The Long Dark History of Nestlé

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If you think of the worst company misdeed and double it, you still won’t be close to the evils
of Nestle. The closest humanity has come to a rotten chocolatier is Willy Wonka, but his antics for
mistreating children pales in comparison to the tactics Nestle employs to maintain its status as
a global giant! Beneath their sweet exterior lies is a center of exploitation, greed and malpractice. And that’s

just the beginning! Wait until you get to the end of the video.
Yet, they are still standing. Is that because we see confectionary makers as eccentric artisans
or are all corporations just great at sugar-coating their sins?
Considering how the Nestle Corporation has navigated a century of scandals – the kind that
would run a politician out of office - it seems that the Swiss are experts when it comes to
chocolate, fortunes and corruption.

Maybe we’re being overly critical. Surely these transgressions are not unique to the
confectionary giant and common throughout the entire industry?
Guess again. Other mega-businesses have gone down for much less, which can only mean Nestle is as good at dodging consequences as Augustus Gloop is at dodging vegetables.

Or perhaps all the bad press around the daddy of the Kit-Kat is just a case of haters gonna hate? Maybe we’re just shills for big chocolate? You’ll have to be the judge.

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Written By: Sam

Video Created By: Gabriela Gutierrez

Footage Courtesy of: Getty Images

Music Provided By: Epidemic Sound

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"what economists dubbed, a dick move" haha it got me

shutupwork
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I lived in a city called Guelph. There was a Nestle water bottling factory and everyone in the city hated Nestle because they'd literally take all the cities water and bottle it up and sell it.

CruelUnknown
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Here in Switzerland we recently had a referendum on whether or not we should hold multinationals like nestlé more responsible for what they do abroad but it sadly didn't pass...

gastonkessler
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Let's keep boycotting Nestlé. Here in Malaysia Nestlé product such as Milo have been left untouched in supermarket racks. Small vendors also have switch to other local product.

sholeha
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i boycotted all of their products for months now and i believe we all can
ps: they are over-priced junk foods, i always say if you are gonna buy something over-priced buy it from a local company your countrymen deserve you money more than foreign companies

steeldeel
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If you want good chocolate by a decent company, I recommend Tony's Chocolonely. They are a bit more expensive than other brands, but their pretty forthcoming about how they try to eliminate slavery in the cocoa market, but are honest about how much might slip through and why.

It's not great, but it's quite refreshing compared to a real life Wonka like Nestle who tells everyone that the oompa loompa's live and work "freely" in the factory. 🙄😒

KC-Mitch
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And they know none of this will cause us to stop using their products.

b
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Thank you for posting this. You're a fantastic journalist and the world needs more of you.

In situations like this and the recent Boeing issues, the federal government should have the ability to hold a trial and if found guilty, to liquidate the entire company, return assets to debt holders and shareholders if there's any left, and jail the executives responsible for it.

If investors could lose their shirts by supporting a dangerous company like this, they'd force bad actors to be better.

kpdkchristian
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No kidding. Big corporations don't become big by being nice.

johnsavage
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Thank you for making this! I’ve been trying to spread this message for years. People need to be aware of how bad Nestle really is.

Cwood
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I try to not buy any of their products, but they have so many brands under their umbrella that I'm not sure how well I'm managing my boycott :(

ChangesOfTomorrow
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Avoid nestle it's possible, there are alternatives to their brands, I printed a card with all their brands from Google and when I go shopping I buy the others that are close, now I almost do it from memory

cindymora
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More than any other company I've seen, Nestlé is far and away the most despicable out there. Their list of crimes and scummy business practices is as long as the list of their subsidaries to avoid. It hasn't been easy, but I've been Nestlé-free since 2018

gnarwhal
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If you take something away, and the person ceases to exist....
How is that something not a recognized Human Right?

Water is something we must have a Right too... or we cease to exist.

lostbutfreesoul
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Oh my lord, this company!😱 Thank you so much for this video, this is stuff that people should really know about!

FridoGrahnify
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they also added 17x more lead than allowed in packaged noodles in India

OmDahake
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🇨🇦Nestle took the milk powder i needed for my mornings out of canada!!

animationengineer-yezf
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Please make an episode about Fairtrade or other labels 🙏

venip
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This is an entire video of "but wait, there's more! And it's worse!"

kingludwigxi
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Why should they change? Everyone is hating them in any case. Also, consumers are buying in any case.

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