Comments on: Holiday Inn, Dial Soap & Other Famous Not-So-American Brands

By: Sara

Sara — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:27:55 +0000

Aren’t there ANY American companies left?

By: Beth

Beth — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 22:45:15 +0000

Sam Adams = yuck. I’d rather give my money to the S. Africans.

Pilsner Urqell= yum.

Budweiser is good for a cheap, watery buzz, for which there certainly is a time and place.

My recaptcha is never very interesting. I feel cheated.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:15:43 +0000

Just so you Know : 7-Eleven convenience stores owned by a giant japanese convenience store operator

By: PartiallyDeflected

PartiallyDeflected — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 03:26:24 +0000

At one time Burger King was owned by Pillsbury

By: hifidigitalboy

hifidigitalboy — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:39:21 +0000

Isn’t Coors jointly owned by the Canadians and the South Africans?

If the AB sell gets approved, Sam Adams will be the largest American based brewery.

By: Florida

Florida — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:42:28 +0000

Trader Joe’s is owned by Germans and 7-11 is owned by the Japanese, which explains why there are so many of them in Tokyo.

And Budweiser (Anheuser-Busch) was founded in America and has always been (until yeterday) an American company. It was NOT originally a foreign beer. If you’re talking about Budweiser Bier you’re talking about a different beer made by a different company.

By: Alice

Alice — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:43:10 +0000

It’s been a while but it seems even the media has forgotten that Budweiser was originally a FOREIGN beer–oh my!

By: Christian

Christian — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:30:20 +0000

I’m shocked by this list…I had no idea. Interesting stuff!

By: telee

telee — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:25:55 +0000

I assume the electronics colossus that bough Columbia is Sony, although not mentioned by name.

Casey, I thought Nestle had always been a Dutch company.

My Lucent phone has now lost a bit of its luster. Are there any of the old television brands not owned by French, British or Asian companies?

By: Trace

Trace — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:14:38 +0000

Which “Japanese electronics colossus” bought Columbia? Am I missing something?