Omg! Can I eat anything any more?

[Cobalt Violet]

These are Grocery Manufacture of America Member Companies and GMA gives 90% of all their political contributions to Republicans!





ACH Food Companies
Ajinomoto U.S.A., Inc.
Alberto-Culver Company
Alcoa Consumer Products Company
Allen Canning Company
Allied Domecq QSR
Altria Group Inc.
Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.
Archer Daniels Midland

B&G Foods Inc.
Barilla America, Inc.
Basic American, Inc.
Bimbo Bakeries, U.S.A.
Birds Eye Foods
Blue Diamond Growers
Brach's Confections
Bruce Foods Corporation
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Bush Brothers & Company

C.H. Guenther & Son, Inc.
Cadbury Schweppes Americas Beverages
Campbell Soup Company
Cargill Inc.
Carvel Corporation
Chicken of the Sea International
Chiquita Brands International, Inc.
Church & Dwight Company, Inc.
Clorox Company, The
Coca-Cola Company, The
Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc.
Colgate-Palmolive Company
Comag Marketing Group, LLC
ConAgra Foods, Inc.
Continental Mills Inc.
Coors Brewing Company

Daisy Brand, Inc.
Dannon Company, Inc.,The
Dean Foods Company
Del Monte Foods
Del Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Dial Corporation,The
Diamond of California
Dole Packaged Foods Company
Domino Foods Inc.
DSM Nutritional Products, Inc.
Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream

E. & J. Gallo Winery
Energizer

Fairmount Food Group
Faultless Starch/Bon Ami Company
Fleischmann's Yeast
Flowers Foods

General Mills, Inc.
George Weston Bakeries, Inc.
Georgia-Pacific Corporation
Gillette Company,The
Golden Stream Quality Foods

H. J. Heinz Company
Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Hershey Foods Corporation
Hormel Foods Corporation

International Multifoods

J. Benton Furrow Winery
J. M. Smucker Company,The
Jarden Corporation, Alltrista Consumer Products
Johnson & Johnson
Johnsonville Sausages, LLC

Kellogg Company
Kikkoman Foods
Krispy kreme Doughnut Corporation

Lance, Inc.
Land O' Lakes, Inc.

Mariani Packing Company, Inc.
Marine Harvest USA, Inc.
Mars, Incorporated
McCain Foods USA
McCormick & Company, Inc.
McIlhenny Company
McKee Foods Corporation
Melitta USA
Merisant Company
Miller Brewing Company
Morton Salt
The Musco Family Olive Co.

Nestlé USA
Nestlé Waters North America, Inc.
Novartis Consumer Health North America

Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc.
OSEM Group of Companies
Owens-Illinois, Inc.

PepsiCo, Inc.
Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc., The
Pfizer, Inc.
Pharmavite, LLC
Playtex Products, Inc.
Plochman, Inc.
Procter & Gamble Company,The

Reckitt Benckiser plc
Reily Foods Company
Rich Products Corporation
Richelieu Foods
Rosina Food Products, Inc.
Ross Products Division Abbott Laboratories, Inc.

S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
Sara Lee Corporation
The Schwan Food Company
Signature Brands, LLC
Solo Cup Company
Specialty Brands
Steuben Foods, Inc.

Tasty Baking Company
Tetley USA, Inc.
Time, Inc.
Tone Brothers, Inc.

Unilever Bestfoods
UST, Inc.

Ventura Foods, LLC

Welch Foods, Inc.
Williams Foods, Inc.
Wise Foods, Inc.
Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company

Yofarm Company, The


Link to company website and members websites:

http://www.gmabrands.com/membercos/membercos.cfm

[Roxy66]

1. Phew!..McDonalds is still safe

[Cobalt Violet]

23. They gave 20% of $277,314 to dems.

You know who got the rest.

[quiet.american]

41. Domino's Pizza! :(

Found this list on
http://www.congress.org/congressorg/bio/fec/?commid=C00366088&page=campaigns&order=TOTAL&cycle=2001-2002

These donations were for the 2001-2002 cycle. Was not able to find amounts for 2003-2004. The only saving grace are the token amounts to Mary Landrieu and Robert Wexler. The rest of the names make me gag -- especially near the bottom.

Candidate

Knollenberg, Joseph (R-MI) $500
Camp, Dave (R-MI) $500
Wexler, Robert (D-FL) $500
Miller, Candice (R-MI) $500
Bonilla, Henry (R-TX) $500
Landrieu, Mary (D-LA) $500
Sessions, Jeff (R-AL) $500
McCotter, Thaddeus (R-MI) $1000
Nickles, Don (R-OK) $1000
Santorum, Rick (R-PA) $1000
Rogers, Michael (R-MI) $1000
Lott, Trent (R-MS) $1000
Cox, Christopher (R-CA) $1000
Hastert, J. Dennis (R-IL) $1000
DeLay, Tom (R-TX) $1000

[Rich Hunt]

43. Domino's

Domino's is notoriously right-wing. I've been boycotting them for about twelve years.

[quiet.american]

48. Right on

n/t

[itzamirakul]

49. No wonder those buzzards...

charged me $16.27 plus tip for a small pizza with sausage and a half order of buffalo wings two days ago. I am through with them!

[UNIXcock]

2. Thorny business boycotting these guys

... it will only hurt the employees by getting laid off further damaging the economy. The owners will simply raise prices.

[sherilocks]

35. THIS IS NOT A VALID LIST

This is a better list, the individuals that contributed to the GMA PAC that gave 85% of the money to repugs.

http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/pacgave.asp?strID=C00250068&Cycle=2004

[Cobalt Violet]

46. It's not a valid list?

Funny I got it right off the GMA web site.
http://www.gmabrands.com/membercos/membercos.cfm

And see #10 on this list

https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/contrib.asp?ind=G2100

[sherilocks]

51. No it's not....

that is a list of stores that happen to belong to the association. If we use that list, and start sending nasty emails and threatening boycotts, the companies on that list are going to be pissed if they contribute to Democrats. It is the Political Action Committees that contribute and it is the PAC money that you should look at.

http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/lookup2.asp?strID=C0025...

This is a better list, the individuals that contributed to the GMA PAC that gave 85% of the money to repugs.

http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/pacgave.asp?strID=C0025...

[UNIXcock]

3. Thorny business boycotting these guys

... it will only hurt the employees by getting laid off further damaging the economy. The owners will simply raise prices.

[Lorien]

6. "these guys" do a lot of outsourcing

the American worker will be far better off in the long run with the GOP out of power. I'm will to lose my job (I work for one of those companies) for the greater good.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

Yay Aldi!

[The empressof all]

4. Well this just sucks the big one!

Oh well, I guess I can stand to lose a few pounds.
I am however concened about my Feminine Hygiene Products. I don't think I'm ready to part with them yet. (Proctor & Gamble or Playtex)

[Lorien]

7. Use organic essentials

those other products contain cotton that's been doused with high concentrations of pesticides. Best to make the switch now.

[LeftyMom]

11. I don't want to pry

but have you considered a natural brand (naturacare is one, the natural foods store here caries another as well)or a reusable product like the keeper? The naturacare stuff is similar to the other brands but doesn't have the sodiumpolyacrylate gel, plastic and other nastiness.

The mass-marketed sanitary stuff is chlorine bleached which produces organochlorines. For health reasons it's a good idea to keep such potent carcinogens far away, I would think.

[Lorien]

5. Ben and Jerry's ice cream?

anything from a farmer's market, most products in a health food store.

Actually, there are a lot of good alternatives out there.

Crap. I just finished a job for Buena Vista home entertainment. Funny thing is, my bosses there were so depressed about the election last week that they couldn't work! They would be appalled to know that their company is on this list.

Oh well, as long as I take their money and don't give them mine...

[sbj405]

26. Sadly, Ben and Jerry's sold out to Unilever n/t

[Cha]

8. It's all JUNK anyway..and not worthy.

On other threads..DUers are talking about shopping only at co-ops..why not put your money where your mouth is?

[otohara]

52. Exactly - Corporate Garbage Foods Filled w/ Sugar, Corn Syrup

preservatives, yeast, more sugar, tons of sodium - I shop at health food stores. Sadly some organic brands are now owned by some of these companies, but easy enough to find out at this link. Like Cascadian Foods

http://www.boycottbush.net/consumers.htm

[blueblitzkrieg]

9. NOT KRISPY KREMES!!!!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO :cry:

[Clintmax]

31. That's what I say!

Krispy Kremes! NOOOO! I get their coffee all the time (although I don't have to pay for it. The workers know me so well, I get my refills for free!)

[StrongbadTehAwesome]

10. Store brands are your friend

Just stay away from Repug grocery stores like Food Lion and you should be ok.

[HEAVYHEART]

37. Oh wow

I didn't know Food Lion was a repug store. That's the closest grocery store to me. FUCK!

[minerva50]

47. not surprised

They're starting to invade Maryland, but I find Food Lion's selection limited and Southern.

[LeftyMom]

12. Oh no, not Blue Diamond!

My almond milk!

I'll go down to thier office (only blocks away) and talk to them, but if they don't listen I'll have to switch to Silk. Silk is still okay, right?

[lildreamer316]

13. 2 Questions...anybody?

1.Wasn't someone going to put a complete list of companies that contribute to the GOP together on another thread?? This is the first good list I've seen, BTW.
2. I hate to ask, but is there a breakdown list of these companies somewhere that specifies what products each of them makes? Not trying to be lazy, but that would take me days to figure out! Anyone?Or should I try going to each company's website?
Thanks for all your hard work!

[Cobalt Violet]

14. Well I'm going to work on that but it may take time.

Kelloges for instance makes one of my favorite brands of vegetarian food Moringstar Farms.

okay a link to check that out

http://www.gmabrands.com/membercos/membercos.cfm

[lildreamer316]

16. ya know...

..here in a little while (if the baby stays asleep)I will start tracking down some of these myself. Nuthin' better to do;)

[mcg]

15. Buy from organic food stores, consider the following:

foods that are
. unprocessed
. organic (so people like Mr. Pesticide Tom DeLay don't get richer)

they are healthier

buy in bulk (less wasteful packaging, and less expensive)

buy from organic food stores

http://www.organicconsumers.org/purelink.html

eat less meat, dairy, eggs, and seafood
. especially less meat
. can be done in a healthy way if done correctly
. in my opinion, is healthier
. much better for the environment
. factory farms put animals in tortuous conditions
and pollute our environment, consider free-range
organic meats and dairy

Consider all the advertising for these unnatural processed
foods, it is indoctrination, brainwashing. I remember eating
Wonder Bread. Yuck. Now I eat real bread, it is so much tastier
and healthy. By real bread I don't mean what passes for whole
wheat bread in supermarkets, but bread that is really made from
whole grains. All this processing robs food of its nutrients, and
also of its real taste.

[Sparkly]

17. Not Barilla!!

:cry: My husband is second-generation Italian, he needs Barilla every other day or he'll STARVE!! :cry:

[Cobalt Violet]

18. I know!

I already emailed them. :-(

[Stinky The Clown]

21. Whew! DiCecco's not. Neither is Lavazza.

I'll survive. Barilla outsells DiCecco over here, but DiCecco outsells Barilla over there.

So my coffee's safe and I have a macaroni I can live with.

[Bobbie47]

19. No, not Pepsi

I can do without the food, but I have to have my morning Pepsi...

[Cobalt Violet]

20. Just because the GMA donates to repukes mainly doesn't....

Mean the individual company does. I don't know it needs to be looked into.

Sara Lee is on the list and they give more to Dems than Reps.

I don't know about all the individual companies.

[FDRrocks]

22. mmmm... Pabst

good to know theres some good "union made" beer still floating around. *swig*

[Dem2theMax]

24. We've got to find out who has the correct data.

I was reading on another thread and someone had a different source, and I had yet another one, and none of them seem to match up. For instance, your site here says "Land O Lakes" is bad. The other thread said it was good. The other thread said Albertsons was good/Safeway bad and my link said the opposite. AAARRRRGGGGGG.

Anyone know which sites we can REALLY trust to give us the correct information?

[SoCalDem]

25. Albertsons 21%dem donations 79% repube

www.opensecrets.org

[sherilocks]

36. Albertson's still at the top of my list if I need a supermarket

plus I can walk to it.

Albertson's Inc
$79,118
29%
71% (R)

Publix Super Markets
$128,500
3%
97% (R)

Sometimes I just have to get something quick from the supermarket and I have to weigh the lesser of two evils. With diesel fuel at $2.20 a gallon, I give my vote to Albertsons. The way I see it 71% of 80 grand isn't half as bad as 97% of $128,500.

https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/contrib.asp?Ind=G2400

[Cobalt Violet]

42. GMA gives 90% to Repubs.

Land O Lake as an individual company gives more to Dems than Repugs .

GMA link:

https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/contrib.asp?Ind=G2100


and from the same source:

https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/contrib.asp?ind=A04

yes land 0 Lakes gives 51% to Dems. and 49% to rethugs.


Some individuals may be members of GMA yet individually donate to Dems.

[sbj405]

27. August Busch did come out as one of the CEOs endorsing Kerry

as did the CEO of Sara Lee
http://www.sptimes.com/2004/08/05/Business/Business_leaders_for_.shtml

[sherilocks]

32. Thank You for that

I knew that some of the names on the list were OK, so thanks for the reasearch. If we blacklist all these companies, we may end up with some progressive companies on our list. Just because they belong to the organization, and the organization had a PAC that gave to Repugs, doesn't necessarily make them bad.

[sherilocks]

33. Here is a better way to look at this-the PAC report for GMA

http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/lookup2.asp?strID=C00250068

This is a better list, the individuals that contributed to the GMA PAC that gave 85% of the money to repugs.

http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/pacgave.asp?strID=C00250068&Cycle=2004

[southernleftylady]

28. Ok im sorry but im preggo so i can not protest some of these..

krispy kremes?
ben and jerrys??
Hersheys???
;) lol sorry cant do it this time arround give me a few months and ill protest them again :)

[Cobalt Violet]

45. I'm not saying that they all should be boycotted or protested.

Some of the individual companies are giving more to Dems than Repug.

I wish that we could put enough pressure on these companies so that they would drop out and bankrupt the GMA. I don't think realistically that will happen.

[NamVetsWeeLass]

29. "H. J. Heinz Company "

Ummmm, Hello, Houston, We may have a Problem... With Teresa being very much a Heinz, Why would they donate to the Republicans? Now, If my Memory serves, I do think John Heinz was a republican, But I still liked the man very much. He was good for Pennsylvania, but still. I know she isn't the primary owner of Heinz, but she does have some say I would think.

[Cobalt Violet]

44. I don't know,check out # 11 on this list.

https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/contrib.asp?ind=G2100

[sherilocks]

30. How are you linking this list to political contributions?

I must be missing something, that everybody else sees? But please tell me how to link up this to contributions.

[Cornedwine]

34. It is a conspiracy!!

They are all guilty of killing babies and stealing oil!!

[American Tragedy]

38. Bimbo Bakeries USA

Hmmmmmmm

[ulysses]

39. find a farmer's market,

buy whole foods.

[leftchick]

40. Earth Fare?

Anyone know who owns them? That is my favorite place to shop.

[nonconformist]

50. Well that was depressing

Because I'd rather stick pins in my eyes than give up Pepsi. I can't function without it.

Plus, let's face it, nobody DOES do it like Sara Lee. :(