Comments on: Compare and Contrast

By: Kate

Kate — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:43:40 +0000

The first thing I saw was that the frog was going to land butt-first in my bowl. Frog-butt does not equal appetizing to me.

By: Zee

Zee — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:54:42 +0000

The irony re: the fiber banner is that Froot Loops probably has the same amount of fiber in it as it ever did… my guess is the marketing folks ran out of new and different ways to position the product and thought, “hey! We’ve never talked about the FIBER in this product before! Let’s talk about the FIBER!”

By: h2odragon

h2odragon — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:51:18 +0000

As an addict of “apple jacks” fruity flavoring sugar based food substitute, I have to speak up for the walmart “apple Express” version. At least in my local market, it is in every way superior, which opinion my 2 year old daughter seems to share. They’re almost certainly made off the same slave labor robotic assembly line, but maybe fresher.

We’re also fond of the malt-o-meal “bygod thats huge” sacks of honeycombs and cheerios. The honey-nut flavor is “baby chow” and was one of her earliest clearly spoken words.

By: JustaTech

JustaTech — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:36:45 +0000

Just to be totally pendantic, many lovely long polymers do grow on trees, but you don’t want to eat most of them.

Granted, this is coming from a person who thinks that Grape Nuts are a tasty breakfast.

By: mtw

mtw — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:35:14 +0000

To call “Froot Loops” and “Fruit Spins” “food” is an insult to food.

By: Jon H

Jon H — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:26:08 +0000

Store brands are starting to annoy me, because they seem to be leading to a reduction in variety of merchandise available. They’re squeezing the other producers off the shelves.

At Stop & Shop, damned near half the stuff on the shelves seems to be store-brand.

And it’s not like Best Buy’s store-brand video or computer cables save you money – they’re still priced far higher than what’s available online.

By: Roger E.

Roger E. — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:28:46 +0000

tumbleweed @ 41 — Chex mix, yes! Especially if it’s of the homemade variety.

By: MWT

MWT — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:12:43 +0000

Actually, the frog made me think of Honey Smacks, not Froot Loops. Maybe their cheap mascot knock-offs got confused?

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:06:09 +0000

What I find problematic is Wal-Mart’s use of generic packaging to imply the product is less expensive. I don’t know about all locations, but at our local store a 16 oz box of Great Value Toasted Oats is roughly 35 cents more than a 20 oz box of Cheerios.

This might be a tactic of cereal brands in general, as the supposedly economic “boxless” brands (Malt o’ Meal, etc.) which boast less packaging–implying, once again, less cost to pass onto the consumer–is typically more per ounce than the name brands.

By: philsuth

philsuth — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:15:48 +0000

For me, seeing a frog in breakfast cereal immediately called to mind Saki's delightful story "The Lumber Room". Though bread and milk, even with added amphibian, would undoubtedly be more wholesome than the brightly coloured nonsense in either box.