Luxottica is a huge eyewear company and owns many of the brands and retail stores people are familiar with.

Luxottica owns Sunglass Hut, Pearl Vision, Lenscrafters.

The house brands include:

Alain Mikli
Arnette eyewear
Costa Del Mar
Eye Safety Systems (ESS)
Luxottica
Native Eyewear[38]
Oakley
Oliver Peoples
Persol
Ray-Ban
Sferoflex
Vogue Eyewear
The company also makes eyewear under license for the following designer labels:[37][2]

Giorgio Armani
Armani Exchange
Brooks Brothers
Bulgari
Burberry
Chanel
Coach
Dolce & Gabbana
Emporio Armani
Michael Kors
Miu Miu
Polo Ralph Lauren
Prada
Ralph Eyewear
Ralph Lauren
Scuderia Ferrari
Starck Biotech Paris
Tiffany & Co.
Tory Burch
Valentino[39]
Versace

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Posted by bazeball

Equipped, not stripped.

Member since Jun 2006

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Posted on 2/27/23 at 8:30 am to Will Cover

Copy paper.

There are only a few manufacturers that make all the different brands. I interned as an engineering student in college at a paper facility. It was interesting watching them swap the wrappers and fill them all with the same paper.

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Posted by roguetiger15

Member since Jan 2013

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Posted on 2/27/23 at 8:32 am to NotYourDaddy

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There are 2 types of sugar. Sugar made from sugar cane and sugar made from sugar beets. The cheapest sugar could be beet sugar in some places. I suspect your intention was 'buy the cheapest cane sugar'.

yes cane sugar

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Posted by LSUBoo

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Member since Mar 2006

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Posted on 2/27/23 at 8:34 am to Will Cover

Why is the Taco Bell also a Pizza Hut?

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Posted by Will Cover

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Posted on 2/27/23 at 9:07 am to F1y0n7h3W4LL

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Stanley tools makes Black and Decker, DeWalt, Craftsman and several other power tool brands.

A while back, Stanley also purchased Sonitrol (alarm systems) as well.

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Posted by Tarps99

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Member since Apr 2017

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Posted on 2/27/23 at 9:16 am to LSUBoo

Taco Bell is owned by Yum Brands which is a division of Pepsi Co.

Reminds me of this Simpsons gag in 1998 that actually came true:

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Posted by soccerfüt

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Member since May 2013

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Posted on 2/27/23 at 9:25 am to TheRoarRestoredInBR

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My Speed Queen is a battle axe..but noisy.

I have three sets of SQ washer/dryers.

All 2017 vintage.

Noisy, use a lot of water and electricity, and clean the frick out of clothes.

Thanks Napoleon for the tip.

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Posted by Wtodd

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Member since Oct 2013

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Posted on 2/27/23 at 9:27 am to brett randall

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Ranger, Triton and Nitro are all under the Johnny Morris umbrella now

quote:
AKA White River Marine, quality death spiral.

And Brunswick owns Sea Ray, Boston Whaler, Bayliner, Mercury Marine, Attwood, Lund, Crestliner, Mastervolt, MotorGuide, Harris Pontoons, Freedom Boat Club, Princecraft, Heyday, Lowe, Uttern, Quicksilver and CZone, among many others.

Pretty much 2 companies own everything marine wise

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Posted by calcotron

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Posted on 2/27/23 at 9:40 am to IT_Dawg

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Almost All the food you eat is from 10 companies

And the ingredients they use come from even fewer global companies.

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Posted by SuperSaint

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Member since Sep 2007

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Posted on 2/27/23 at 9:46 am to Will Cover

Lovehoney
Vixen
Babeland
Blush

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Posted by dukke v

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Posted on 2/27/23 at 9:54 am to Tarps99

Salt is included here… always buy the cheaper or store brand salt. All salt goes through the same process but just have a different label.

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Posted by GoT1de

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Member since Aug 2009

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Posted on 2/27/23 at 9:58 am to Will Cover

Stanley-Black & Decker ( new company name) acquired MTD mowers, which offers Cub Cadet, MTD, Troy Bilt etc.
That company owns a lot of brand names.

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Posted by 6R12

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Member since Feb 2005

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Posted on 2/27/23 at 11:01 am to Will Cover

The old camcorder industry was the best example. Maybe 30 brands and only 3 or 4 suppliers. Then the heads that processed the ole tape were only built by 2 companies. That was way back...........

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Posted by Will Cover

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Member since Mar 2007

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Posted on 2/27/23 at 11:10 am to soccerfüt

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I have three sets of SQ washer/dryers.

All 2017 vintage.

I have the latest model year for SQ washer and dryer. The washer is amazingly quiet. By comparison, the previous Maytag I had, and before that, an LG, sounded like jet engines taking off.

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Posted by Boudreaux35

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Posted on 2/27/23 at 11:11 am to Will Cover

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What are some companies that you are aware of that we all use today that have multiple companies under their umbrella?

Walmart.

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Posted by AndyCBR

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Member since Nov 2012

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Posted on 2/27/23 at 11:12 am to Will Cover

Motor oil.

Lots of different packages but very few actual refineries that formulate and bottle it.

I’m not saying there is no difference between all of it but depending on region Wal mart Super Tech can be bottled at a Quaker state oil plant for example.

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