JCPenney, Payless, and Lifeway have announced plans to close at least 3000 stores. Some 41,200 people will lose their jobs as a result.
And while Poland Spring bottled water may be popular among the 13 million people who buy the stuff, the Nestle-owned company has come under scrutiny, since the Poland spring dried up half a century ago. Now, a class action lawsuit is being filed against the parent company for deceptive practices:
It's claimed that Portland Spring has been filling its bottles with ordinary groundwater from wells, and that "Not one drop" in the bottles is actually spring-derived.
Phoney spring water? No wonder the company was so eager to acquire rights to the water from an actual spring in Cascade Locks, Oregon - a battle that went on for years, and which the company ultimately lost.
