# KKK owning Snapple? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 2, 2001, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kkk-owning-snapple/79438 "2001-09-02T21:44:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![originalvix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/977dab/32.png) [@originalvix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/originalvix)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2001, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kkk-owning-snapple/79438/1 "2001-09-02T21:44:11Z")
This is a rumour(?) i heard a long time ago, somthing about the Klu Klux Klan owning more than 50% of the shares in Snapple Bev. and therefore owning the company. Does anyone know if this is true or not? ~originalvix~ ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2001, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kkk-owning-snapple/79438/2 "2001-09-02T21:48:31Z")
I don’t know, but I very much doubt it. The Klan is a mere shell of it’s former self, with only a handful of members as compared to its past. Where would they come up with the capital to buy snapple? Sounds like a UL to me! ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2001, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kkk-owning-snapple/79438/3 "2001-09-02T21:50:08Z")
Nope. [http://www.snopes.com/business/alliance/snapple.htm](http://www.snopes.com/business/alliance/snapple.htm) Always turn to Snopes when you suspect something is an urban legend. ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2001, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kkk-owning-snapple/79438/4 "2001-09-02T21:50:08Z")
Oh, and welcome to the SDMB Originalvix 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2001, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kkk-owning-snapple/79438/5 "2001-09-02T21:51:39Z")
Snopes puts the lie to this ridiculous rumor. [http://www.snopes2.com/business/alliance/snapple.html](http://www.snopes2.com/business/alliance/snapple.html) ---
**Author:** ![originalvix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/977dab/32.png) [@originalvix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/originalvix)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2001, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kkk-owning-snapple/79438/6 "2001-09-02T21:54:29Z")
Wow guys, thanks! That was so fast! I’m very impressed!! ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2001, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kkk-owning-snapple/79438/7 "2001-09-02T22:08:39Z")
Khe Klan kwnign Knapple? Khat’s kbsolutely kidiculous! Khank koodness kor Knopes kutting khe kie ko khis klanderous kumor. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2001, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kkk-owning-snapple/79438/8 "2001-09-02T22:13:12Z")
Quaker Oats bought Snapple for well over $1 billion in 1993 or 1994, then sold it to Triarc (the company that owns Arby’s Roast Beef) for only $300 million in 1997. Triarc then sold Snapple last year to Cadbury Schwepps for well over $1 billion. Quaker Oats and its Gatorade brand were bought out by PepsiCo after Quaker’s Snapple fiasco. I didn’t see the KKK listed as the owner at all. Fancy that. ---
**Author:** ![Daowajan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@Daowajan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daowajan)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2001, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kkk-owning-snapple/79438/9 "2001-09-02T22:26:08Z")
Phew. I’d just had an entire Snapple and was getting worried for a minute there. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TheThill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheThill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheThill)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2001, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kkk-owning-snapple/79438/10 "2001-09-02T22:34:44Z")
Glad to hear that Snapple is in good hands after all. ---
**Author:** ![dave316](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dave316](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dave316)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2001, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kkk-owning-snapple/79438/11 "2001-09-02T22:44:02Z")
does anyone know who owns krispy kreme donuts the deliberate use of the letter K in their name makes me think that they are backed by the KKK and are using donuts to spread their racist agenda ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2001, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kkk-owning-snapple/79438/12 "2001-09-02T22:48:52Z")
[homer simpson voice]mmmmmmmm…racist agenda[/homer simpson voice] **Dave316** did you skip your meds again? ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2001, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kkk-owning-snapple/79438/13 "2001-09-02T22:54:19Z")
Dave- there’s a hole in your theory. Krispy Kreme owns itself. It is a publicly traded company. listed on the NYSE. They tell all [here](http://www.krispykreme.com/) Of course, I knew you were just being humorous. ---
**Author:** ![Philosophocles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Philosophocles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philosophocles)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2001, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kkk-owning-snapple/79438/14 "2001-09-02T23:01:56Z")
What about the rumor that the KKK manufactured all those crown air fresheners that people put in their cars? ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2001, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kkk-owning-snapple/79438/15 "2001-09-03T01:17:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Philosophocles \* > \*\*What about the rumor that the KKK manufactured all those crown air fresheners that people put in their cars? \*\* Snopes says [nope](http://www.snopes2.com/business/alliance/crown.htm) ---
**Author:** ![jaimest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/48db29/32.png) [@jaimest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaimest)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2001, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kkk-owning-snapple/79438/16 "2001-09-03T01:27:41Z")
Other than a lot of crystal meth labs and the racist XXL flea market T-shirt business, I don’t think any klansmen are captains of industry any longer. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2001, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kkk-owning-snapple/79438/17 "2001-09-03T06:02:27Z")
> [@](#): > > I don’t think any klansmen are captains of industry any longer. Especially since the noose market collapsed sometime in the '60s… ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2001, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kkk-owning-snapple/79438/18 "2001-09-03T06:25:00Z")
What about the Satanists? They own Proctor and Gamble, why not Snapple? [yeah, I know they don’t. Nor does the KKK own Marlborough, nor does the LDS own Coc-Cola. Etc.] ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_Bowe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@Doug\_Bowe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_Bowe)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2001, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kkk-owning-snapple/79438/19 "2001-09-03T06:33:46Z")
With all respect I understand that attributing anything to THE KKK is like attributing something to THE Mafia. There are a scattered group of groups making a scattered group of deals.