villa4europe Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 16 minutes ago, tomav84 said: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63497187 Quite right too still got traditional wilky ways in there though rather than milky way crispy rolls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 12 minutes ago, Anthony said: They factored in the publicity? That's the only **** reason they did it and all the 'sensible' news organisations **** fall for for it. Now THAT pisses me off. Saw another one yesterday; an obvious typo on a massive billboard. It's a campaign for an internationally recognised snack food brand. Of course everyone producing noticed it. It was deliberate. Then come the online articles 'such and such brand' embarrassed as typo slips through etc. It's deliberate to make things go 'viral'. And it pisses me off that the media will **** lap it up, not because it's news, or even newsworthy, but because it'll generate clicks. You see this kind of stuff all the time on social media ads. Deliberate spelling or grammatical errors to get clicks or comments. On the Bounty thing I bet that next year they make a big song and dance about how it’s back due to popular demand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 35 minutes ago, tomav84 said: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63497187 Quite right too I love coconut in chocolate but for some reason i absolutely hate bountys. They taste like crap. I remember when kitkat did a limited addition coconut and it was glorious! Dairy milk also did one and ut was nice too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Dogg Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 1 hour ago, BOF said: Mars Wrigley are removing the Bounty from boxes of Celebrations in a UK trial because 39% of people wanted them gone. Now I'm no mathematologist but doesn't that **** mean 61% wanted them in? I guess they factored in the publicity it would all get, and that that would cover their ad cost for Christmas and put Celebrations front and centre. The decision being based on a minority still pisses me off though. Don't worry it's very scientific. https://www.rte.ie/news/uk/2022/1103/1332910-bounty-celebrations/ Quote Mars Wrigley said its own research of 2,000 British people aged between 18 and 65 suggested that 18% would feel irritated to find only Bounty bars were left in the tub, while 58% believed it would lead to a family argument. While 39% wanted the bars gone for good, 22% liked Bounty the least of all the tub's options. Some 28% were of the opinion that coconut had no place in a chocolate bar at all. However, Mars Wrigley said it was not prepared to make a final decision yet after 18% named the Bounty as their favourite. Polling suggested it was popular with a more mature palette, with 38% of over-55s choosing it as their preferred bar. I wonder was it a multiple choice survey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted November 3, 2022 Moderator Share Posted November 3, 2022 29 minutes ago, Anthony said: Saw another one yesterday; an obvious typo on a massive billboard. It's a campaign for an internationally recognised snack food brand. Of course everyone producing noticed it. It was deliberate. Then come the online articles 'such and such brand' embarrassed as typo slips through etc. It's deliberate to make things go 'viral'. Having a daughter that works in advertising, I guarantee you most of the time this is not true. At her previous employer, before she started to work for the ASA, she was forever sending back clients copy for all manner of typos, others in the company weren'y so dilligent and they very often go out unnoticed. What then happens is if someone spots it, the product company's PR Agency take advantage of the gaff. It's generally the staff in the products company's fault but they then blame the advertising agency. At no point does anyone claim the win apart from higher up the food chain in the client company, much later when it's all forgotten. Not saying that is the case with yours but an awful lot of the time, they are just a product of high pressure, low skilled staff and multiple outside agencies working on campaigns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted November 3, 2022 Moderator Share Posted November 3, 2022 15 minutes ago, Mr_Dogg said: Don't worry it's very scientific. https://www.rte.ie/news/uk/2022/1103/1332910-bounty-celebrations/ I wonder was it a multiple choice survey. There we have it, Bounty the chocolate choice of Brexity Gammons The 28% were right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted November 3, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted November 3, 2022 Next they'll be saying there's no place for coconut in beer. World's gone mad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 35 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: I love coconut in chocolate but for some reason i absolutely hate bountys. They taste like crap. I remember when kitkat did a limited addition coconut and it was glorious! Dairy milk also did one and ut was nice too the blue ones are shit, the red ones are top tier IMO one of the very few examples where the american equivalent is better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Posted November 3, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted November 3, 2022 28 minutes ago, bickster said: Having a daughter that works in advertising, I guarantee you most of the time this is not true. At her previous employer, before she started to work for the ASA, she was forever sending back clients copy for all manner of typos, others in the company weren'y so dilligent and they very often go out unnoticed. What then happens is if someone spots it, the product company's PR Agency take advantage of the gaff. It's generally the staff in the products company's fault but they then blame the advertising agency. At no point does anyone claim the win apart from higher up the food chain in the client company, much later when it's all forgotten. Not saying that is the case with yours but an awful lot of the time, they are just a product of high pressure, low skilled staff and multiple outside agencies working on campaigns. Maybe. What do you reckon? Also consider the target market and how they consume media. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 8 minutes ago, villa4europe said: the blue ones are shit, the red ones are top tier IMO one of the very few examples where the american equivalent is better The blue ones almond though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 Just now, Demitri_C said: The blue ones almond though? its basically like a bounty with an almond on top, coconut and almond Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted November 3, 2022 Moderator Share Posted November 3, 2022 15 minutes ago, Anthony said: Maybe. What do you reckon? Also consider the target market and how they consume media. Just looks like a classic f*** up to me, the letter I is very often missed by humans spell checking because your brain reads the word as its meant to be and doesn't trigger, especially as its there in the image correctly on the can artwork Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 17 minutes ago, villa4europe said: its basically like a bounty with an almond on top, coconut and almond I see! Was gonna say any chocolate with almond in it will most likely be shit. Not a big fan of American chocolate. Only one i like is reeces. Hershy chocolate has to be one of the worst chocolates ive had Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 6 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: I see! Was gonna say any chocolate with almond in it will most likely be shit. Not a big fan of American chocolate. Only one i like is reeces. Hershy chocolate has to be one of the worst chocolates ive had same on not being a big fan, i wont eat reeces and i dont get their obsession with peanut butter chocolate bars, i like the 2 bountyesque ones and then the midnight dark edition of a milky way which is more like a mars bar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted November 3, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted November 3, 2022 1 hour ago, tonyh29 said: and throw away the Galaxy caramel don't throw them away, fling them my way...best ones by far 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 For me it’s: Galaxy Caramel Galaxy Snickers Malteser Twix Bounty Milky Way I don’t even touch the Mars. I prefer Cadbury’s Roses though, I think I’m the only person I know that buys them, although I can do without the strawberry and orange cremes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted November 3, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted November 3, 2022 galaxy caramel maltesers mars galaxy twix snickers milky way leave the bounty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKP90 Posted November 3, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted November 3, 2022 Noooooooooooooo! I love bounty bars!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKP90 Posted November 3, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted November 3, 2022 10 minutes ago, Ingram85 said: For me it’s: Galaxy Caramel Galaxy Snickers Malteser Twix Bounty Milky Way I don’t even touch the Mars. I prefer Cadbury’s Roses though, I think I’m the only person I know that buys them, although I can do without the strawberry and orange cremes Noooooooooo! I love the strawberry and orange creams. Who would prefer fudges to bounties or cream centres. Just mental. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 Maybe this is going slightly OT but I wonder if any Eastern European posters can help me. Quite a few years ago I very briefly dated a girl from Estonia. She used to buy these bars from a Russian shop in Birmingham, they were about the size of milky bar, stored in the fridge and it was a chocolate coating around what she called Curd. They were absolutely beautiful. I have on occasions tried to Google these things but for the life of me I can’t find them. I’d love to know what they are so I can buy some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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