Water Prices?

 I always see at vending machines at my school with water in them. But something that gets to me is the price. It ranges from $1.00-1.25. I don't understand it. For a natural resource you pay that much. Might as well go to your sink and fill up an aluminum water bottle than to pay for that. It's horrible.
 Yes, I know you have to make some money from the manufacturing of the bottle itself, but how much does plastic cost considering most of it is being redeemed for money to (hopefully) be used again.
  But when you think about it, water is a natural resource. There is springs and oceans filled with gallons upon gallons of water. I know that there aren't as many "springs" as oceans and oceans are made from salt water so it isn't useable. But springs are everywhere. They aren't that rare to be worth $1.25. If you look at the side of a Poland Springs water bottle, it lists all of the springs where the water came from. There is about 15-20 of them at least.
  But yet again, something feels strange about this water coming from different "springs" shouldn't the company find one or two and just stick with it? And when it comes to mind all water is the same and could be coming from the same springs and there is different pricing. The marketing of water must be hard because you cannot really describe how your companies water is better than yours. All water is pure (at least we hope). So the only way they can make profit is to sell it for cheap. Your better off buying water in packs.

Gender Equality

  Women never get the attention they deserve. Apparently baseball over softball and men's soccer over theirs. I never actually knew there was a women's march madness because it is hidden on their website as if they felt ashamed of them.
  Apparently all smarts only apply to men. Men always have good ideas. Women apparently do not. What does not make sense is that men are allowed to play softball but women cannot play baseball. It's unfair.
 Not only that Women get made fun- weakness of thunder, how long they take to get ready and all the rest of the population think that ALL women do that. Not really.
 But even education is that way. Schools require women to have higher grades than men. For men a grade on the SAT might have to range from a 600-800. Women scores would require 800 or above. What's the difference? It discourages women to do what they want to do and to go to another college for something they might not have wanted to research because of it.
 All I am trying to say is it took so long to get women's right to vote, but there is still gender discrimination on campuses all around. It's not really fair now is it? The U.S is violating women's constitutional rights. It's gotten better compared to the past, but barely.

It's Okay to Have Your Own Opinion!

 Have you ever had times where your friends agree upon who's the hottest member of One Direction and although you would have said one of the others, you just agree with them? Well don't! You don't always have to follow the crowd when it comes to things..
Examples:
 Liking a particular team. Usually it's because either everyone likes it, it's the state team or the team is just really good. Take it as example the yankees. People in New York would like the team and the team is really good. But then there's me who chooses the underdog and the team who's nearly 1,000 miles away (or it seems) the Orioles. Yes, you get made fun of, but you dared to be different so..
 A favorite thing. Shoes, trading cards, whatever you collect. In the case of shoes, people spend $400.00 just to get their friends Micheal Jordan shoes so they could match and be "bros".
 Their favorite place to shop. Say someone shops at Forever 21. Say their friend says they shop at American Eagle. They'll lie and say they love American Eagle even though they never set foot in the place in their life.

So, if you ask me teens this day and age are also pressured by their opinions. Everyone of this generation thinks you all have to be in the same utopia wearing the same shirts, shoes, pants and own the same cases and shop and the same stores. But dare to go outside the box of the utopia!

How to Be Popular

 Nowadays, many teenagers are caring more about following "the crowd" than just being themselves. So in schools like mine there are quite a few crowds of them. So you want to know what you need/have to do in order to be popular?

1. An I-phone- everybody has it! Make sure to have cool cases and to wear it in your back pocket
2. Break the I-phone's screen or back. Everyone else's is broken too! And be sure to color in the back with markers
3. Buy all the expensive clothes from Coach, Juicy Couture and Ann Taylor-and not Forever 21 because that's too babyish
4. Make sure your backpack and lunchbox is from Vera Bradley and have a carry-on bag for all your other things-makeup, brushes etc.
5. Beats headphones wear them in the morning when you walk in from the bus. Everyone will think you're so cool. Then accidentally break the earphones to drive your parents crazy.
6. Don't complete the homework. Claim that your cat got lost or died would do the trick. If they tell you to do the homework then scribble down random answers or copy. But if you get caught... Sorry!
7. Write with pen. Pencils are for losers away!
8. Think you're too cool for class and avoid listening and instead talk with your other popular friends.
9. A job... it pays off for all the debt you caused your family..

This is a parody. Understand that if you fit into a lot of these categories then you might want to consider if you are who you want yourself to be. Understand that you don't need to fit in just by buying something and it doesn't make a difference or huge impact on who you are. Why should you judge someone on what they have? It's better that those people have economic-stability compared to some's struggling welfare just because they want the stability of being at the top of the chain.

Advertising This Day and Age

Do you remember when advertisements were ONLY on televisions? Well, not any more. Now we cannot even log on websites and watch videos because of an ad.
 In some cases people use youtube for school because we all know on teachertube it's a bunch of useless videos that kids made. So when you want to watch a video as soon as possible, you don't want to be interrupted by an ad.
 Take this by example- today I wanted to go on mlb.com and I couldn't or well at least within the 5 seconds the ad was loading. On there, you cannot exited out of the ad until the ad closes it up itself within 5 seconds. Crazy, huh? Talk about ads showing in schools- once in Language Arts class we were trying to watch a 60 minutes segment and a Viagra ad popped up. Talk about awkward.
  It's crazy. Some of these ads should be separate videos. Some could range from 30 seconds to 3 minutes. Usually you can skip the ad, but in some cases you cannot.
 So what do these ads teach us? To buy things? Or just to show how stupid companies really are?

So next time an ad pops up, just click "skip ad"

Fans Taking It To Too Extremes?

Have you ever had (as a sports fan) times where your favorite team looses and you see other teams celebrating in the near distance? Well, you're not alone. No matter where you go you'll see them. Even at your favorite team's home stadium.
 But, for some reason I question occurrences like this. Say last year your favorite team, the Ravens lost against the Patriots (which actually happened) now I would imagine that Patriots fans celebrated as their team was going on to the Super Bowl. The Patriots didn't care about the Ravens fans and were practically shoving this in their face. Now in 2013, the Ravens defeated the Patriots and went on to the Super Bowl and winning it. It is sort of like the Patriots fans got a taste of their own medicine.
 So the point I'm trying to get at here is that fans shouldn't be bragging about their team when one day they may be in the exact same position as the loosing-team's fans- karma does good.
 So yes, you can be happy about your team winning but don't take it to extreme levels of bragging and violence because karma will come back and haunt you.

Corrupt Magazine Companies

 Hello. I am actually typing this on the kindle fire my family shares.

Some days, I go to the library and pick up some magazines. Usually, I get some Better Homes and Gardens books. My Mom, however gets those tabloid magazines like People and Us Weekly. Some days after finishing my reading, I read those.
 In those magazines I read, there is many false reporting all about celebrities. Now I don't know much about them but sometimes I see it in the news and in other magazines.  It's mainly in Us Weekly. They lie about celebrities love life, family and untold secrets.
  Now take it as example, Kate Middleton. When her and William split up, Us Weekly spoke of secrets why- the Queen hated her, she was a partyer and much more. Well luckily Kate never knew because she lives in England. Well, look at them now. Married with one kid of their own. I swear there hasn't been one magazine cover where she isn't on it. Give the girl a little privacy!


Corrupt magazine publishers = STALKERS

Sorry this is condensed- my finger hurts!

Our Generation

 Our generation sucks. Everything is going down the drain. Letters, reading books, games are now filled in by new-world technology. Am I the only one who's thinking this is evolving way to fast?
  Don't get me wrong these ideas are good and make everyday life easier, but there are a lot of cons to this idea. If some parents don't put a limit to the use of their children's technologies it may put a strict risk on their child's weight. I know, usually all Nintendo's have parental controls (mine does) but no one really uses it because it needs internet connection and usually NONE want to connect. But I usually use it for a limit of 30-40 minutes every so often.
 But there are some people (like my sister) who have NO limits. But the problem-causing thing is her laptop which has no apps to place limits. So my sister is up usually till midnight on her social media networks. Unbelieveable.
 Another issue is social media networks. It's handy to find people you lost touch with, but sometimes it can get a little too extreme at least when it comes to teenagers. Many get bullied and face neglect often resulting in suicide. So people! Don't judge a book by it's cover!

To be continued...

Candy?!?

Have you ever opened a bag of let's say sour patch kids and grabbed a flavor out of the bag at random? What's the chance of it being seemingly everyone's favorite, the red kind?
 Usually I end up grabbing a lime, lemon or orange. Let's face it. For most people they only like the reds. I know I do. I usually end up having to force myself to eat the others first.
 But do you ever think that companies purposely do that? The companies know what everyone's favorites are. It is quite odd how many people like the reds and blues out of candy boxes. They want the consumers to buy more of a certain candy so they can have more and more of the "favorite" candy. I just realized that. They also make the candy bags very large and sell it for a cheap price.


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The 21st Century

 Remember the world before texting? You played outside, physically talked to people and they actually listened to what you were saying and not looking down at your phone. Admit it. You've done that and have gotten scowled by the person. Now it's gotten out of control.
 One day my family was vacationing at Hampton Beach. The place we stayed had no breakfast so we walked to a nearby McDonalds. I wasn't looking out the window but my mom was. She said a guy out the window who was texting walked right smack into a pole and ended up walking away like nothing happened. That has never happened to me before. Luckily because I decide not to text in public, or when I do just reside at a nearby bench in order to.
 But nowadays, no one can write out "talk to you later", "be right back",  and"later". In some cases so extreme by using numbers as a code. This is really taking away learning how to spell.
 Another issue is there are 6-year olds who have iphones. Even I don't! I see them in their back pockets just like the "big kids" Even 5-year olds use their parents ones to play temple run!
 Don't get me wrong, cell phones are good. But what ever happened to face-to-face or letters? I think this transition from old-world technology to new-world technology transitioned way too fast. I can't even catch up. I feel like one day the world of letters and socializing is lost to this generation and may soon be gone as we know it. 

Environmental vs Regular Bulbs

 When you walk into a grocery store or a Walmart, you go down the aisle in need for a light bulb. There is only one-two packs of regular light bulbs and the rest are those "swirly" light bulbs. But are those really better?
Cons
 Recently, a light burned out at my house (a regular) and was replaced with a swirly light bulb. This room is fairly large. Now the room is this dull tint because of the light bulb. It's annoying because you cannot read or see anything without turning on a second light.
Non-Compatible with some lamps made before light bulbs presence.
 Pros
It is long lasting. I have for the lamp on my desk and I swear it's lasted for more than a year. I would recommend these light bulbs for close-distance but not for ones hanging or long-distance.

Regular Bulbs
Cons
Non-Environmental, Lasts awhile- but not as long as the Environmental bulb.
Pros
Compatible with mostly all lamps, lights up a large room better than an Environmental bulb.

The Story Behind Clothes

You've seen it. You go walking in the mall and you see a cool shirt, dress or pants. You walk in the store and your first instinct is to look at the price tag. What do you know? That Aero, Hollister, or Abercrombie shirt costs 50 bucks. Why you may ask?
  Clothes are so expensive because it helps pay off the workers who make the clothes. Remind you, this is like the Industrial Age. People are crammed into sweatshops with no heat in the Winter or air conditioning in the Summer. There can be 10-20 workers crammed in one room working on 1-style of clothing. The workers get payed minimum-wage ranging from 5 to 20 cents. No, the don't get to keep any of the clothing either. I guess it's really true that history repeats itself. 
  But there is also another story. You know, Americans are the number-one country ranked with unhealthy people. In China, the largest fry box you can buy at McDonalds is a small (those ones you find in the happy meals). So, stores use the "guilt" trick to get people to not buy their correct size. As a matter of fact, the bigger the size the smaller the waistline. This is used to make you feel extremely fat. It's sad because teenagers everywhere are starving themselves just to fit in a smaller waist line to be defined as "perfect". But really, these teenagers aren't fat it's the consumers that make them who are.

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Why Should Books Cost So Much?

 Some days, I walk into Barnes and Noble with a $25 gift card looking for some summer reads. By the time I pick out about maybe three or four paperback books, I start to add up the total to remain under the budget of the gift card. By the time I add together only two books, the price already reaches maybe $20. How many books can you buy with the remainder of $5. My guess none. My question is why?
 When teachers tell us why this generation cannot get off their cell phones and i-pads and for once read a non-electronic book. But nowadays, money is tight with the economy down and maybe we cannot afford to pay for $10 books. I mean teachers don't know how it is because they get the school's money (sometimes) to buy the books for their classroom for them.
 I understand the book price goes towards paying the publisher and author  but if nowadays adults encourage us to read and make a budget of wants and needs- is a book really a "need'? What I am trying to address is to all adults encouraging teens to read and manage their own money, how do they expect us to buy more of a "want" (or well the parents) while trying to manage money?

 To anyone already paying full price for books, here's some recommendations.
 Find out if your area has a used book shop. I have one located a few minutes away that sold me almost every Meg Cabot book there is. They have everything down to kids books to SAT prep. You never know what you'll find. It's like a thrift shop.
 Go book sale hunting. I went to one at a local library. This library was a little far away, but it was worth it. I liked their philosophy of $5 per bag and you could fit many, many books in one bag.
 Thrift Shops have excellent book selections as well. You never know what books you need will be there.

Candy Crush Saga Rip-Off?

Have you ever had times where you have only 1 move left and only need to clear 1 more square of jelly, but all of the candies surrounding it are ones you don't need? Well, you're not the only one. Only in a handful of levels was I able to escape with only 1 move left.
 I feel like the level number doesn't really mean anything. You could be on level 20 and it's extremely hard. The worst part is usually the jelly should clear after you find a match and say if two of the three are covered in jelly, only one of them clears. It's unfair and has caused me to loose multiple times.
 The bonuses don't help either. Once, I used a candy bomb and wrapped candy and it ended up exploding all of the remaining candies covered in jelly, but one with only one move left. Like I said, it was surrounded by candy you couldn't match it with.

Again, this is just stuff that happened to me- But could Candy Crush Saga be up to something?

Maybe expecting us consumers to buy bonuses to keep this company going?

or will it end up like Zynga?

Why The World Wasn't Built For Lefties

 Speaking from me, a left-hand myself. Righties have it much easier. Lefties are only 10% of the population. Righties dominate the rest. Everyone forgets about us, therefore everyday products are an everyday struggle for us and it's about time someone realizes!

Notebooks- the spiral kind makes it hard to write on the right-hand side of the page.

Pens and Pencils- Righties move away from their handwriting. Lefties move towards it. That makes it for no time for the ink to dry on the page and we end up smudging it. I have to clean the side of the hand at least 5-6 times a day.

Scissors- You rarely find left-handed scissors. When you do, they're usually dull and rusted out. I have to cut right-handed.

Computer-Mouses- When you move a mouse to the left, it doesn't feel right. I use it right-handed, too.

Binders- You end up having to take out the paper you are trying to write on. There is no way to sneak your hand in between the rings.

Desks- Out of a room of 300 chairs, there is only one for lefties. Hello? You end up having to show up 10 minutes early just to get it.

 But there is always hope.. Lefties make better athletes because of how they can quickly respond, 26% of lefties go richer than righties, lefties can see underwater easier and there's an extra holiday you can celebrate dedicated to lefties on August 13th. Get your friends and family to buy you gifts for your hard work of tolerating all of the above. I was born on August 9th, so I can celebrate with leftover cake and maybe my family can buy me some extra gifts...

Regular vs Sugar-Free Gum

So, have you even walked into a convenient store looking to buy gum and just buy a regular pack? Well think again. If you are refusing to try sugar-free gum because it's only for diabetics and doesn't have good taste.
 I am currently actually chewing Orbit Kids Strawberry-Banana Gum. For the most part, it tastes exactly the same except not as squishy. It's also good for your teeth. Even if you're not a kid, I would recommend this gum. It comes in Strawberry-Banana and Bubble Gum.

Here are some benefits to sugar-free gum-
-It's good for your teeth
-Less spent on removing those cavities
-Decreases calories

*Watch chewing gum with force or else it can lead to temporomandibular joint disorder that effects the jaw, face, neck and back.

So next time you go and grab a pack of gum, think again! Happy chewing!

Rip-Offs and Techniques Stores Use

Have you ever spread mayonnaise, peanut butter or squeezed out condiments on a container? Have you ever noticed that sometimes at end of the bottle there is a huge gap? I have seen the same thing on those pepper jars that you turn to put on food as well. This is one of the many techniques stores use to make it seem like you get a "bang-for-your-buck"
  Another thing stores use is smell. It may seem surprising. Have you ever walked into Old Navy and noticed that rubbery-sort of- fruity smell? Well, I don't know how they generate this smell but they use that and the bright lights to make you hurry up and buy things because your body cannot tolerate the smell anymore. In some cases, it's the opposite. When you go into Abercrombie and Fitch, the lights are at such a dark tint you cannot even see some of the dresses or clothes you plan on buying. Not to mention how they spray the whole store with their perfume and cologne and who could forget the blaring music?
 In some cases, companies use the 5 cents of this product will be donated to Cancer Research. Do we really know it will be? And say the product was 5 bucks, only 5 cents of that will be given. The company gets the remainder, $4.95. Maybe it's time for companies to kick it up a knotch. Companies also use the "healthy" promotion. They use the American Heart Association, with the small print that reads 4 grams of fiber or 4 grams less sugar or something like that.

Next time you're out and about be sure to compare different brands for the best buy. And also make sure if you buy a product that says it will donate to Cancer, be sure to see how much it donates and deduct that from the price of the product.

Enjoy A Night Out At Regal Cinemas

Want to go out as a family of 4  to see the latest movie?

Tickets
2 Adults= $22.00 (Avg. $11.00)
2 kids= $16.00 (Avg. $8.00)
Total (so far)- $38.00
Food
4 small drinks= $20.00
1 Large Popcorn= $8.00
Total= $28.00

Grand Total- $66.00

I can't believe it cost this much to enjoy a night out at a movie theater. You have no choice with the food either. Either you eat before, or buy the food. You can't smuggle any food, but people like my family do usually. I recommend to just enjoy a movie on Netflix.

Kelogg's (Entry Continued) With Wrigley

There's cereals of course. Some I've never even heard of.
Apple Jacks, Fruit Loops, Pops, Raisin Brand, Just Right, All-Bran, Rice Krispies- a whole lot more that you probably would already expect. Some I think are sold in other countries.

And then there's some you wouldn't know and some you would recognize-
Eggos, Pringles, Kashi, Pop-Tarts, Nutri-grain and Cheez-its

 Now off with one of the best-selling candy/gum companies, Wrigley

There's the gum which I won't entirely list- Big Red, Hubba Bubba, Doublemint, Juicy Fruit, Orbit, 5 Gum and one of the most best-selling flavors, Juicy Fruit. Then there's candies- Lifesavers, Skittles, Starburst and Altoids. But there's one more and are you ready for it? Uncle Ben's, yes the company that makes rice.

Cereal/Breakfast Brands Own Just About Anything

General Mills and Kelogg's own non-related breakfast foods and even some that can be found quite possibly on your dinner table, too. General Mills more of which owns stuff other than breakfast foods whereas Kelogg's owns snack and breakfast food. Here's a list-

General Mills
Breakfast Food 
Cheerios
Chex
Lucky Charms
Golden Grahams
Cinnamon Toast Crunch
Fiberel
Yoplait (didn't know)
Liberte (yogurt)
~Those I knew about because they were clearly labeled on the package.~
Frozen Food
Haagen Dazs
Wanchai Ferry
Pillsbury
Quick Dinner Food/Snack Food
Green Giant
Betty Crocker
Old El Paso
Bugles

I didn't know this would take up so much space, so I will contiune this entry with Kelogg's brands. 

Pepsico Owns The World

Doing a blog like this is not easy. Some of the research you do is on the computer and some you do on your own. But an image I found on the Huffington Post can allow me to do further entries on this topic without having to look all over the internet. So thanks, Huffington Post- all credit given to you. So I am going to break down this image bit by bit starting with Pepsico

Yum! A brand in other words that owns Taco Bell, Long John Silvers, KFC and Pizza Hut. Some of the fastest food us Americans rely on.
Quaker- Which also owns Life, Captain Crunch, Aunt Jemima, Crispy Minis and Harvest Crunch breakfast foods and cereals.
Sodas- Pepsi (called for), Mtn. Dew, Mirinda, Tropicana, 7 up, Mug, Aquafina, Gatorade and Lipton- Which is ironically also listed under Unilever. Again some only have relations with the company. Or did at one point.
Chips- Lays, Fritos, Rold Gold, Tositos, Ruffles, Miss Vickie's, Cheetos, Cracker Jack, Sun Chips, Spitz, and Doritoes. That is a large majority of all of the chips aisle.

To be Continued with General Mills and Kelogg's 

Crayola Owned By A Notecard Company?

 I always noticed when I was drawing and coloring that there was a Hallmark symbol on the back of the package. I never really have thought anything of it. But why would a card company want to invest in crayons? This is quite possibly the weirdest combination of companies I've seen so far. But wait. It doesn't stop there...

Hallmark Channel- I've seen it before. It has all of those cheesy shows about love, friendship, family and even if you're lucky religious movies and shows. I have seen that they show those holiday characters they create once a year at Christmas time, too.
Zoobilee Zoo- Well they did own it... Back in the late 80's. By the looks of it, that show would have creeped me out. How do kids back then find that cool without it being creepy in any sort of way?
Rainbow Brite- The innocent cartoon. I think I had pajamas of it, back in the day.
Halls- It's a department store. I guess it's like Macy's or JcPenny. They decided to get real creative and only cut off the "mark" other than that the symbol compared to Hallmark looks exactly the same.

Disney Owns Practically Everything

 Disney has been around for a long time. Nowadays the company seems to own everything. They own ABC family and a bunch of TV shows and channels. They use ABC family so when the actors who are on a TV show or the show got cancelled they'd just bring them to ABC family and start a new show.
 The only reason why I am saying it's corrupt is mainly because of the channel and how Disney is this large corporation who owns other TV channels so they can show Disney shows and movies all of those channels. Who else remembers on Saturday mornings when after the news there would be a little segment where they showed Hannah Montana and The Emperor's New Groove? It's because apparently Disney and ABC are tight. Now I am not sure if Disney actually owns ABC family because if they don't then can they explain why they show Disney ads on there and in some cases ABC ads on Disney channel.

Then there's also the amusement park. I won't start with that. But plus air fare you have to buy over 300 dollar tickets. That doesn't include hotel prices, airfare and of course how you have to buy your own breakfast.

Feel Old Yet?

Source: Buzzfeed.com
Some things that will make you feel old-
Mr. Flanders wife on the Simpsons has been dead for 11 years
Butterfingers BB's haven't been sold in over 6 years
Betty Crocker's squeezits haven't been sold in over 11 years- neither has Pepsi Twist and Hi-C ecto-cooler
Pluto hasn't been a planet in over 5 years
Kids born in 1995 graduated this year.
Chevy Chase is 69 years old
Backstreet Boys have been around for 19 years
Friends hasn't aired in over 8 years

If none of the things we have today will be showing or on the market- I wonder what our future would be like.

Oh yeah and 10 years before 2013 is 2003 not the 90's.. That means Shrek first premiered 10 years ago. And do you remember Pepsi Blue? That hasn't been sold in over 11 years.

Oh and the Olsen twins are 3 years away from 30.

School's Cheap Alternatives

 First, I would like to take a minute to honor a fallen cancer patient, Talia Castellano who passed away today at 11:22 am at the age of 13. I would like to offer my condolences to her friends, family and anyone who was close with her. It is shocking news to hear.

 Schools always want to buy cheap things. Toilet paper, paper towels, paper and the grossest of all, food. But buying cheap in this case paper towels mean they lack quality meaning you have to use more to get the job done. So is buying everything so cheaply really worth it?

The food at schools is awful. Pizza- shriffled up cheese topped off with a burnt crust, Soup- A mystery of vegetables and meat, Italian Dunkers- Bread that if you notice what it looks like is tiny spects of newly forming mold, and who could forget milk- which sometimes you can taste that it's rotted.

So really whats the point of buying more for less if it requires you to use more of the product? School's think they're saving the day but really they need to think of a better alternative.

Capri-Sun... Mold?

  Kraft foods have many cases where children are drinking their juice box and spit something black, green or really whatever color out of their mouth. The mold looks sluggish, and gross. Kraft foods claim it always happens if you leave the juice boxes out for awhile as so on the side of the box in molecular handwriting.
  I have had a experience close to it. Every year we help out at this fire department and sometimes I get thirsty and want a drink of juice. The fire department has juice boxes out that have probably been stowed away from last time which ranges from 3-6 months ago. I noticed that the juice boxes had foul tastes no mold, though. It makes those Raspberry ones that I hate in the first place taste extremely unbearable.

 I would suggest you take a high precaution when drinking/buying juice boxes. Check the expiration date and don't use them past the date thinking juice never goes bad. Well it does.

Both Walmart, Target Use Children?

 It's true. Welcome to the present-day of the early 1900s. All of the children are being paid minimum wage to sit in some cases warm (in the summer) cold (in the winter) room in some cases barely with any light forcing kids to easily get injured on any of the pieces of equipment.
 Only recently has this been uncovered. It didn't spread to the news or anything. Walmart and Target just "claimed" they didn't use children in that sort of way and there is no proof. Well for Walmart there is some form of proof. A photo that leaked:
In this case as it looks they're making ornaments?

And well Target? There is no proof. But there is some things you can inference. Target brand fruits, vegetables and all of the clothing. You know someone has to make it. If you ask me, Walmart and Target should give some of the clothes to their fellow sewers. After all a good majority of the money paid goes back to them.

Corrupt Marketing?

 Everyone knows it... Those adds for ice cream, fast food or really anything make you hungry and by the time you buy it, it looks horrible- droopy, melting mess. Ironic? I think not. Here's some tricks:

Ice Cream? More like mash potatoes. This makes it so that when they are filming a commercial it doesn't melt and looks nice and even unlike when we scoop it. It's just a huge melted glop.

Burgers: I watched a video on this. They hired a food stylus! It's pretty much a make-up artist for food.
Here's how it goes:
1. They only cook the burger for 20 seconds on each side so it doesn't shrink.
2. They brand them (in other words put grill marks) with a skewer.
3. They find a "perfect bun" then glue on sesame seeds
4. They put a piece of cardboard under the burger so it doesn't soag it up.
5. Sometimes the cut a v out so it makes it look bigger.

I'll let you see the video yourself. I believe it's called "Making A Commercial Burger" so just look it up on youtube.

Small "Organic" Companies Owned By Another Company?

Clorox owns a lot of things other than bleach...
Burt's Bees
Glad Trash Bags
Hidden Valley Ranch, Kitchen Bouquet, and KC Masterpiece salad dressings

I am furious that what I thought Burt's Bees was a large-self chain company is owned by the same place that makes bleach. I wouldn't trust them owning salad dressing companies... maybe they'd put bleach in them by mistake...
 Little Facts
SC Johnson
Mrs Meyer's Clean Day

Kelogg's
Kashi
Coca-Cola
Odwalla
Pepsi
Naked 
Colgate
Tom's of Maine

Unilever... Gone Too Far?

Unilever... Doesn't just own axe but the food you consume

Lipton Tea
Ben & Jerry's
Wall's (A.K.A the company that sells magnum, the expensive yet good ice cream)
Knorr (Makes soups)
Flora (oils, vitamins etc.)
Hellman's
Breyer's
Bertolli's

Yep. I always thought Ben & Jerry's was a small little Vermont company. Sick how it's owned by the same company that makes shampoos and death-smelling axe. Welcome to the Standard Oil Trust Monopoly of present day. Hopefully I can research more on these corrupt brands.