
Here's a list of some brands that have sold out to big companies
Written by Donna Hancock Subject: Business/ CommerceHere's a list of some brands that have sold out to big companies. It's by no means a complete list. Unfortunately, there's big companies that buy up little awesome companies and ruin them every day!
GeneralMills now owns,
Cascadian Farm
Annie's
Taste Good
Organic Golden
Larabar
Food Should Taste So Good
Epic Provisions
RxBar
Boulder Brands now owns,
Earth Balance
Hormel now owns,
Applegate Farms
Justin's
Hain Celestial/Heinz now owns,
Garden of Eatin'
Spectrum Organics
Earths Best
Arrowhead Mills
Health Valley
Imagine/Rice/Soy Dream
Bearitos
Breadshop
Casbah
DeBole's
Ella's Kitchen
Maranatha
Nile Spice
SunSpire
Westbrae
Westsoy
Mountain Sun
Rudi's Organic Bakery
Clorox now owns,
Burt's Bees
Nutranext (natural vitamins)
Renew life (probiotics)
WhiteWave now owns,
Horizon
Earthbound Farms
Dean now owns,
Horizon Organic
Hershey now owns,
Dagoba Chocolate
Cocoa Cola now owns,
Honest Tea
Odwalla
Energy Brands (Glacéau)
Zico
Smart water
Pinnacle now owns,
Udi's
Flowers Food/Wonder Bread now owns,
Dave's Killer Bread
Kellogg's now owns,
Morning Star
Kaski
Bear Naked
Natural Touch
Kraft now owns,
Boca
Back to Nature
Green & Blacks
Colgate/Palmolive now owns,
Tom's of Maine
Dannon/Dannon now owns,
Stonyfield Organic Yogurt
Happy Baby Organic
Happy Family
Brown Cow
Pepsi now owns,
Naked Juice
Sabra Hummus
Kevita Kombucha
Post Foods now owns,
Erewhon
Attune
Proctor and Gamble now owns,
New Chapter
Native (yup!)
Nestle now owns,
Garden of Life
Pria Grain Essentials
Gerber Organic Baby Food
PowerBar
Sweet Earth
Vital Proteins
Snyder's now owns,
Late July
ConAgra now owns,
Lightlife
PAM Organic
Orville Redenbacher's Organic
Alexia Foods
Blake's Natural Foods
Anheuser -Busch now owns,
Stone Mill
Wild Hop
Goose Island Brewery
Hormel now owns,
Applegate Farms
Wholly Guacamole
Campbell Soup now owns,
Bolthouse
Plum Organic Baby Food
Prego/Ragu Organic
Swanson's Organic
V8 Organic
Wolfgang Puck Soup
Garden Fresh Gourmet
Mondelez International now owns,
Enjoy Life Foods
Post/Hearthside now owns,
Willamette Valley Granola
Peace Cereal
Golden Temple
Hillshire Brands now owns,
Aidells Sausages
Hillshire Farms now owns,
Van's
M&M Mars now owns,
Seeds of Change
Cadbury/Schweppes now owns,
Nantucket Nectars Organics
J. M. Smucker's now owns,
Millstone
Knudsen
Unilever now owns,
Seventh Generation
Schmidt's Naturals
The Laundress (eco-friendly cleaning products)
Tazo Tea
SC Johnson now owns,
Recover
Method
L'Oreal now owns,
The Body Shop