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"jab-holding-company": {
    "names": [
        "JAB Holding Company",
        "JAB Holding Company S.à r.l.",
        "JAB",
        "Joh. A. Benckiser"
    ],
    "comment": "JAB Holding Company is a multinational corporation founded by individuals with Nazi sympathies [1][2]. The company illegally collected employees' fingerprints [3] and failed to maintain safe working conditions, which led to an employee nearly dying trapped in a freezer [4].",
    "sources": {
        "1": "https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/25/world/europe/nazi-laborers-jab-holding.html",
        "2": "https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/national-international/family-that-owns-krispy-kreme-panera-peets-coffee-acknowledges-nazi-past/159805/",
        "3": "https://www.law360.com/articles/1455415/pret-a-manger-would-pay-677k-to-end-fingerprint-suit",
        "4": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230831100239/https://www.westminster.gov.uk/news/pret-manger-fined-ps800000-after-cafe-worker-left-locked-walk-freezer",
        "5": "https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/why-this-coffee-giant-is-staying-put-in-russia/ar-AA1frXiL"
    },
    "sourceNotes": {
        "1": "founded by firm nazi supporters",
        "2": "founded by firm nazi supporters",
        "3": "Illegally collected employees' fingerprints",
        "4": "unsafe working conditions led to an employee nearly dying trapped in a freezer",
        "5": "continued to operate in russia"
    },
    "tags": [
        "consumer goods",
        "coffee",
        "fast food"
    ],
    "score": 35,
    "ownedBy": [],
    "logoUrl": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/JAB_Holding_Company_Logo.svg",
    "siteUrl": "http://jabholco.com/",
    "updatedAt": "2025-09-21T14:29:22.220Z"
},

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JAB Holding Company

consumer goods

35 😡

consumer goods coffee fast food

Is JAB Holding Company Ethical?

JAB Holding Company is a multinational corporation founded by individuals with Nazi sympathies ^[1]^[2]. The company illegally collected employees' fingerprints ^[3] and failed to maintain safe working conditions, which led to an employee nearly dying trapped in a freezer ^[4].