If you are buying paper towels from Costco from monthly sale avoid the Koch brands!

[cascadiance]

This time around, there are three different sets of paper towels on sale in the Costco flyer. You have a choice! Make it wisely and let Costco people know why you are picking the choice you are picking!

- Do NOT buy the Brawny brand paper towels (Koch brand!)
- Do NOT buy the Georgia Pacific multifold paper towels (Koch brand!)

- DO buy the Bounty brand right next to the coupon for the Georgia Pacific towels (NOT a Koch brand!)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. I always get Costco's own brand. They're good! n/t

[cui bono]

4. And their toilet paper is just perfect! n/t

[SeattleVet]

5. I don't know if the still are, but most of the Kirkland (Costco store brand) paper

products used to be made by Georgia-Pacific, a Koch company.

Damn shame, too, since we *really* like the product. I'll have to dig a little further and see if they are still made by the Koch's.

[cascadiance]

11. Thanks for the note on this... Also be careful about Kirkland/Bolthouse Farms drinks

Their owner at one time, William Bolthouse was working against marriage equality in California, etc. I think Kirkland later bought them out, but I don't have time to research it thoroughly now. Here's an earlier thread from DU on this pointing to a non-existent link now. Perhaps now that corporations are persons, stockholders can sue Bolthouse for same sex marriage if they got bought out ("married&quot to Kirkland if they claim to be religious followers of the corporation that wants purity of them if they were earlier touting themselves as being a "Christian" corporation.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3513304`

[laundry_queen]

6. I always do for paper towels

Kirkland paper towels are by far the best value, especially since they've finally gone to 'select-a-size'.

However, I must have thick and soft TP. I'm a TP snob and Kirkland doesn't cut it for me. The brand I buy isn't the Koch brand though (AFAIK)

[Cha]

7. Kirkland.. they're excellent, Peggy!

[otohara]

13. Kirkland Is Georgia Pacific = Koch

http://www.change.org/petitions/costco-stop-purchasing-paper-products-from-georgia-pacifc

There's not much out there about Kirkland/Koch connection - I asked Costco several times via email about Koch Industries and
never got an answer. There's only a couple paper conglomerates chugging out huge quantities that Costco demands.

I buy the generic brand at Whole Foods - it's made from recycled paper and the cost diff isn't that much.

[Cha]

14. Really! Wow.. thanks. Weird for Costco to have a brand from Georgia-Pacific/Koch.

smh, thanks otohara.

The link said it couldn't find the page I was looking for. There isn't much out there about Koch-Kirkland paper towel connection.

[NJCher]

2. I used to love Brawny

But when I found out they were a brand owned by the Koch bro's, I dropped 'em. This was years and years ago. Back when bush stole the election.

I found there are plenty of other paper towels out there that can replace Brawny quite nicely.

One thing I do worry about, however, is private labeling. For example, if I buy paper towels at Aldi, are they made by the Koch bro's?




Cher

[Stellar]

3. There's an App for that...

Boycott anything Koch.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/15/buycott-app_n_3279214.html

Edit to add: I haven't used it for a while...it had a bug and owners were fixing it. It's been over a year ago but it was working perfectly.

[Cha]

8. that's rigtht.. thanks for the reminder, Stellar!

[NJCher]

12. that is so cool!

Clever!

This is revolutionary!



Cher

[Hekate]

9. I buy the Kirkland paper products; they work just fine. Others will find your info helpful.

[kelliekat44]

10. I hate to say this but I believe that Kirkland paper towels and toilet tissue are made by GA Pacific

totally owned by Koch bros. I wish we could get Costco to find another manufacturer. I hate the vulture capitalistic system we live under. All designed to keep us all on the plantation...even those who think they are not.