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Packaging
Briefly, I wanted to note that I am pleased with the box form factor of ‘Just Bunches’ cereal.
As the title suggests, the cereal is “just bunches,” but it’s the packaging which impresses me. One dimensionally, the packaging is more honest about the amount of cereal which consumers get in return. Open the box, and the cereal is filled to the top. Consumers don’t get screwed by thinking that they’re buying a big box of cereal. When in reality, half the a bag is filled with air and the weight is below normal. Producers never lie about the contents, but they can be misleading.
I think more producers should be in favor of this new design and model. (…eventhough food costs rise over time and they will ultimately add less and less quantity to the “standard” box)
Dark Addiction
10 years ago, if you had asked me what my favorite chocolate was, I would have said a Chocolate Orange. Since the first Christmas it appeared in my stocking, it was exotic and intriguing. What other chocolate encouraged you to “Whack and Unwrap” before eating. It had that infusion of orange and rich milk chocolate that stood out from all the American Hershey candies. It was manufactured by the Swiss Toblerone, and I thought “Yes, Toblerone knows their chocolate.
A few years ago, a new label replaced the Toblerone label and the packaging had changed. The label, now, read ‘Terry’s’. When I further examined the package, I noticed that it said it was distributed by Kraft foods global. When I hear the name Kraft there’s only one food that I think of. The worst cheese known to existence: processed American cheese singles. Terrible… Something happened after that day. The chocolate didn’t taste as rich as it used to, and it didn’t release the same chocolate ecstasy level to my brain.
Luckily, a new contender has emerged: Mauna Loa Milk Chocolate Macadamias. I wrote about them last year. How I had found them in my cupboard, while in a feeding frenzy. The candies had only the finest Macadamian nuts coated in a layer of chocolate with a dusting of cocoa. They were candy crack.
Today, I did some research on them. Turns out that the Mauna Loa Nut company was purchased by Hershey in 2004. Hopefully, Hershey will leave their Hawaiian manufacturing plant alone and continue to let them produce their own special chocolate. (or maybe Hershey already has infiltrated their chocolate and I can’t tell because I discovered Mauna Loa nuts after 2004. Their’s no mention of Hershey anywhere on the bag, so me thinks that they haven’t intervened).
In summary, Milk Chocolate Macadamias are WAEOME! Thank you, Mom.
Waste Not, Want Not
While reading, I came across this phrase, “Waste Not, Want Not.” I know I’ve heard it before, but the meaning didn’t seem clear. If we don’t waste something, … we won’t want it? I laid in bed thinking about it and looked it up this morning.
If we don’t waste what we have, we’ll still have it in the future and will not lack (want) it.
This definition makes it more comprehendable. ‘To lack’ something makes more sense than ‘to want’. They should change it to “Waste Not, Lack Not.” But, I suppose it doesn’t roll off the tongue as well.
I have some more thoughts on the wastefulness of food, but I’ll save that for later.
