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Nestlé Sold Ice Mountain to a Private Equity Firm: What fresh hell is coming next
Monday , 22, February 2021 Environment, Michigan Water, Nestlé Leave a commentIf you didn’t hear the news from last week Ice Mountain and all of the other bottled water companies owned by Nestlé will be sold to One Rock Capital Partners for $4.3 billion. The private equity firm will partner with Dean Metropoulos to complete the sale, then Metropoulos will become the CEO. NWNA hasn’t been […]
VICTORY! Osceola Township Planning Commission Denies Nestlé Waters Expansion
Wednesday , 19, April 2017 Community, Environment, Flint Water, Nestlé Leave a commentLast night the Osceola Township Planning Commission denied a request by Nestlé Waters North America to build a pumping station as part of their intention to double the amount of ground water they extract and sell as Ice Mountain Spring Water. Last fall, Nestlé began the process to double their output at the White Pine […]
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