TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATION - Nestlé Flashcards by Lucy Hampton | Brainscape

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Background info on Nestlé.

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Largest food company in world based on revenues
HQ in Vevey, Switzerland
Formed 1905

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What are the products of Nestlé?

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Kit Kat
Nescafé
Vittel

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What are the positives of Nestlé?

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Employment of locals - 60% of the people they employ are locals
Fixed benefits
Formed World Cocoa Foundation for sustainability and welfare of farmers
Nescafé Plan to increase sustainable coffee production

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What are the negatives of Nestlé?

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Maggi noodles - found in India had too much lead and monosodium glutamate
Nestlé’s Nan-Pro found to contain ‘live larvae’ in India
Slavery and trafficking on the Ivory Coast
Marketing of milk formula over breastmilk arguably led to deaths of children

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