ill-advised packaging 'updates'

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Okay, the other night I felt like Cracker Jacks on my evening walk.

They don't come in boxes anymore... they come in a mylar bag.

Folgers doesn't come in a badass steel can anymore, it comes in a handy 'shatterproof' tub.

Hershey's is no longer the rad Charley & the Chocolate Factory foil wrapper... it, too, is in a ghetto mylar bag.

All this to save .0126 cents cost-per-unit, but what bullshit.

(Anytime they want to move something to a crappy plastic container, they say "New Shatterproof Fun-Size!!")

Tell me other ill-advised packaging changes, there's plenty...

andy --, Friday, 7 October 2005 21:28 (twenty years ago)

eggs used to come in shells and now they come in cardboard milk cartons

strng hlkngtn: what does it mean? (dubplatestyle), Friday, 7 October 2005 21:32 (twenty years ago)

http://www.tetrapak.com/img/news/instr1.jpg

Bullshit irradiated radioactive chili...

andy --, Friday, 7 October 2005 21:34 (twenty years ago)

folgers?

Old School (sexyDancer), Friday, 7 October 2005 21:50 (twenty years ago)

The Cracker Jack thing really really bums me out for some reason. What on earth.

Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Friday, 7 October 2005 22:17 (twenty years ago)

"New Look! Same Great Taste!!"

andy --, Friday, 7 October 2005 22:22 (twenty years ago)

But, love still comes in spurts.

William Paper Scissors (Rock Hardy), Friday, 7 October 2005 22:22 (twenty years ago)

Wangling the little prize out of the box really did make you feel like you deserved it.

Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Friday, 7 October 2005 22:25 (twenty years ago)

http://www.blackbook.com/images/community/Leggs.jpg

Apparently Leggs don't come in eggs no more.... oh, pity the arts & crafts!

andy --, Friday, 7 October 2005 22:25 (twenty years ago)

http://www.brandchannel.com/images/FeaturesProfile/profile_img1_quaker.gif


How the fuck am I supposed to make an authentic Indian war drum out of this shitcan?

andy --, Friday, 7 October 2005 22:27 (twenty years ago)

The new hexagonal Smarties tubes…Nestlé are scum.

carson dial (carson dial), Friday, 7 October 2005 22:37 (twenty years ago)

Marshall Field's Nameplate Conversion

All Marshall Field's stores will convert to the Macy's nameplate in fall 2006. This includes 62 locations in Michigan, Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota, Indiana, Ohio and South Dakota that will continue to be operated by the Minneapolis-based division that will become known as Macy's North.

"From a shopping standpoint, customers will have the best of both worlds in major markets like Chicago, Minneapolis and Detroit. They will continue to benefit from regional buying that remains attuned to local preferences and lifestyles, plus enjoy the distinctive merchandise and shopping experience that's part of the Macy's brand," Lundgren said.

"We have great respect for the legacy and traditions of Marshall Field's, and we carefully researched customer preferences and studied alternatives before making this decision to incorporate Marshall Field's into the nationwide Macy's brand," Lundgren said. "While the store's name will change, much of what customers love will stay the same, including Marshall Field's traditions and its outstanding record of community and charitable giving. As part of this name change process, we will do everything we can to honor the Marshall Field's heritage, particularly in its Chicago birthplace."

gear (gear), Friday, 7 October 2005 22:40 (twenty years ago)

seltzer doesn't come in glass spray bottles anymore! where's the comedy in this?

http://www.whiterockbeverages.com/img/Products_Seltzers.jpg

jbr is the value obtained from the leptonic branching ratio measurement and (Jod, Friday, 7 October 2005 22:41 (twenty years ago)

http://img.epinions.com/images/opti/57/82/wellMedicineOTCAllPhillips_Milk_of_Magnesia_Concentrated_Laxative_Antacid-resized200.jpg

This shit used to come in a BLUE GLASS bottle... how classy was that? Now it's the new shatterproof, fun-size.

andy --, Friday, 7 October 2005 22:47 (twenty years ago)

Our car came in a can.

400% Nice (nordicskilla), Friday, 7 October 2005 22:48 (twenty years ago)

jaymc comes in a sock

oops (Oops), Friday, 7 October 2005 22:51 (twenty years ago)

roffl

400% Nice (nordicskilla), Friday, 7 October 2005 22:52 (twenty years ago)

she comes in colors.

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jbr is the value obtained from the leptonic branching ratio measurement and (Jod, Friday, 7 October 2005 22:53 (twenty years ago)

Last night I saw a TV commercial for Folgers - their plant is/was apparently in New Orleans. The spot depicted Folgers factory employees talking about getting back to work again after the storm and that we all need to be patient and accept that they will have to go back to using the old fashioned red cans again for awhile instead of the wonderful plastic jugs. I was dumb stuck, and thought to myself who in their marketing department sold them on a cheapo plastic jug being somehow superior to a great red can?!?

Wiggy (Wiggy), Friday, 7 October 2005 23:59 (twenty years ago)

I've long stopped Coors beer (about the time I turned 18), but those plastic bottles are a bad, bad idea.

Beer in a can is gross enough. There's no way that I'm going to drink High Life like I'm drinking a Mountain Dew or something.

Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Saturday, 8 October 2005 00:11 (twenty years ago)


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