Contradictory companies
I’ve had this blog post in draft for over a year now. It started with idle chit-chat about companies that make surprising combinations of things, which led to people suggesting other companies over Twitter. Then I compiled this list but couldn’t come up with any sort of narrative around it. Then a year passed, and now the narrative is my ineptitude, and here we are: a list of companies that make things that don’t go together.
- Guinness: stout, and books of world records.
- Michelin: tyres, and fine dining guides.
- Remington: shotguns, and shavers.
- The AA: car towing, and hotel guides (@dimrill)
- Bic: biros, and razors (@eskimimi)
- Dunlop: tyres, and wellies (@eskimimi)
- Saab - cars, and fighter jets (@jeztomlin)
- Yamaha: motorbikes, and musical instruments (@brokentv)
- Tata: cars (in India; also owns Jaguar and Land Rover) and tea (owns Tetley brand) (@KathJones)
- Pfizer: drugs, and sweets (@sista_flapjack)
- Peugeot — cars, and peppermills (@sista_flapjack)
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winkchin said:
Aerobie: sports toys and coffee presses.
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fuiru said:
BNP - French banking and British xenophobia. Always confused me, that one.
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