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It's mostly owned by a Belgian company, Verlinvest (40%). Which is a venture capital company run by the families behind Inbev (the beer company). After that it'
by cinntaile 6y ago
It's mostly owned by a Belgian company, Verlinvest (40%). Which is a venture capital company run by the families behind Inbev (the beer company). After that it's 30% owned by a Chinese company. At least according to Wikipedia. On their own website they list some more owners but without any percentages.
- ecmascript 6y agoOk, but it's not "swedish" anymore at least. Even if the chinese ownership is 30%, it's still the state of china that owns a large part of it which is enough for me to never buy that product again. Also, they have sponsored a festival outside Gothenburg in Sweden several times where they banned regular milk in the area, citing that it's bad for you.
- cinntaile 6y agoThat's ok to me, most of the stuff I buy is not made by a local company. We live in a globalized world after all. I assume you mean Way out West? Oatly does seem like a good fit there so I wouldn't be surprised. That's been a vegetarian festival since 2012. Vegetarian as in they don't sell any meat. Non-vegetarians are of course welcome to party along. Oatly's marketing is quite tongue in cheek yes, it's part of their image.