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[Lord Chevy]

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[Deus Irae]

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Once you take a company public, you tacitly acknowledge that you no longer care about quality or your customers, and that you only care about milking every last penny out of the business before it either goes under or gets swallowed up by an even larger public company.

 

[LordSensei1958]

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[HSanders]

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Since I don't have facebook.I can't respond to her, but tell her mahjong sets. There's one brand that has 1000 plus ones.

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[Deus Irae]

Another asshole trying to blow smoke up skirts via the use of corporate speak, but it is newsworthy:

Kraft Heinz on Wednesday said it is pausing work on its previously announced plans to split the company.

CEO Steve Cahillane, who joined Kraft Heinz in January, said in a statement that many of the company's issues are "fixable and within our control."

"My number one priority is returning the business to profitable growth, which will require ensuring all resources are fully focused on the execution of our operating plan," he said. "As a result, we believe it is prudent to pause work related to the separation and we will no longer incur related dis-synergies this year."

Kraft Heinz also plans to invest $600 million to fuel a turnaround of its U.S. business. The company plans to spend the money on its marketing, sales, and research and development. The investment will also go toward "product superiority and select pricing," according to Cahillane...

Kraft Heinz pauses work to split the company as new CEO says 'challenges are fixable'



"We're going to improve the quality of our products, and stop gouging our customers on price" would solve a whole lot of problems with the megacorps, if they actually then followed up on it. But that obvious solution never seems to cross the minds of those on the boards.