Comments on: Oscar Mayer Marketing Backfires http://www.sogoodblog.com/2009/05/22/oscar-mayer-marketing-backfires/ An absurd look at the world of food Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:13:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: TheGoldenPoo http://www.sogoodblog.com/2009/05/22/oscar-mayer-marketing-backfires/comment-page-1/#comment-17494 TheGoldenPoo Thu, 28 May 2009 01:33:37 +0000 http://www.sogoodblog.com/?p=2612#comment-17494 Companies, when describing their products have been giving loads of wiggle room. It's just in poor taste when a company tries to boost their image by using questionable methods that skirt on the edge of outright lying. This is a classic case of giving someone an inch and they take a mile. The public is way more informed than they used to be, and your article proves this. They don't get away with these sort of tactics for very long. They should be happy they aren't required to have literal descriptions in their ads. Calling it "Salty Tube-Shaped Mixed Meat Paste" probably wouldn't sell a whole lot of 'hot dogs' Companies, when describing their products have been giving loads of wiggle room. It’s just in poor taste when a company tries to boost their image by using questionable methods that skirt on the edge of outright lying. This is a classic case of giving someone an inch and they take a mile. The public is way more informed than they used to be, and your article proves this. They don’t get away with these sort of tactics for very long.

They should be happy they aren’t required to have literal descriptions in their ads. Calling it “Salty Tube-Shaped Mixed Meat Paste” probably wouldn’t sell a whole lot of ‘hot dogs’

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