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Kraft Reveals Revamped Mac and Cheese, 50M Boxes Later

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Re: Kraft Reveals Revamped Mac and Cheese, 50M Boxes Later

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Post by nyangosling »

I think this story is actually a pretty incredible one. Just logistically it's a very interesting story that they were able to keep their collective corporate mouth shut--and even though it seems they're gearing up to milk the marketing effort now, that they did this without immediate payout in terms of brand marketing is surprising. And it's not like we're talking about a processed food brand with a million variants on the shelf either--we're talking an iconic, one-note Kraft dinner.

I'd inquire about the taste, if it's any different, etc, but I haven't had Kraft in, uh, a long ass time.

Re: Kraft Reveals Revamped Mac and Cheese, 50M Boxes Later

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Post by Godel_unicode »

kabdib wrote: post #9

... and this is why people with severe allergies always always always read the ingredients list, even if the packaging has not changed. And always carry emergency medication.

I feel like that kind of comparison is a good candidate for a side project. Take picture, OCR, compare to old list, turn red if it's different

Re: Kraft Reveals Revamped Mac and Cheese, 50M Boxes Later

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Post by rangibaby »

rplnt wrote: post #7

I don't remember new Pepsi, but new Coke had a huge backslash which lead to pulling the product off the market, reversing back to original formula. And if I remember correctly, this original Coke, dubbed Coca-Cola Classic saw much better sales than the same coke did before that. Making people wonder if the new coke fiasco wasn't intentional.

> Coca-Cola Classic saw much better sales than the same coke did before that. Making people wonder if the new coke fiasco wasn't intentional.

They're not that dumb, and they're not that smart.

Re: Kraft Reveals Revamped Mac and Cheese, 50M Boxes Later

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Post by robmccoll »

AdmiralAsshat wrote: post #4

This strategy is how I imagine the "least painful" transition from init to systemd in a distro would go: someone would make the change, tell everyone to update, and then ask if anyone noticed.

But then you'd go to add / remove / change an init script and realize that the world had been completely changed underneath you.

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Post by protomyth »

rplnt wrote: post #7

I don't remember new Pepsi, but new Coke had a huge backslash which lead to pulling the product off the market, reversing back to original formula. And if I remember correctly, this original Coke, dubbed Coca-Cola Classic saw much better sales than the same coke did before that. Making people wonder if the new coke fiasco wasn't intentional.

Pepsi changed the formula for Diet Pepsi in Aug 2015. The change was mainly to remove the aspartame and substitute Splenda. Some folks are very unimpressed.

Re: Kraft Reveals Revamped Mac and Cheese, 50M Boxes Later

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Post by striking »

robmccoll wrote: post #16
AdmiralAsshat wrote: post #4

This strategy is how I imagine the "least painful" transition from init to systemd in a distro would go: someone would make the change, tell everyone to update, and then ask if anyone noticed.

But then you'd go to add / remove / change an init script and realize that the world had been completely changed underneath you.

And your personalized init scripts, for applications not available in the repositories or for applications you want launched in a different way... would just break.

I feel like on bootup you'd realize that your work was broken.

Re: Kraft Reveals Revamped Mac and Cheese, 50M Boxes Later

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Post by ewzimm »

AdmiralAsshat wrote: post #4

This strategy is how I imagine the "least painful" transition from init to systemd in a distro would go: someone would make the change, tell everyone to update, and then ask if anyone noticed.

That actually sounds like the most painful transition possible as scripts would start failing and admins couldn't use their tools anymore. Would be entertaining to watch though.

Re: Kraft Reveals Revamped Mac and Cheese, 50M Boxes Later

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Post by mywittyname »

jhawk28 wrote: post #10
rplnt wrote: post #7

I don't remember new Pepsi, but new Coke had a huge backslash which lead to pulling the product off the market, reversing back to original formula. And if I remember correctly, this original Coke, dubbed Coca-Cola Classic saw much better sales than the same coke did before that. Making people wonder if the new coke fiasco wasn't intentional.

They didn't actually use the original formula. They used the opportunity to switch from Cane sugar to Corn Syrup. Since people didn't have the ability to taste the difference any more, no one noticed. This let them cut the cost of a major ingredient which then translated into profit. They gained a LOT more from the failed product.

And decades later, we all still talk about it. Classic Coke is so awesome that it cannot be changed because EVERYBODY WILL REVOLT!

Achieving that level of mythos about a product is an astonishing accomplishment.

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