"There are countless horrible things happening all over the world and horrible people prospering, but we must never allow them to disturb our equanimity or deflect us from our sacred duty to sabotage and annoy them whenever possible." -Auberon Waugh
Monday, June 2, 2008
Check the Flavor Seal on that Pringle's Can, Folks
Ashes of deceased Pringle's packaging-system inventor buried in one of his own cans. The epitaph on the can is a touching tribute to the ideals of Mr. Bauer: "Cannister contains at least 50% recycled material."
Wow. I always thought Pringles cans were useful (I use them to keep some of my templates and polymer molds, and rack them in an old wine rack), but even I never thought of using them as an urn. Interesting.
Great packaging — pity about the contents. I found their ersatz flavour to be very disappointing. I don't know how they make them, but they are obviously not potato chips. But then, we Oz folk are spoilt by these real potato chips.
Skeeter: I have to agree that Pringle's potato chips are pretty ersatz. Paco Enterprises' food subsidiary used a similar packaging apparatus, but since we distributed them via used trucks over secondary roads (to avoid tolls) we had to market them as Paco's Potato Dust. Never really caught on.
I am completely unable to prove that this is true, but I was once told in a marketing lecture that P&G invested more in rolling out Pringles ($700 million) than Ford invested in the development of the BA Falcon ($500 million).
It's the kind of thing that if you say it with a wise look on your face at a dinner party, no one will call you on it.
I never considered Pringles to be potato chips. Eventually, I realized they had a relationship to potato chips but a distant one. They've always been in a salty class by themselves.
I've always admired the efficiency of the uniform chips and their being stacked neatly in the tube.
Ok. That clinches it. I'm now always going to check what's in my Pringles can before I reach in, reach up and chew.
ReplyDeleteWhich is good practice anyway.
Reach UP? Are you THAT short, Ash?...LOL.
ReplyDeleteWow. I always thought Pringles cans were useful (I use them to keep some of my templates and polymer molds, and rack them in an old wine rack), but even I never thought of using them as an urn. Interesting.
ReplyDeleteGreat packaging — pity about the contents. I found their ersatz flavour to be very disappointing.
ReplyDeleteI don't know how they make them, but they are obviously not potato chips.
But then, we Oz folk are spoilt by these real potato chips.
Skeeter: I have to agree that Pringle's potato chips are pretty ersatz. Paco Enterprises' food subsidiary used a similar packaging apparatus, but since we distributed them via used trucks over secondary roads (to avoid tolls) we had to market them as Paco's Potato Dust. Never really caught on.
ReplyDeleteI am completely unable to prove that this is true, but I was once told in a marketing lecture that P&G invested more in rolling out Pringles ($700 million) than Ford invested in the development of the BA Falcon ($500 million).
ReplyDeleteIt's the kind of thing that if you say it with a wise look on your face at a dinner party, no one will call you on it.
I never considered Pringles to be potato chips. Eventually, I realized they had a relationship to potato chips but a distant one. They've always been in a salty class by themselves.
ReplyDeleteI've always admired the efficiency of the uniform chips and their being stacked neatly in the tube.