Originally Posted by skippy upwood:
“I think it was more to do with the supermarket companies not wanting to look bad in front of a national audience.
In real life, Alex's product might well have won, but no supermarket could be seen to be endorsing to the use of "pester power" - even though they all do it.
Of course, that cuts both way, since they might not have been so concerned that the other team's product tasted awful.”
“I think it was more to do with the supermarket companies not wanting to look bad in front of a national audience.
In real life, Alex's product might well have won, but no supermarket could be seen to be endorsing to the use of "pester power" - even though they all do it.
Of course, that cuts both way, since they might not have been so concerned that the other team's product tasted awful.”
After all most of the ready meals you find on supermarkets look and taste awful.
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“I wonder if they'd of made it using hello kitty would parents think theres a cat inside thats going to greet them inside the package and complain to the RSPCA? the problem is that a lot of parents are 1 dimensional.....if i put "contains organic ingredients such as digitalis and strychnine" on the front of the package i'm sure a lot would go ooh organic and put it in the trolley if it had a nice flashy package ”
“I wonder if they'd of made it using hello kitty would parents think theres a cat inside thats going to greet them inside the package and complain to the RSPCA? the problem is that a lot of parents are 1 dimensional.....if i put "contains organic ingredients such as digitalis and strychnine" on the front of the package i'm sure a lot would go ooh organic and put it in the trolley if it had a nice flashy package ”
That is fallacious, but the second part, although exaggerated might well happen. In fact the H company and the C&G company have misleading ads over their baby ranges. "Made using selected ingredients from local farmers" sure...
