If Nobody Made Money From War, Would We Be Having One?

War is such a jolly thing for so many purveyors of supplies, isn't it? It's often a chance to charge more for ordinary things, like food for the troops. An Army marches on its stomach, yes--the food supply chain is utterly vital. ( Apparently there was little money to be made from armor, either for soldiers or their vehicles, though that may be changing.)

According to the NYTimes, "... investigators from the Justice and Defense Departments are examining deals that the Sara Lee Corporation, ConAgra Foods Inc. and other American companies made to supply the military, officials said.

The inquiry centers on whether the companies overcharged the Army’s principal food supplier for the war zones, a Kuwait-based company called the Public Warehousing Company. Investigators are also looking into whether Public Warehousing improperly took payments from the food companies.

Public Warehousing, which supplies enormous amounts of fruits, vegetables and meats for more than 160,000 troops in combat zones, said in a statement that it had done nothing wrong and was fully cooperating. "

Public Warehousing feeds troops in both Kuwait and Iraq, apparently. And operates on many levels globally. ( I saw no mention of Halliburton on its website, but there is much to read there. )

Comments

[Foodie]

True--in order to make $$ from food, you have to cheat, mightily!

[genevieve]

I've thought about how tanks and machine guns (or whatever the army is using now to shoot people and destroy buildings and other things) make major money for big companies - but not food. That's "food for thought".....