Tom's of Maine Sell-off Reaction Roundup

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# Wed Mar 22 12:16:53
Tom's of Maine Sell-off Reaction Roundup
Following up on my previous Tom's of Maine post, some reactions gathered via Technorati today:

"Frankly a blow not only for family-owned companies, but for the quality of life for ToM workers as well. Colgate, if I recall correctly, was one of the companies whose cheating of the rank-and-file in order to pay executives crazy-ass-high wages was so egregious that it actually made the news a couple years ago"
"Tom's of Maine just sold to Colgate-Palmolive. For One Hundred, Million Dollars (Dr. Evil laugh)."
"Recently two of my fav favorite companies were bought out by mega-corporations I'd rather not support"
"colgate just bought tom's of maine. this sucks. all the respectable companies are being bought out by these huge, animal-torturing mega-companies!"
"Tom's of Maine and The Body Shop: Sell-outs?"
"it sucks that companies like tom's of maine feel that they need to be bought by mega corps in order to stay afloat."
"Colgate will buy Tom's of Maine Selling Out, or Infiltrating?"
"I bought ToM because it was NOT Colgate. So much for voting with one's dollars. This news sucks, in other words."
"Tom's of McWorld"
"Tom's of Maine has been bought by Colgate. Crap!"
"Another one falls to the man. Tom's of Maine to be bought by Colgate."
"Tom's of Maine- sellout"
"I buy a LOT of Tom's of Maine products. I'd better start shopping for other small, homemade brands, now"

On a side note: who would have guessed so many Tom's of Maine users had LiveJournals? :)

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