Comments on: miracles of modern food marketing http://blog.lauralemay.com/2006/02/miracles-of-modern-food-marketing.html Fri, 26 Feb 2010 03:53:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Matthew Daly http://blog.lauralemay.com/2006/02/miracles-of-modern-food-marketing.html/comment-page-1#comment-461 Matthew Daly Wed, 01 Mar 2006 14:32:38 +0000 http://wptest.lauralemay.com/2006/02/miracles-of-modern-food-marketing.html#comment-461 I'll only be happy when marketers give us a device that can turn carbon dioxide into oxygen. Just think what could happen if we put a few of those machines on every street corner! Actually, non-snarkily, I think I like the idea of a banana being next to the chips and candy bars in a convenience store, and competitively priced in comparison to them. It won't stop me from buying bunches for 49 cents a pound at the full-service grocery, but when I'm away from the house and looking for a quick snack, it seems like an option that I'd appreciate. I’ll only be happy when marketers give us a device that can turn carbon dioxide into oxygen. Just think what could happen if we put a few of those machines on every street corner!

Actually, non-snarkily, I think I like the idea of a banana being next to the chips and candy bars in a convenience store, and competitively priced in comparison to them. It won’t stop me from buying bunches for 49 cents a pound at the full-service grocery, but when I’m away from the house and looking for a quick snack, it seems like an option that I’d appreciate.

]]> By: AndrewN http://blog.lauralemay.com/2006/02/miracles-of-modern-food-marketing.html/comment-page-1#comment-460 AndrewN Mon, 27 Feb 2006 14:48:08 +0000 http://wptest.lauralemay.com/2006/02/miracles-of-modern-food-marketing.html#comment-460 I saw this too and wondered why they thought it would work? If they can charge a buck for a single banana so could the store, buy a bunch and sell them individually without the plastic for a little less than the Chiquita version. I wonder if the Chiquita have additional preservatives injected? I saw this too and wondered why they thought it would work? If they can charge a buck for a single banana so could the store, buy a bunch and sell them individually without the plastic for a little less than the Chiquita version.

I wonder if the Chiquita have additional preservatives injected?

]]> By: Ankoku-jin http://blog.lauralemay.com/2006/02/miracles-of-modern-food-marketing.html/comment-page-1#comment-459 Ankoku-jin Mon, 27 Feb 2006 03:42:28 +0000 http://wptest.lauralemay.com/2006/02/miracles-of-modern-food-marketing.html#comment-459 But... packaging a banana would hold in the ethylene gas that hastens ripening, defeating the purpose of "packaging for freshness"... Oh, wait, it's planned obsolesence. They'll go mushy faster and the stock will have to be rotated more often. Brilliant! But… packaging a banana would hold in the ethylene gas that hastens ripening, defeating the purpose of “packaging for freshness”…

Oh, wait, it’s planned obsolesence. They’ll go mushy faster and the stock will have to be rotated more often. Brilliant!

]]> By: Nez http://blog.lauralemay.com/2006/02/miracles-of-modern-food-marketing.html/comment-page-1#comment-458 Nez Mon, 27 Feb 2006 01:54:38 +0000 http://wptest.lauralemay.com/2006/02/miracles-of-modern-food-marketing.html#comment-458 Kind of brings to mind a line of Kramer's from Seinfeld, "you don't sell the steak, you sell the sizzle!" Kind of brings to mind a line of Kramer’s from Seinfeld, “you don’t sell the steak, you sell the sizzle!”

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