tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post7698497373218986525..comments2024-03-26T00:14:00.509-07:00Comments on Crunchy Chicken: Mega food manufacturers go local?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-41851141313335458072009-06-10T13:20:43.466-07:002009-06-10T13:20:43.466-07:00Hey! I just started reading your blog! Honestly, i...Hey! I just started reading your blog! Honestly, in regard to Lays new *Local* Marketing, I feel my intelligence has been more than a little insulted...grrrLynnieBeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17222942955222949903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-84296470092410766612009-05-19T20:06:27.343-07:002009-05-19T20:06:27.343-07:00It's bullshit is what it is. Total greenwashing bu...It's bullshit is what it is. Total greenwashing bullshit.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08849148217473381311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-82257232211891809562009-05-15T15:16:00.000-07:002009-05-15T15:16:00.000-07:00I agree with some of the other posters that I like...I agree with some of the other posters that I like to see when mainstream starts promoting these ideas. I agree about the hollowness of it and the money-ness of it. Most people need sustainability 101 and environmentalism 101. <br />I met a guy at friend's birthday party that was proud to say that recycling was just too much trouble - why bother. <br />I guess what I'm trying to say is that Emilynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-64687507445041518112009-05-15T14:49:00.000-07:002009-05-15T14:49:00.000-07:00I love that these companies really think people ar...I love that these companies really think people are that dumb. I do feel sorry for people who know the terms but not the definition and movement behind it because they will buy it. Just like they were buying buckets of "transfat free" KFC chicken thinking it was actually fat free chicken.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-38047653807263990352009-05-15T13:01:00.000-07:002009-05-15T13:01:00.000-07:00Ugh. Marketing campaigns drive me crazy! What folk...Ugh. Marketing campaigns drive me crazy! What folks often forget that the only reason to market is to sell your product. And the bigger the company, the harder they have to push --- so they take more liberties in their claims. They tell you what you want to hear, plain and simple (anyone who doesn't believe this need only look at a package of Red Vines and see the big "FAT FREE" stamped across Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-42983771424453498812009-05-15T11:53:00.000-07:002009-05-15T11:53:00.000-07:00I don't see a problem with this. You (in the edito...I don't see a problem with this. You (in the editorial sense) know if there's a Frito Lay plant near you. If there isn't one, then it's obvious that the products they're using are local to THEM, not to you. In a time where people are constantly asking where their food is coming from, this is a direct response to that inquiry. No misrepresentation there.Alliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09981628640737207011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-10907762877435761852009-05-15T11:24:00.000-07:002009-05-15T11:24:00.000-07:00Speaking of Frito Lay marketing...
I remember see...Speaking of Frito Lay marketing...<br /><br />I remember seeing one of their print ads a couple of years ago depicting the naturalness of their potatoes being harvested...<br /><br />by caucasian farmer like people (models) walking around a potato field picking potatoes off the top of plants like potatoes were growing like apples... <br /><br />It was rather hilarious. I am trying to locate a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-68082702273981074542009-05-15T11:02:00.000-07:002009-05-15T11:02:00.000-07:00We should all collectively 'THANK' Frito lay, for ...We should all collectively 'THANK' Frito lay, for their spending on a multi-million dollar ad campaign raising the awareness of the American public about local goods... (even if it is tinged with a copious helping of green paint...). <br /><br />They will do what locavores are attempting to educate the public in a much faster manner... and at no expense to local farmer's markets... <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-73231129923406736482009-05-15T09:36:00.000-07:002009-05-15T09:36:00.000-07:00I find this interesting, because it means the indu...I find this interesting, because it means the industrial food world is running scared.<br /><br />The growing preference for locally grown and produced food is a direct response to the industrialization and degradation of our food supply, and this kind of thing won't fool the growing number of eaters who are paying attention.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-81616900110759692132009-05-15T08:54:00.000-07:002009-05-15T08:54:00.000-07:00Here's a link for reading more about the compostab...Here's <A HREF="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/04/sun-chips-compostable-bags.php" REL="nofollow">a link</A> for reading more about the compostable Sun Chips bags. <br /><br />I thought they were going to be made out of that plastic crap that breaks down into tiny particles, but it's actually really cool stuff: it sounds like the plant based polymers completely break down.<br /><br />If Crunchy Chickenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10612320939936593420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-12322502085547345022009-05-15T07:55:00.000-07:002009-05-15T07:55:00.000-07:00@Lisa Sharp
That is great to hear the bag will be...@Lisa Sharp<br /><br />That is great to hear the bag will be compostable ... that will almost stop my nagging my husband for buying chips LOL!<br /><br /> "... I'm glad they are going to make a compostable bag for Sun Chips, though I do want to know what it's made of before I get to happy."Jenettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12839122452372826100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-83530613352775981252009-05-15T05:58:00.000-07:002009-05-15T05:58:00.000-07:00Wow, this is just false advertising but I do have ...Wow, this is just false advertising but I do have to say I'm glad they are going to make a compostable bag for Sun Chips, though I do want to know what it's made of before I get to happy.<br /><br />Also they have teamed up with Terra Cycle but I still wouldn't say they are green or sustainable but we have to be careful because we will get more out of them if we praise them for the good, or I at Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02583524755306491510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-73682256511041409152009-05-14T20:36:00.000-07:002009-05-14T20:36:00.000-07:00Misrepresentation. Totally. I'm sorry but how ca...Misrepresentation. Totally. I'm sorry but how can Frito Lay's potato chips be the next step in our food chain back to the farmers' market? Just don't see it.Green Beanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133847111288382381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-26634945905142854412009-05-14T14:48:00.000-07:002009-05-14T14:48:00.000-07:00What did one potato chip say to other?
Frito Lay?
...What did one potato chip say to other?<br />Frito Lay?<br />Thanks for giving me the oppurtunity to use one of my favorite elementary school jokes!Robj98168https://www.blogger.com/profile/12449968557883132353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-5037226149095017692009-05-14T14:08:00.000-07:002009-05-14T14:08:00.000-07:00It's saavy/dastardly marketing, but I don't think ...It's saavy/dastardly marketing, but I don't think it's a misrepresentation, at least in the appropriate areas. "Local" is a geographic indicator. It has become associated with other concepts, green, sustainable, small farm, natural. So I agree with eatsclosetome. <br /> But even if you eat junk food made locally you still save the carbon emissions associated with transporting stuff across the SusanBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-79826771454809092192009-05-14T13:45:00.000-07:002009-05-14T13:45:00.000-07:00Well they want $$ and they want to save $$. I do ...Well they want $$ and they want to save $$. I do have a Frito-Lay Mfg plant less than 50 miles from me and saving the environment is not there goal. It IS to reduce waste, packaging, and energy ... its good for the environment ... but first and foremost it saves $$. We eat there sun chips ... too much packaging :( but they use solar for the manufacturing. So I guess I am saying they are Jenettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12839122452372826100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-30452983054961921142009-05-14T13:26:00.000-07:002009-05-14T13:26:00.000-07:00I'm going to go with Michael Pollan's suggestion: ...I'm going to go with Michael Pollan's suggestion: if it says it's healthy, it's not. <br /><br />If a bag of chips says it's local, it's not. Local foods at the farmer's market don't says "local" because there's no package.<br /><br />The problem is that most Americans will jump at the chance to buy "local" chips, and won't be educated enough to know different.Farmer's Daughterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04993260095409544097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-89225423621519008892009-05-14T12:43:00.000-07:002009-05-14T12:43:00.000-07:00Ok...while I agree there is little to really cheer...Ok...while I agree there is little to really cheer about in a local strip-mined, pesticide-laden potato chip, I don't think this is false advertising. If Lay's potato chips are made from Michigan potatoes in a Michigan factory using salt mined in northern Ohio (verdict is out on where the oil comes from), yes, this is, in fact, a "local" product for me. "Local" is not the be-all, end all. "LocalAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-84865318443846064252009-05-14T12:06:00.000-07:002009-05-14T12:06:00.000-07:00Oh, brother. I suppose it falls under "anything to...Oh, brother. I suppose it falls under "anything to make a buck." Real locavores will realize that local means "local to the consumer," but the marketing department must have missed it. Now if they can make eco-friendly mini-plants in everyone's neighborhood ... wait, that's a bad idea. <br /><br />As to "who eats this stuff" -- probably more people do than don't. Wow.Cheap Like Mehttp://www.cheaplikemeblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-81971989385303283252009-05-14T10:22:00.000-07:002009-05-14T10:22:00.000-07:00I know that I am frustrated by it. We happen to h...I know that I am frustrated by it. We happen to have a potato chip manufacturer within 100 miles, and their potatoes probably are also within the distance, but nothing else will be and they still use pesticides and other crap in their growing/processing. Since they are local, I have a never ending `arguement' with my husband because he wants to eat chips. It's the same with the microbreweriesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-2511994035418824272009-05-14T10:17:00.000-07:002009-05-14T10:17:00.000-07:00On a recent trip over the UK, I was using the inte...On a recent trip over the UK, I was using the internationally renowned public facilities (aka McDonald's) and something caught my eye on the way out. They have this earthy little booklet for customers about the local farms that make up the meal at McDonald's. Not sure I buy that the little girl in her red rain boots holding a muddy potato was harvesting for those horrific sugar and salt coated Meghan (Making Love In The Kitchen)http://www.meghantelpnerblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-72582666351402384912009-05-14T09:18:00.000-07:002009-05-14T09:18:00.000-07:00Yeah, I noticed the words on the truck right after...Yeah, I noticed the words on the truck right after I posted. HAHAHA!The Internetterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07022124659473756360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-66180763409819675622009-05-14T07:34:00.000-07:002009-05-14T07:34:00.000-07:00Well, I think its a symptom of some of the problem...Well, I think its a symptom of some of the problems with terms like organic, local, etc. So, no I wouldn't consider a local Frito-lay potato a particularly sustainable option.<br /><br />However, frankly, I think all food should list where it is sourced from. I think it should maybe even be required. If all food listed where it came from, it might make people think a little more. So anything thatruchihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17043512641324366469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-87277031829787633102009-05-14T06:47:00.000-07:002009-05-14T06:47:00.000-07:00It's an ancient technique; summarized playfully as...It's an ancient technique; summarized playfully as "if you can't lick'em, join'em."<br /><br />In fact it's not playful at all, it's called "co-opting".<br /><br />And it's really extremely effective.Greenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-34201395277482801462009-05-14T04:11:00.000-07:002009-05-14T04:11:00.000-07:00That picture of the semi truck made me laugh out l...That picture of the semi truck made me laugh out loud!j.c.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00450863585011794813noreply@blogger.com