Brands/branding

[Leslilake1 at aol.com]

Question:  Is there an easy way to find out who owns which brands, e.g. 
"Maxwell House coffee" is owned by (not really, but for example) Beatrice 
Foods which itself is owned by (for example) Phillip Morris and so on, up to 
the ultimate owner?  

Currently reading a really sick-making book, "Emotional Branding" - 
"Consumers today expect their brands to know them - intimately and 
individually - with a solid understanding of their needs and cultural 
orientation...A logo without a 'heart' is like a person without a 'heart': 
cold, uninteresting, a robot..."

Les