Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!julian!uwovax!36_5130
From: 36_5130@uwovax.uwo.ca (Kinch)
Newsgroups: can.general
Subject: Re: The Weston Empire.
Message-ID: <885@uwovax.uwo.ca>
Date: 3 Nov 88 14:42:10 GMT
References: <164@electro.UUCP>
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Organisation: University of Western Ontario, Canada

In article <164@electro.UUCP>, carlo@electro.UUCP (Carlo Sgro) writes:
> 
> On the way in to work this morning, my wife and I got into a discussion
> about wealth, farmers, and grocery stores.  In this discussion, she stated that:
> 
> 	a) the Weston family owns most of the chain grocery stores in North
> 		America, and
> 	b) they own over 200 big-name companies.
> 
> Now I can sort of believe the latter (although I am wary of the 200 figure) but
> I really don't buy the former.  Does anyone have any idea about the validity of
> these statements?  What companies do they own, anyway?
> 
> -- 
> 
> Carlo Sgro                              NET POLICE WARNING:  .signatures that  
> watmath!watcgl!electro!carlo            are too long will be trunc


WARNING RUMOR MILL STARTING -@#$%^&*():)

I heard that G. Weston makes a buck a minute 60 min/hour 24 hr/day 365
days/yr. Nothing substantial to back that up but it would not supprise
me at all!

Dave Kinchlea             Kinch@uwovax.uwo.ca