COVID-19 Experience: Beware! Hand San May Look Like Food!
I guess it had to happen at some point. Folks who have begun making Hand Sanitizer during the pandemic have been using any sort of container they can find to get it out there and onto store shelves. But that’s led to a situation where kids and even adults have mistaken hand sans for foods…Read More →
KFC Media Muddle A Failed Try At Guerilla Promo?
UPDATE: Just a day after my post about KFC pulling an ad campaign in the UK which drew more than 100 complaints, the Fried Chicken Giant appears to have come back with a slick, new “Oops! We Goofed” campaign. And it got me wondering if I and millions of others have been conned…Read More →
COVID-19 Experience: KFC Muddles Message
KFC has pulled an advertising campaign in the UK and Europe months after suspending a similar campaign in the U.S., following a flurry of complaints about the multi-media effort’s inappropriateness in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis. A company statement claims: “Hey, guys! We were just kidding!”..Read More →
COVID-19 Experience: Beer Can Shortage!
Although the source story I came across, upon which this post is based, focuses on the effects of a looming container shortage on the Brewing industry, let’s not forget that Beer is by far not the only beverage sold in Aluminum cans. Why did we not see this coming?Read More →
Climate Change = Beer Flavour, Price Changes
Like a 40-to-one ‘dark horse’ suddenly thundering up on the outside at a major stakes race, the price and flavour of Beer is on the verge of changing – whether you like it or not. That’s because the change in climate is already changing the Hops that make Beer taste like… Well, Beer…Read More →
Coin Shortage: Chipotle’s Ripping Off Customers?
After a couple of years of food poisoning scandals and other troubles including a class action lawsuit over its Non-GMO status, the Burrito chain is now embroiled in a dispute over whether its Pennsylvania outlets have been cheating customers out of a portion of their change…Read More →