Next is the reflexive push back from the masses, followed by the wealthy funding fascism to stay in power and never have to work again. (

    • @CmdrSoCal
      @CmdrSoCal 3 месяца назад +2

      wrong devalued currency

    • @JerrySpann-fn4kw
      @JerrySpann-fn4kw 3 месяца назад

      You must be a Trump ass kisser.​@@CmdrSoCal

    • @nikkijubilant
      @nikkijubilant 3 месяца назад +8

      ​@@CmdrSoCalWrong, quit with these tired comments diverting attention away from the real issues

    • @tshirtfactory07
      @tshirtfactory07 3 месяца назад +3

      ​@CmdrSoCal no, he's right. The currency is being debased too.... but most of what we are experiencing at the grocery store is unchecked and unfettered GREED!!!!

  • @dabirdalton
    @dabirdalton 3 месяца назад +12

    The more prices rise on junk food the less i will eat. Its a win win for me and my health . But a lose lose proposition for this company when enough consumers like me stop buying their products.

  • @Capyrass
    @Capyrass 3 месяца назад +187

    Corporate greed.

    • @SgtJoeSmith
      @SgtJoeSmith 3 месяца назад +3

      union greed
      employee greed

    • @TuskForce
      @TuskForce 3 месяца назад +7

      @@SgtJoeSmith HAHAHHA

    • @smokelord2002
      @smokelord2002 3 месяца назад

      ​​@SgtJoeSmith tf? You understand they raise prices on everything, union or not you bafoon.

    • @Barbara-jn2gw
      @Barbara-jn2gw 3 месяца назад +1

      Knows no bounds

    • @rency1803
      @rency1803 3 месяца назад

      ​@@SgtJoeSmith Found the corpo bootlicker

  • @michaelhaywood8262
    @michaelhaywood8262 25 дней назад +3

    Some years ago the British chocolate makers Cadbury's merged with the US company Kraft. Since then the quality of their once-iconic products has collapsed. Their iconic product Cadbury's Dairy Milk now contains far less milk than it did, replaced by artificial substitutes.

  • @buddylee5712
    @buddylee5712 3 месяца назад +21

    They've been doing this for years

  • @GenerationX1984
    @GenerationX1984 3 месяца назад +10

    Just boycott all that junk food and grow a garden. If nobody buys it they'll be forced to lower prices.

    • @_DB.COOPER
      @_DB.COOPER 23 дня назад +1

      😂🤣😆🤣🤣 yeah right. That’ll teach em…

  • @yegfreethinker
    @yegfreethinker 3 месяца назад +178

    They just need to enforce the laws on the books & block these fucking mergers

    • @RextheRebel
      @RextheRebel 3 месяца назад +11

      Or impose acquisition taxes.

    • @SgtJoeSmith
      @SgtJoeSmith 3 месяца назад +1

      no laws on the books against mergers. now unions striking demanding higher pay is extortion. so lets enforce that law.

    • @SgtJoeSmith
      @SgtJoeSmith 3 месяца назад +3

      @@RextheRebel theyll add it to price you pay like the 20 other taxes you voted for

    • @RextheRebel
      @RextheRebel 3 месяца назад +6

      @@SgtJoeSmith well it would be a disincentive to merge or acquire another company in the first place, making your argument moot.

    • @SgtJoeSmith
      @SgtJoeSmith 3 месяца назад +1

      @@RextheRebel what? Quite the opposite. Double revenue and eliminate 30% of jobs as overlap. It's a perfect way to cut costs

  • @ruah057
    @ruah057 3 месяца назад +15

    "Food"
    What they're pushing isn't food

  • @iamreadytoroam8903
    @iamreadytoroam8903 3 месяца назад +26

    They can have them they're not good for us.

  • @maxmotors9497
    @maxmotors9497 3 месяца назад +9

    They are already way too expensive .

  • @Fjdjdjjdjsjss22
    @Fjdjdjjdjsjss22 3 месяца назад +60

    There’s no reason you should buy any of these products anyway

    • @ThootenTootinTabootin
      @ThootenTootinTabootin 2 месяца назад +1

      1. They are tasty
      2. They are cheap
      3. They are convenient
      I just found 3 reasons. Could be more.

    • @Fjdjdjjdjsjss22
      @Fjdjdjjdjsjss22 2 месяца назад +1

      @@ThootenTootinTabootin there are plenty of tasty, cheap and convenient foods where you aren’t giving money soulless corporations that will give you chronic health conditions in the future

    • @kosmokritikos9299
      @kosmokritikos9299 2 месяца назад

      So true. You can do just fine with bulk purchased dried legumes and whole grains cooked with a combination of garden fresh and store bought vegetables. There are also store brand offerings that are of comparable quality at much lower cost than these national brands.

    • @Fjdjdjjdjsjss22
      @Fjdjdjjdjsjss22 2 месяца назад

      You can spend $10 dollars a day easily and have fresh meat, vegetables and fruit from local farms…

  • @SmifLaly
    @SmifLaly 3 месяца назад +4

    OMG... I just found this channel and I'm THANKFUL!!!

  • @daniellanctot6548
    @daniellanctot6548 3 месяца назад +76

    *Chocolate bars are already HALF the size they use to be a decade ago: Soon, they’ll be the size of one of those Halloween mini bars!*

    • @householdhacks
      @householdhacks 3 месяца назад +11

      AREN'T THEY ALREADY THAT SMALL?

    • @riverraisin1
      @riverraisin1 3 месяца назад +14

      And they'll call it "Family size".

    • @stevenotero2627
      @stevenotero2627 3 месяца назад +12

      An they do not taste as good as they did years ago.

    • @nikkijubilant
      @nikkijubilant 3 месяца назад +2

      And they snuck in removing some mini bars and printing the amount and weight in the side of the packaging where no one can read it. I hate the shorter toilet paper roll we have to change more often. Thinking of switching to Japanese roll with a much smaller inner roll and very thin metal spindle

  • @raystaar
    @raystaar 3 месяца назад +62

    If your snack food comes in a package and is comprised of over 10 unpronounceable ingredients, corporations are doing you a favor by raising the price, hopefully right out of your price range. Buy some apples. Buy some grapes. Buy some raw, unsalted nuts. Save some money and live longer. Eat real food.

    • @kimhelton5514
      @kimhelton5514 3 месяца назад +5

      great advice

    • @mrdeanvincent
      @mrdeanvincent 3 месяца назад +2

      And buy in season from local producers!

    • @Alsry1
      @Alsry1 3 месяца назад +8

      Apples contain chlorogenic acid, quercetin, phlorizin, asparagine, and pantothenic acid.
      Just because you don't recognize a chemical name doesn't mean its not real food or its bad.

    • @filonin2
      @filonin2 3 месяца назад +2

      Fear the unknown! Wooooo!

    • @mrdeanvincent
      @mrdeanvincent 3 месяца назад +3

      @@Alsry1 I agree with what I think you're trying to say, but the only ingredient in an apple is apple. And I hope people avoid buying packaged apple, because the packaging is entirely unnecessary.

  • @Anunnamedtank
    @Anunnamedtank 3 месяца назад +116

    i wonder if they think we just have infinite money to give them...

    • @youtubeuniversity3638
      @youtubeuniversity3638 3 месяца назад +19

      Genuinely they do.

    • @thisdude1286
      @thisdude1286 3 месяца назад +1

      Nah you got to feed their dark souls

    • @shorgoth
      @shorgoth 3 месяца назад +12

      Nah, they just know we can't not buy food, this is hostage taking pure and simple. We need to take collective action on this one and vote in new governements across the gobe that will punish harshly this kind of behaviour.

    • @SgtJoeSmith
      @SgtJoeSmith 3 месяца назад +4

      im late 40s and bought maybe 20 candy bars in my life. back when they were 25 cents as kid in 80s i didnt think it was worth it and rather save my money for legos or something else. you people act like your life depends on a daily candy bar

    • @SgtJoeSmith
      @SgtJoeSmith 3 месяца назад +1

      @@shorgoth you call that food? hostage taking is what unions do when they go on strike. corporations pay the ransom and bill the customers. thats how life works

  • @lilnbigman
    @lilnbigman 3 месяца назад +15

    It is wrong in every way, that being said I my family do not eat that garbage. Snickers had no chocolate, made from nothing but oil, dyes, chemicals.
    Kroger's was just rated as #1 for having the worst grocery stores in Ohio, IN, MI.

  • @Diptera_Larvae
    @Diptera_Larvae 3 месяца назад +9

    Sales are also slipping because the prices are already too high

  • @Proton_Decay
    @Proton_Decay 3 месяца назад +6

    It should be illegal to sell shelf space, it's too similar to collusion between verticals. This merger would be okay if supermarkets were limited to having relationships with suppliers like every healthily-competitive industry where the supplier is not also a marketing customer at the same time.

  • @Yormsane
    @Yormsane 3 месяца назад +142

    Damn, I'll have to start eating real food.

    • @Idiot-lf4cj
      @Idiot-lf4cj 3 месяца назад +1

      some prefer starvation over real food

    • @ziljin
      @ziljin 3 месяца назад +10

      Helps us save money now and in the long run. We wont have as many health issues and medical bills if eat healthier now.

    • @tiawilliams5690
      @tiawilliams5690 3 месяца назад +8

      "Real food" has the same problem. Remember how expensive eggs got? There was no reason for that except greed.

    • @intelparty
      @intelparty 3 месяца назад

      ?!

    • @dudea3378
      @dudea3378 3 месяца назад +3

      Wow, check out mr fancy pants with his "real" food. We all eating soylent green out here, it's all we can afford.

  • @KimLin-mk6xo
    @KimLin-mk6xo 3 месяца назад +14

    Luckily we still have buying power! I'll never buy another product of theirs again.

  • @wannoa
    @wannoa 3 месяца назад +7

    In the end it's pretty simple, a brand is nothing more than the goodwill it creates. When these brands keep jacking their rates for no good reason, it decreases the goodwill and people go elsewhere, brand be damned. Why do you think Aldi's and Trader Joe's are so busy right now.

  • @philsipad
    @philsipad 3 месяца назад +9

    Eat less, lose weight, lowered healthcare cost. Wins all around.

  • @hairypotter259
    @hairypotter259 3 месяца назад +14

    I simply do not buy snack anymore, healthier AND wealthier now

  • @abbynormalz
    @abbynormalz 3 месяца назад +7

    Theyve been doing this since at least 1980. The age when i started having divide my precious coins into purchase decisions.

  • @soninalphin2771
    @soninalphin2771 3 месяца назад +3

    I'm doing everything I can to be as food independent as possible. Now I have more reason, thanks greedy corporate pricks.

  • @thines01a
    @thines01a 3 месяца назад +30

    Vote with your wallet, not with your politicians

    • @endxofxeternity
      @endxofxeternity 3 месяца назад

      Umm also vote in the democrats. That’s the only chance you have of enforcing the antitrust laws

    • @user-gu9yq5sj7c
      @user-gu9yq5sj7c 3 месяца назад +3

      Then rich people can "vote" more with more money and get millions of dollars in bailout subsidies from some politicians.
      Not everyone can afford to boycott much.
      There are comments on critique videos of Temu that said they know Temu is bad but they couldn't afford to boycott.
      Watch documentaries on obesity. There are food deserts in America. Where it mostly just has processed food and that's all some people can get.

    • @organizerbmo
      @organizerbmo 3 месяца назад

      ​@@Madamoizillion it can shape the food we get though, corporations do respond to spending habits. We should be 'voting' or engaging in democracy wherever, not just electoral & spending boycotts, but in our workplaces with collective bargaining, showing up for our communities & long term power at the local, state, & federal levels, direct action against strategic targets as part of ongoing campaigns, cooperative locally owned businesses, etc.
      tbh their CEOs should be in jail for what they pass off as food, the inclusion of obscene amounts of sugar will go down in history as cartoonishly evil greedy scumbags, right up with the tobacco & oil industry coverups.

  • @craigbutler8360
    @craigbutler8360 11 дней назад +1

    favorite treats, pure garbage, poisoning Americans. Should tax the hell out of this crap.

  • @andrewfox9074
    @andrewfox9074 3 месяца назад +30

    I very much doubt that already prices are way too high. They go any higher, and nobody will buy them

    • @Mrs.TJTaylor
      @Mrs.TJTaylor 3 месяца назад +4

      But they will buy them because they are hyperpalatable and addictive.

    • @frances4797
      @frances4797 3 месяца назад +3

      Nobody will be able to. Nobody but the rich people. Which is probably for the best. Definitely in our favor from a "health" standpoint 😉

  • @VanK782
    @VanK782 3 месяца назад +3

    How is this not a monopoly?

    • @Alexrocksdude_
      @Alexrocksdude_ 2 месяца назад

      Because they lobby the government

    • @hobomike6935
      @hobomike6935 2 месяца назад

      It’s classified as a “merger,” which allows it to exist without antitrust laws by jumping through legal processions and “approvals” to be allowed.
      “Approval” happens when company representatives cut deals with politicians in the background. Essentially, the politician gets some kind of kickbacks (such as cash, endorsement, or company stock) in return for the politician supporting and voting for the merger.
      It’s “technically” not a monopoly because it could “technically” have competition. But the competition is either a small company with a niche market that poses no serious threat, the other “major” player (such as Coke vs Pepsi) or doesn’t exist.
      So there’s no serious threat to their business, and therefore no reason to actually offer a fair price to consumers.
      The consumer has little to no choice but to pay any amount for the good or service; the only option is to choose NOT to buy the product, but people have to eat so that will only get you so far.
      Buying generic brands such as great value can help with the price, a little, but there’s just not much you can do anymore. Price gouging has destroyed the working class.

  • @spoonikle
    @spoonikle 3 месяца назад +5

    They are just helping me not buy them.

    • @gimcrack555
      @gimcrack555 2 месяца назад

      Same here. You price me out, I'm out.

  • @TwinRiver100
    @TwinRiver100 3 месяца назад +4

    bit of a weird question that just popped into my head after seeing the title for this.
    in all these corporate chains doing the crazy price raises, have any of them considered with all the crazy price raises they are doing and the quality and prices not keeping up with people's wages, have they considered that their targeted consumers might not be able to purchase the things they're pitching at them. won't that affect their bottom line for making money and all that?

    • @gharm9129
      @gharm9129 3 месяца назад

      now ask that same question with how these companies suppress wages by exploiting immigration, legal and otherwise. They want your money but don't want to pay first world wages.

  • @SukunaStudio
    @SukunaStudio 3 месяца назад +4

    As a non-american citizen (Iraqi citizen), I think that am blessed with my country's low-cost for everything 😅❤

  • @Redditor6079
    @Redditor6079 3 месяца назад +2

    Maybe don't eat the highly processed bioengineered to be addictive snacks that often contain carcinogens that correlate to a rise in chronic illness rates?
    Talk about being charged multiple times over for the same snack after considering the possible healthcare costs 10-20 years down the road from the chronic illnesses.
    Is it really worth it to consistently eat these things?

  • @thishandleisnotavailableeither
    @thishandleisnotavailableeither 3 месяца назад +8

    Raise the prices, reduce the amount of product per item. Rinse, wash, repeat.

  • @AlexandraNevermind
    @AlexandraNevermind 3 месяца назад +1

    Just stop buying that crap!

  • @jtoolr
    @jtoolr 3 месяца назад +15

    I don't agree with the "won't lose customers."
    What better time to drop the trash & eat healthier?
    If we all walk away, they fall.

    • @140288albert
      @140288albert 3 месяца назад

      @@hermitonthelake This makes it so important to un-brainwash our brainwashed folks and have some sanity and peace. Vote blue

    • @jtoolr
      @jtoolr 3 месяца назад +2

      @@hermitonthelake
      That isn't food. Stop eating it.

    • @filonin2
      @filonin2 3 месяца назад +2

      @@jtoolr Right along the lines of "Just don't do drugs" and just as effective and thoughtful.

    • @jtoolr
      @jtoolr 3 месяца назад

      @filonin2 No decent person says, "Don't do drugs."

    • @nikkijubilant
      @nikkijubilant 3 месяца назад

      There are support groups to eat better. They started in the US and 1 started in Canada. Overeaters Anonymous, etc. The solution is spiritual, regardless of religion

  • @ryder4508
    @ryder4508 3 месяца назад +4

    Time to start eating natural, whole foods.

  • @Snnnaaacccckkkkksss
    @Snnnaaacccckkkkksss 3 месяца назад +22

    Guess I’m sticking to fruits from now on

    • @mexifilipinahny
      @mexifilipinahny 3 месяца назад +4

      Make sure you grow them or go to local farmers. Even organic produce uses Apeel, and it's hard or impossible to know or avoid.

    • @filonin2
      @filonin2 3 месяца назад

      @@mexifilipinahny Make sure to live in a cave and raise your own animals for food too and entirely withdraw from modern society, just to be safe.

  • @TheSiggib
    @TheSiggib 3 месяца назад +1

    Stop buying their goods!!!

  • @CaliNic30
    @CaliNic30 3 месяца назад +8

    Time to start growing your own food.

    • @filonin2
      @filonin2 3 месяца назад

      Good luck working full time and farming enough to feed yourself.

  • @TheRealLesterGreen
    @TheRealLesterGreen 3 месяца назад +2

    Use your power as a consumer, if don’t like the price, don’t buy. They can only increase the price if people continue to pay.

  • @desu38
    @desu38 3 месяца назад +15

    I'll be honest, I don't really care about junk. I'm more worried about the rising prices of real food.

    • @francismarion6400
      @francismarion6400 3 месяца назад

      Mr. Monsanto is Biden/Kamala Ag secretary.

    • @homelessalcoholic2716
      @homelessalcoholic2716 3 месяца назад

      ​@@oculartremorsThat's funny because millions of people grow their own corn every year without dealing with patent laws.

    • @homelessalcoholic2716
      @homelessalcoholic2716 3 месяца назад

      @oculartremors Right but that's not even what you were originally saying. First you say they have actual patents, now you're calling it a hostile takeover, let's pick one and use the scientific method to prove it

    • @homelessalcoholic2716
      @homelessalcoholic2716 3 месяца назад

      @oculartremors You mean the GMOs that have the ability to cure malnutrition through being bred to have a higher vitamin content? Oh yeah, sounds AWFUL 🙄. Organic is a scam meant to reap ignorant people of all their money because they're afraid of boogeyman terms they don't understand like GMO or processed foods. "What's the difference" glad to see you're actively contributing to the problem by not really caring that words have meaning, and that you truly believe that you can use whatever words you want because "people should know what I mean"

  • @SunflowerBeeHappy
    @SunflowerBeeHappy 3 месяца назад +1

    Kamala had 3.5 years to do something.
    I'm voting Trump 2024🇺🇸

  • @PresentFocus
    @PresentFocus 3 месяца назад +3

    Reduce there 'stomach share', to ZERO!!!

  • @marcinsobczak2485
    @marcinsobczak2485 2 месяца назад +1

    I live in europe and switched to aldi/lidl brand and all their knock offs years ago. I hardly ever buy 'branded' products and I don't miss them one bit.

  • @yerbudspud
    @yerbudspud 3 месяца назад +3

    Perfect time to stop eating them.

    • @baboon_baboon_baboon
      @baboon_baboon_baboon 2 месяца назад

      If this is what takes for you to stop buying them, then you’ve already lost in life

  • @AndyChananLevin
    @AndyChananLevin 3 месяца назад +1

    All that food is poison

  • @IndyRommelCo
    @IndyRommelCo 3 месяца назад +2

    Stop buying those unhealthy snacks & over processed food…
    Not food just empty expensive calories!!!!

  • @NoName-ik2du
    @NoName-ik2du 3 месяца назад +1

    I stopped eating almost all snack/junk food years ago because the prices were getting too high _then._ I question how they could raise prices any more without putting themselves out of business.

  • @aduckquackquack5783
    @aduckquackquack5783 3 месяца назад +8

    Inflation leads to Hyperinflation. Resistance is futile. Acceptance is the last stage and when you accept that Central Banks have caused inflation, then you can begin to heal the economy.

  • @gitrdoug
    @gitrdoug 3 месяца назад +1

    Can we stop this?

  • @scpatl4now
    @scpatl4now 3 месяца назад +7

    Worst case...don't eat these highly processed foods and be healthier and live longer

    • @filonin2
      @filonin2 3 месяца назад

      How, when the healthier food costs even more? You won't live very long without food.

    • @homelessalcoholic2716
      @homelessalcoholic2716 3 месяца назад

      Processed doesn't mean what you think it means 😂

  • @Emphasis213
    @Emphasis213 3 месяца назад +1

    I hope it gets so expensive people wont want to buy it. It will just make people more healthier.

  • @Weiner-Worm
    @Weiner-Worm 3 месяца назад +3

    I never liked that kind of candy as an adult. And now I have so much debt and bills, I can't afford any junk food at all. So jokes on them. I wasnt buying their crap snack food to begin with and especially not now.

  • @ddrlbhski6438
    @ddrlbhski6438 3 месяца назад +2

    They don't get any of my money now, so it matters not to me. The higher cost is not the only thing, their products will also cost you your health.

  • @curiousgirl.4134
    @curiousgirl.4134 3 месяца назад +6

    If you can’t go without those foods then you have a problem.

  • @abelincoln3261
    @abelincoln3261 3 месяца назад +2

    Idea ! Implement mandatory elementary through high school classes to teach economics ...
    The Price from farm to table economics. What it takes who decides and how it ends up on the shelf!

  • @thanateros71
    @thanateros71 3 месяца назад +5

    I've reduced my meat and processed foods consumption by 90% since the greedflation started, my wallet and belly are the happiest ever

  • @gregsells8549
    @gregsells8549 3 месяца назад +2

    I should add that Kellanova owns Kellogg's cereals outside of North America. Kellogg's North American cereal business went to W.K. Kellogg, the other spinoff of the former Kellogg Company. Mars' KIND brand has a presence in the cereal aisle with granola. Did you hear that Campbell Soup Company is changing to The Campbell's Company, reflecting its diversification beyond soup (which they've had for years with Pepperidge Farm, etc.)?

  • @user0055
    @user0055 3 месяца назад +4

    If you're out of college or older than 12 and still eating this kind of food often, you need to stop.

  • @paulthorpe6869
    @paulthorpe6869 3 месяца назад +2

    Gop told us that this would be better for consumers, they lied

    • @140288albert
      @140288albert 3 месяца назад +2

      We need to raise our voices high enough to be heard, so that several ignorant folks (who may not know anything about it) will be able to see through the lies (instead of them joining the cultists out of pure ignorance)

  • @LeBronLeneghan
    @LeBronLeneghan 3 месяца назад +44

    *Going debt-free and growing my savings to $235,000 in under a month is a dream come true - thank you, Stacey Neal*
    *Brooks, for making it possible! I promise to be your biggest advocate sharing your remarkable insights with everyone I know*

    • @YsksHsjay
      @YsksHsjay 3 месяца назад

      I remain eternally grateful to Stacey as well, for her efforts that got me to this point, finally paid off my mortgage and all debts, what more could l've asked for. She changed my life for good.

    • @Daele.prome.
      @Daele.prome. 3 месяца назад

      Wow, I've heard a lot of wonderful things about this Stacey Neal Brooks on the news but didn't believe it until now. I'm definitely trying her out this time

    • @TaraGarrett-w2l
      @TaraGarrett-w2l 3 месяца назад

      Stacey Brooks has really set the standard for others to follow, we love her here in Ontario Canada as she has been really helpful and changed lots of life's

    • @Ward-u3s
      @Ward-u3s 3 месяца назад

      I started trading last year, invested 4k with h e r and my portfolio is currently worth slightly over 27k. That's close to what I make in a vear from my job

    • @JR-w3k
      @JR-w3k 3 месяца назад

      I keep seeing different commendations about this Stacey, she must be really good for people to speak so highly of her.

  • @hattree
    @hattree 3 месяца назад +2

    The other bad thing, is that they'll look to recoup costs and eliminate products you love.

  • @KC-ed1dj
    @KC-ed1dj 3 месяца назад +5

    American foods have become such trash. Just loaded with fillers, chemicals, and everything bad. Nothing tastes like I remember it tasting years ago. I don't buy any American packaged foods or snacks. I tend to buy European brands of snack foods. You can find European brands that are still made with just a few NATURAL ingredients. As an example, I buy some hazelnut cookies that have about 6 ingredients. A similar American-made product would have about 40 ingredients, most you wouldn't even be able to pronounce.

    • @homelessalcoholic2716
      @homelessalcoholic2716 3 месяца назад +1

      Hey genius, the oxygen you breathe is a fucking chemical; that word isn't some scary boogeyman 😂

  • @riverraisin1
    @riverraisin1 3 месяца назад +1

    Junk food is almost as addictive as cigarettes. enough people will still buy that trash no matter what the price.
    And Mars/Kellanova knows that.

  • @Akac3sh
    @Akac3sh 3 месяца назад +9

    F corporate greed everyone hates corporate greed

  • @joshuapatrick682
    @joshuapatrick682 3 месяца назад +1

    The system has to change, not the people running the old system. The big lie that keeps being sold is that you have a choice. You don’t, all your money goes to a dozen or so companies that all have a piece of each other

  • @osd92
    @osd92 3 месяца назад +3

    Good. Let this ultra processed crap get more expensive. Americans need to eat less anyway!

    • @homelessalcoholic2716
      @homelessalcoholic2716 3 месяца назад

      Stop the fearmongering, "processed" doesn't mean what you think it means and you're embarrassing yourself. Protein powder is one of the most processed food items in all of human history, but it's LITERALLY just the macro-nutrient of protein that has been processed into a powderized form.

  • @Trevor-Unknown
    @Trevor-Unknown 3 месяца назад +1

    I was going into this with an open mind after hearing how much Mars can control, but I can't take it seriously when they've ended their point with a political candidate who's not even in the office as president; it makes it seem (even if it's not) like an advert for that person.

  • @nwatson2773
    @nwatson2773 3 месяца назад +6

    I stopped buying brand name snack foods 2 years ago.

  • @timothyparsons1551
    @timothyparsons1551 3 месяца назад +2

    Stop the merger!

  • @bgregg55
    @bgregg55 3 месяца назад +6

    And you thought capitalism led to more competition.

    • @hobomike6935
      @hobomike6935 2 месяца назад

      Was about to ask, “how does consolidation into one giant, monopoly-like corporation INCREASE consumer choices?

  • @monicatemperly6247
    @monicatemperly6247 3 месяца назад +1

    f the food industry... grow your own

  • @buddylee5712
    @buddylee5712 3 месяца назад +10

    Remember being able to go to the corner store and buy 4 bags of chips for $1 even? Now they're 2/$1 PLUS tax AND less chips.

    • @TinyCryptoBlog
      @TinyCryptoBlog 3 месяца назад

      We also have to credit a devalued currency for that as well. It's not jyst "greedy corporations. "

    • @LeftyPencil
      @LeftyPencil 3 месяца назад

      Air tax

    • @M4TCH3SM4L0N3
      @M4TCH3SM4L0N3 3 месяца назад +2

      ​@@TinyCryptoBlogthe currency is devalued precisely because the market allows the supply side to raise prices unchecked. If it was really just a matter of inflation, wages would be up, too.

    • @hhjhj393
      @hhjhj393 3 месяца назад

      Womp womp. Don't care. Chips and snacks are a luxury not a necessity.

  • @ttopero
    @ttopero 3 месяца назад +2

    Another reason to ween ourselves off of highly processed corporate food-like-substances! Oh wait, the grocery store industry is consolidating too. As are grocery distributors. And the farms! I guess we should start growing what we can!

  • @TheDweeb002
    @TheDweeb002 Месяц назад +3

    3:36 only a month old and this video already aged like milk

    • @paulfoss5385
      @paulfoss5385 Месяц назад +1

      If by "aged like milk" you mean "remained relevant because we picked the wrong person".

    • @rochead676
      @rochead676 Месяц назад

      @@paulfoss5385 Yeah, it's more like an alternate timeline where the richest people of the world trick the dumbest people of the world into making them richer. Oh, wait. It's totally this timeline.