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Nestle investing $115 million to expand Purina factory in U.S.

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Nestle investing $115 million to expand Purina factory in U.S. | Reuters

ZURICH (Reuters) - Nestle is investing $115 million to expand its Purina factory in Bloomfield, in the U.S. state of Missouri, the Swiss foodmaker said on Thursday, as it seeks to increase production of cat litter.

The investment will increase production of the Tidy Cats brand, sales of which have grown 18 percent over the past four years, the company said.
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Cats must be really catching on. A nearly 5% annual growth in the cat litter business certainly would indicate that, unless the stuff finds uses in other applications.
 
JacksinPA said:
Nestle investing $115 million to expand Purina factory in U.S. | Reuters

ZURICH (Reuters) - Nestle is investing $115 million to expand its Purina factory in Bloomfield, in the U.S. state of Missouri, the Swiss foodmaker said on Thursday, as it seeks to increase production of cat litter.

The investment will increase production of the Tidy Cats brand, sales of which have grown 18 percent over the past four years, the company said.
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Cats must be really catching on. A nearly 5% annual growth in the cat litter business certainly would indicate that, unless the stuff finds uses in other applications.
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Nestle is moving away from chocolate and focusing on other parts of their business.
 
Chomsky said:
If Nestle is using Michigan (state) water, I think I'm done with Ice Mountain! :shock:
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They take it right from the Great Lakes.

Some years ago when I got fired from a big chemical company, I got a consulting job with a former boss & a wealthy Greek young man. After looking around at some opportunities to sell complicated chemicals, I suggested to him that he should go into the bottled water business & call it Olympia with a graphic of Mt. Olympus on the label. He liked the idea but nothing came of my suggestion. If he had followed through with it, we could all be millionaires today.
 
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JacksinPA said:
They take it right from the Great Lakes.

Some years ago when I got fired from a big chemical company, I got a consulting job with a former boss & a wealthy Greek young man. After looking around at some opportunities to sell complicated chemicals, I suggested to him that he should go into the bottled water business & call it Olympia with a graphic of Mt. Olympus on the label. He liked the idea but nothing came of my suggestion. If he had followed through with it, we could all be millionaires today.
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The article claimed it was taken from the water table, though I can't say I'm up on water sourcing techniques & technology.

Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation sued Nestlé in 2001 over the potential damage to lakes, rivers and streams that its bottled water plant's groundwater withdrawals could cause. After years of court battles, the two sides reached a settlement in 2009, reducing Nestlé's siphoning to 218 gallons per minute from 400, with additional restrictions on spring and summer withdrawals.
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