Comments on: Nestle Waters of North America Promises Jobs, Delivers Mostly Hot Air

By: Can Cascade Locks, Sacramento Trust Nestle’s Job Projections? | Stop Nestle Waters

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:20:36 +0000

[...] On StopNestleWaters.org, we’ve long questioned Nestle’s promises of jobs to communities; the only real data we’ve seen published suggests the promises aren’t always real. [...]

By: TC

TC — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:19:32 +0000

Reid: Good to see you here (I remember you from the Trout Underground).

A state-by-state accounting of the jobs (claimed and real) truly provided would be an interesting project. I’m bringing up the jobs issue because it’s Nestle’s only real leverage in negotiations with rural communities (does anyone really want 500 truck trips a day running through their community?), yet what are the actual benefits (and negatives) associated with Nestle’s bottling plants?

The EcoNorthwest report mentioned above makes it clear the positives are not what they’re claimed to be.

For that matter, it’s hard to imagine a water loading station would return enough to a community to make it worth the noise, traffic & pollution (not to mention the loss of a valuable local resource) – probably why Fryeburg has been on the receiving end of so much of Nestle’s legal talent. What else does Nestle have to offer but litigation?

By: Reid

Reid — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:07:09 +0000

Over a period of time several years ago, I tracked the number of jobs that Tom Brennan kept announcing in the Maine media. Over that time frame, the number of jobs varied by over 150! One day it was 400, and the next 600. The numbers were never the same from one day to the next… You get the picture..

And last week Mark Dubois announced that Nestle has 800 jobs in Maine that contribute $x amount of cash to the state. One wonders just how many jobs they actually DO have at any one time in the state. AND what Nestle/Poland Spring ACTUALLY contributes to the State coffers outside of the payroll taxes, medicare, and Social Security shares.