Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de to Buy European@feddit.uk · edit-219 hours agoWhich brands did you think were from the US when they are actually European and vice versa?message-squaremessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up111arrow-down10
arrow-up111arrow-down1message-squareWhich brands did you think were from the US when they are actually European and vice versa?Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de to Buy European@feddit.uk · edit-219 hours agomessage-square23fedilink
minus-squarepeterpan520@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day agoI always thought Milka was from Germany or Switzerland. Originally, it was indeed Swiss, founded in 1901. However, the brand was acquired by Kraft Foods in 1990 and later became part of Mondelez International in 2012, a U.S.-based company.
minus-squaressillyssadass@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·24 hours agoMarabou is also part of Mondelez, to my extreme disappointment. At least Fazer is European.
minus-squareAsfalttikyntaja@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinksuomiarrow-up1·24 hours agoThat’s really annoying, because I like Marabou chocolate more than Fazer. But I think I get used to it 🤷
minus-squareAllNewTypeFace@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoThe same with Cadbury (originally founded by English Quakers, now owned by a Putin-fluffing US multinational)
I always thought Milka was from Germany or Switzerland. Originally, it was indeed Swiss, founded in 1901. However, the brand was acquired by Kraft Foods in 1990 and later became part of Mondelez International in 2012, a U.S.-based company.
Marabou is also part of Mondelez, to my extreme disappointment.
At least Fazer is European.
That’s really annoying, because I like Marabou chocolate more than Fazer. But I think I get used to it 🤷
The same with Cadbury (originally founded by English Quakers, now owned by a Putin-fluffing US multinational)
That was a surprise to me.