According to a news report from telegraph.co.uk “For a lucky few, Lehman Brothers’ bankruptcy on September 15, 2008, meant an opportunity. Below are a list of people, companies and places which have gained fame and fortune on the back of the “end of capitalism”.”
“Sales of organic food have fallen off a cliff since the financial crisis, replaced by high-calorie comfort food. Pizza and chocolate have looked like wise places to put your money, with Domino’s Pizza and Cadbury reporting robust earnings. Both companies have picked up on one of the marketing buzzwords of the recession: “nesting,” otherwise known as staying in and pigging out. Cadbury looked so appealing to Kraft, the US company which brought the world spray-on cheese, that it has launched a £10bn takeover bid for the chocolate maker,” said the story.