Pepsico also own Fritolay, Tropicana, Quaker, Gatorade...Quote:
Originally Posted by CamCruise
BTW: ExxonMobile has a daily revenue of about $1 Billion....
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Pepsico also own Fritolay, Tropicana, Quaker, Gatorade...Quote:
Originally Posted by CamCruise
BTW: ExxonMobile has a daily revenue of about $1 Billion....
that's only the tip of the iceberg boys.... when I was designing for the main stream industry, I was always shocked to find out that so and so owned this and that and operated such and such
the deal is this, I was always told by marketing experts that consumers like to have "choice" as they put it.... this allows the consumer to think that they play a roll in making intelligent decisions before they shop
case in point, this whole nightmare with pet foods - what a shock it was (for most consumers) to find that high end and low end pet food products were and are actually produced by ONE company
also, in many airport food courts - in my former days as an airport desing planner - most all of the food choices were and still are owned and operated by Marriott - (with some obvious exceptions - starubucks) - by providing "choice" consumers think that they "can" make a choice
this holds true for all manufacturing including OIL production - the oil industry often trades products and fills in when shortages occur... often delivering fuel products in unmarked trucks...
disney operates mammoth real estate enterprises under independently operated companies that buy, sell and trade all kinds of properties, etc, etc, etc....
the really bizarre thing for me was when I learned how many of these enormous enterprises are NOT owned (formally) by US companies....
Gas Prices Poised to Hit All-Time High
"According to the Government Accountability Office, the jump in gas prices has cost consumers an extra $20 billion this year, or about $146 for each passenger car in the country."
and we're not even half way through the year?!?!?!
and the oil companies don't have enough money to build more refineries?
read more about it at
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/trans...ces_05-22.html
Well heck. I'd better check my ass for a Chevron logoQuote:
Originally Posted by CamCruise
Or a EXXON logo.Quote:
Originally Posted by SPACE GLIDER
Exxon also ownes ESSO Gas on the east coast
Today a gallon regular unleades is $7,184 (1,409 € per liter).Quote:
Originally Posted by DEVELISH
OUCH!!! Do you drive or take transit or just bike it around town?Quote:
Originally Posted by DEVELISH
Since I have a hybrid and a full tank lasts me two weeks or so I have no idea what gas prices are.
I take the car :DQuote:
Originally Posted by CamCruise
parking downtown is €1,50 /hour
its about 20 km back and fort and I use 8 liter per 100 km - so its about 2 litre of gas
total = (parkinghrs * 1,5) + (2 * €1,40) = €5,80
Masstransit to downtown frankfurt ONE WAY is €2,10 so back and forth €4,20
I am usually accompanied by my BF when we go downtown so it would be €8,40 for us two....
That's why I take the car :D
DEVELISH
ps. nighttime parkking fee is €3 from 7pm to 7am each day of the week
pp.s. http://www.google.com/search?q=%E2%82%AC8.40+in+%24 thats how google helps to convert currencies (maybe its of help for someone)
Kind of scary that so MUCH is owned by so few
So heres what I would like to know. If gas prices are going down nation wide, why is it still so high in California.
It is really outrageous here on the central coast. The lowest price for gas is 3.25 a Gallon and up!!
Gas prices are up .62 cents a gallon from a year ago.
http://www.reuters.com/article/domes...59194520071022
Found a great site to find the lowest Gas prices in California,
http://www.californiagasprices.com/
It has always been that way. Actually it is natural for our species.Quote:
Originally Posted by SPACE GLIDER
What is scary is that so few are pissed off about it.
Lee
Record crude oil prices push gas prices higher
http://www.bizjournals.com/sacrament...2/daily45.html