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As with your similar prior post, neither company has ever been American. L'Oreal has always been French, distributing in the U.S. via their subsidiary, while Nestle licenses KitKat production and distribution in the U.S. to Hershey.
Just because L'Oreal has a French sounding name, does not mean it's a French cosmetics company. L'Oreal has always been known and popular for it's skin-moisturizing cream that is common and affordable. Also, KitKat is an American candybar, and has never been a Swiss chocolate candybar.
Given that you're confidently spitting out incorrect information in a manner that's promotional to one of the brands you're talking about, I'm assuming you're using an AI to write your messages.
Please have the decency to reply in your own words using your own research. Generative AI is confidently incorrect all of the time, and a quick search will give you the same information I gave you in my first reply.
what will convince you that just because a name is French, does not make it a French cosmetics company, and that Kitkat has always been associated with American culture and American childhood, not Swiss culture and Swiss childhood memories?
It's headquartered in Clichy, a suburb of Paris.
KitKat was created by Rowntree's, a British chocolate manufacturer that Nestle acquired in 1988. Hershey had held U.S. distribution rights since 1970.
Most people in the Threadiverse wouldn't have the patience to engage with clearly false AI questions. Intelligent human interaction is always welcome, but if you must use AI to formulate your posts and not conduct the most basic of research to correct your mistakes, perhaps Reddit would be better suited for such content.
Kitkat has always been associated with American culture, not Swiss or British culture. Also, just because a company name is French, does not mean it is a French company with French headquarters.
But it is a French company with French headquarters. Why is this so hard for you to understand?
L'Oreal was an American company that sold common and affordable skin moisturizing creams, in pharmacy stores like CVS. It was not a French cosmetics company..
Who told you this?