I've often bought some of their brands in cans when they are close to the expiry date and marked down to 50p cos I'll drink just about any cheap swillwater and the smaller sized cans is good for walking about with and not looking as much of a pish-head. But it is very unremarkable stuff and I think a big element of their success is more down to distribution than their nauseating marketing and branding. Like has already been said at some point in the last decade, suddenly this stuff was bloody everywhere.
― calzino, Thursday, 10 June 2021 20:13 (two years ago) link
uk beer culture IS hoppy ipas now, it is a fucking atrocity
― imago, Thursday, June 10, 2021 12:06 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
reject modernity, embrace tradition
― 《Myst1kOblivi0n》 (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 10 June 2021 20:16 (two years ago) link
lager and lime>>>autochthonous, stuffy uk real ale culture > "craft beer"
― calzino, Thursday, 10 June 2021 20:30 (two years ago) link
I get that the banality of the product is part of the shame but tbrr if Brewdog or Innocent made the tastiest shit in the world they'd still be scum and therein lies the point
― Lage Lage Lage Shooting (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 10 June 2021 22:00 (two years ago) link
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210610/11453246967/oatly-sues-pureoaty-trademark-trade-dress-infringement.shtml
― Number None, Monday, 14 June 2021 22:22 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/5UqjWXV.jpg
― Number None, Monday, 14 June 2021 22:23 (two years ago) link
More proof that oatly are wankers: https://www.theguardian.com/food/2020/sep/01/oatly-vegan-milk-sale-blackstone
― I was born anxious, here's how to do it. (ledge), Tuesday, 15 June 2021 08:30 (two years ago) link
Spotify "no one listens like you" ads a new low in this approach imo.
― Daniel_Rf, Tuesday, 15 June 2021 15:52 (two years ago) link
those spotify multimedia analyses of your tastes are so bleak. i assume they happen because they "drive engagement" and "unearned media" but i don't think anyone on earth has ever felt pleasure looking at them.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 15 June 2021 17:07 (two years ago) link
Dominos new delivery progress bot just did a fake-out joke about there being an error with the order. If you're feeling bad enough to order Dominos then you really don't need that.
― tangent x (tangenttangent), Wednesday, 16 June 2021 21:25 (two years ago) link
Surprised no-one has mentioned the truly awful Innocent advert that is running on UK tv at the moment. The apotheosis of the genre.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLcgkY2g3pU
― mahb, Friday, 18 June 2021 12:00 (two years ago) link
Real "exterminate the brutes" energy that ad
― Full Kit Starmer (Noodle Vague), Friday, 18 June 2021 16:58 (two years ago) link
Inevitable deployment of the 'different people speak-sing a line of the song' method of presentation just to add to that energy
While I'm here can i just register my hatred for the current advertising fad of introducing the fictional person in said ad. Idgaf what Georgie/Tom/Dan/Suzy are up to cheers
― ignore the blue line (or something), Friday, 18 June 2021 17:50 (two years ago) link
scum
https://i.imgur.com/muBhiS5.jpg?1
https://i.imgur.com/hkhXh7a.jpg?1
https://i.imgur.com/hj2xH7L.jpg?1
― Left, Tuesday, 22 June 2021 22:01 (two years ago) link
FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOUFUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK
https://i.imgur.com/1TIqNFE.jpg?1
https://i.imgur.com/ohvzrJd.jpg?1
https://i.imgur.com/l3ihNZI.jpg?2
― Left, Tuesday, 22 June 2021 22:05 (two years ago) link
Oy, that new Innocent ad belongs in a verhoeven movie
― Chuck_Tatum, Tuesday, 22 June 2021 22:48 (two years ago) link
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/jun/28/winner-of-brewdogs-solid-gold-beer-can-finds-prize-is-made-mostly-of-brass
― Number None, Tuesday, 29 June 2021 10:04 (two years ago) link
there's a brass neck joke in here somewhere
― imago, Tuesday, 29 June 2021 10:05 (two years ago) link
Where there’s cunts there’s brass.
― Alba, Tuesday, 29 June 2021 10:13 (two years ago) link
shitcanned
― calzino, Tuesday, 29 June 2021 10:18 (two years ago) link
I know this thread is more about marketing, but this article about how vegan food company & industrial irony smelter No Evil Foods defeated a unionization movement is pretty wild: https://prospect.org/labor/anatomy-of-an-anti-union-meeting/
Thread cops please note their marketing is also insufferable (one of their products is called Comrade Cluck ffs)
― rob, Monday, 2 August 2021 16:22 (two years ago) link
"comrade cluck"
jfc. I'm all up for some piri piri chicken wings now and I'm not too fussy where they come from!
― calzino, Monday, 2 August 2021 20:53 (two years ago) link
The PM who wrote this is ❤️ @SlackHQ pic.twitter.com/yiLI2eZOeL— Eli Scheinman (@eli_schein) August 3, 2021
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 5 August 2021 02:39 (two years ago) link
I followed a trail
What @annapickard helped bring about at Slack is simply wonderful. https://t.co/I0y2QnmRtQ— Fredrik Matheson (@movito) August 4, 2021
― Alba, Thursday, 5 August 2021 03:23 (two years ago) link
they got bought by salesforce and everyone i know who works there is quitting but the release notes are wacky!!!!
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 5 August 2021 16:13 (two years ago) link
I’m cced on emails my 79-year-old dad gets from power companies. He’s just changed to Octopus and I see they’ve signed their first email to him off with “love and power”. Wonder what he makes of that.
― Alba, Saturday, 7 August 2021 11:02 (two years ago) link
The aliens were bad, but the “please bear with” finished me off.https://i.imgur.com/H2poQe0.jpg
― Alba, Thursday, 23 September 2021 08:17 (two years ago) link
Some cunt in a spaceship is blocking.... etc
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Thursday, 23 September 2021 11:35 (two years ago) link
It turns out the "Sainsbury's copywriter bad day" story was as predicted: a twee copywriting joke from the tweeest food brand in the business. @trequartbeasta has taken this photo of an actual pack of the product (left)(Image 2 here another example of their writing - be warned) https://t.co/3rIKBMV20M pic.twitter.com/Rctm3F2acI— dan barker (@danbarker) October 16, 2021
― Alba, Saturday, 16 October 2021 09:46 (two years ago) link
On top of that, I've tried their vegan bacon and it looks and tastes like anchovies
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Saturday, 16 October 2021 10:27 (two years ago) link
"tastes like anchovies" sounds more appealing than I'd expect for "vegan bacon"
― bespoke sausages (seandalai), Saturday, 16 October 2021 12:43 (two years ago) link
yeah sorry I've tasted that bacon too and it is nowhere near the deliciousness of anchovies. also doesn't taste or feel much like bacon either, really just kinda...non-descript bland nothingness, not offensive or anything but boy do the "NSFW" ad campaigns oversell it
the This chicken substitutes are ok tho
― Daniel_Rf, Saturday, 16 October 2021 13:30 (two years ago) link
Their vegan bacon is the only bacon substitute I’ve ever enjoyed.
― AlanSmithee, Sunday, 17 October 2021 08:28 (two years ago) link
is this the thread for all tiresome twee shit?
Just remembered I visited the worst place in the world earlier… pic.twitter.com/2DBz5RHfKe— Mrs Gladys Steptoe (@GladysSteptoe) October 17, 2021
― edited to reflect developments which occurred (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 18 October 2021 22:10 (two years ago) link
it's "fun" to see the uk version of these. though of course wine o'clock is universal
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Monday, 18 October 2021 22:12 (two years ago) link
would take all of those over anything 'cheeky'
― kinder, Monday, 18 October 2021 23:28 (two years ago) link
This looks absolutely delicious George, can we 'karma' over to yours for breakfast tomorrow? - Adam— Waitrose & Partners (@waitrose) November 8, 2021
― Chuck_Tatum, Monday, 8 November 2021 12:09 (two years ago) link
I mean, cringey social media account mateyness probably deserves its own thread. Or purge.
― Alba, Monday, 8 November 2021 12:18 (two years ago) link
I like the sign-off because it separates it from the anthropomorphic brand shit netflix and amazon do and highlights that behind that tweet is a deeply miserable person.
― Daniel_Rf, Monday, 8 November 2021 12:20 (two years ago) link
I wouldn't make matey jokes about going over to George's house to hang out, Waitrose guy.
― edited to reflect developments which occurred (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 8 November 2021 12:23 (two years ago) link
It’s easy to get distracted by misinformation these days, but don’t worry…Science has got your back. #ScienceWillWin pic.twitter.com/aXVzAsfa6Z— Pfizer Inc. (@pfizer) November 9, 2021
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 10 November 2021 05:10 (two years ago) link
Corporate brands awkwardly appropriating out-dated memes is a whole subgenre of this kind of thing. That one is a perfect example
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Wednesday, 10 November 2021 08:56 (two years ago) link
is this that or is it different cos its for the kids?https://www.club.ie/meet-pat-frog/
― Stevolende, Thursday, 18 November 2021 23:08 (two years ago) link
Tech seems to be the homeland of this aesthetic even more than food packaging now
I really didn't think I could hate Fiverr any more than I did, but then I found out about their internal job titles pic.twitter.com/XJvaqSi6OX— nathan ma (@nthnashma) February 6, 2022
― Alba, Sunday, 6 February 2022 12:53 (two years ago) link
winner
pic.twitter.com/jtRSxrUkA5— Chris Ashworth-Bennion (@ChrisBennion_) February 15, 2023
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Friday, 17 February 2023 08:56 (one year ago) link
the 'innocent smoothies' voice crossed with the 'buckle up fuckos/2am chilli' voice is particularly horrifying
― soref, Friday, 17 February 2023 09:55 (one year ago) link
"We’re here to punch lunch in the taste buds"
― groovypanda, Friday, 17 February 2023 10:17 (one year ago) link
Feels a bit weird to put cutesy puns on a liquid that is literally poison pic.twitter.com/uuo5xj85IW— Rob Manuel 🧻 (@robmanuel) February 16, 2023
― Alba, Friday, 17 February 2023 10:18 (one year ago) link
we have some Tesco kitchen foil at home which for some reason has "foiled again!" written on it
― Critique of the Goth Programme (Neil S), Friday, 17 February 2023 12:16 (one year ago) link
I had a better looking ham sandwich thrown to me at the milwaukee county jail in 1994
― joygoat, Friday, 17 February 2023 14:11 (one year ago) link