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| Puyallup Girl |
| 8/10/2012 7:22:20 AM |
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I never gone to either Papa Johns or Chik-fila, and don't ever intend to do so, just like I avoid Wallmart like the plague.
Now, I am adding a whole host of other companies to my bad list. The next time you take a swig of Odwalla's natural carrot jiuce, or munch on a bowl of Orville Redenbachers organic popcorn, take note. A lot of organic and popular natural brands are made by companies that are spending thousands of dollars to defeat proposition 37, the California Right to Know Genetically Engineered Act.
Donations are pouring into the campaign to defeat Prop. 37. Among the big Donors like J.M. Smucker, Hormel Foods, Kellog, Coca-Cola North America, and Pepsico. Companies that make a fortune marketing natural and organic brands, with slogans like"We're good to the earth. I call this a bunch of bullshit. Most of these brands are not truly organic anyway, in the true sense of the word.
All of these companies are members of the powerful Washington DC based "Grocery Manufacurer's Association".(GMA), a multi million dollar trade organization, which represents America's $ 1.2 trillion "Big Food Industry"! The GMA its-self has allready pitched in $375.000 to the anti-labelling campaign. And it is still early in the game.
The GMA has more than 300 dues-paying members, many of whom are purveyors of popular natural and organic", so-called, Organic"? These companies have either developed, these brands or have purchased organic brands to tap into the growing market for organic, and natural food, and their sales on natural foods is estimated at around 50 Billion, and sales on organic foods is around an estimated 30 Billion.
Kraft, and Safeway are also members of (GMA). You would think that Supermarket chain Safeway, which markets its-self under the slogan," Ingredients for Life", really would stand up to such a thing not join along in the deception.
Here are a list of companies, and what they have contributed dollar wise against the campaign.
J.M. SMUCKER-$ 20,395.80.And their organic product list is as follows: Santa Cruz Organics. Smuckers organic peanut butter, R.W. Knudsen, Natural Brew, Tenderleaf Tea.
Hormel Foods, $ 19,657.70 with the brand, Natural choice.
General Mills,$ 19,400.28, with the brands, Cascadian Far, . Muir Glen, and Gold Medal organic.
Bimbo Bakeries, $ 17,783.30, with the brand, Earth Grains.
Del Monte, $14,400.28, with the brands Del Monte brand organic pickles, .Del Monte brand, organic canned tomato products, and Fruit Naturals.
Hershey- $8,440.28 and the brand Dagoba.
Cargill $5,424.94 their brands White-Wave/silk, Horizon, and Organic Cow Of Vermont.
Campbell Soup Company- $5,340.56. Brands-V-8 Organic, Prego-Organic, Swansan's Organic, Pace Organic, Campbells Organic,Bolthouse Farms.
McCormick Spice Company- $ 5,302.10 -McCormick Organic Spices.
More companies like the following, gave big bucks to make sure that nothing is ever labelled for the consumer. "Pepsico- gave $ 90,220.06. brands tostitoes organic, tropicana organic, and naked juice.
Coca-Cola gave a total of $ 61,208.60, with Odwalla, and Honest Tea.
Con Agra Foods, gave $ 56,598.50 and have Orville Redenbachers Organic, and Hunts Organic, and Alexia Foods, and Lightlife-!
Kellogs- gav e $33,248.40, and have Keebler Organic, and Bear Naked"- and Kellogs Organic, and Morningstar Farms, and Kashi", and wholesome and Hearty"!
I am outraged at what if going on here. We, the Consumer, have a right to know, what is in the food items we purchase at the grocery store. I am outraged at Safeway, for their blatant hypocrisy, using their slogan, Ingredients for Life", and then turning around and being a part of this desception. I am telling all of you this, so maybe you will spread the word and join me in never buying one drop of anything from any of these companies, Maybe if we hit them where it hurts in their pocketbook, they will put a stop to all of it. It is just more of this attictude, make money at any cost, and we don't care who we hurt, or who we decieve! People we need to send this across the country, and tell people to stand up to it. We as consumers, have the right to know if the food we purchase contains GMO's- PERIOD!!!!!!!
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Papa John Schnatter, founder and CEO of Papa John's, 
