Hey, Nice Package

I snark on product packaging. I love going to the supermarket and finding quirky packaging.

Soylent Green is made from old people.

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April 15, 2013
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Found at Brookshires Supermarket while visiting my parents this weekend. Who knew you could make skillet gravy from the renderings of the elderly?
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Tuna, Bird, Moth and Butthole. The Flavors Cats Crave.

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April 5, 2013
hello-kitty-jelly-belly

Sometimes you have to scratch your head on why some licensing deals are made.  Hello Kitty Jelly Belly. Those would be the flavors I would have the beans taste like.
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The Future Found at Holiday Inn Express – Hot Instant Conveyor Pancakes

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February 17, 2013
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The future of the ’50s  automated kitchen appeared in a Holiday Inn Express a couple of weeks ago. Pancakes in about a minute in a push of a button. Place a plate at the end of the machine and in one minute POOF! Pancake!  Enjoy indeed.  
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Congratulations San Francisco! Soylent Green is Piglet. Free Samples!

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February 3, 2013
pudding-drop-jello

As a consolation prize, Kraft Foods is giving the residents of San Francisco tasty collagen of pig hides and connective tissues. Mmmmm….Thank you Megacorp. Soylent Green is Piglet. www.funthingsup.com - lists all the “Pudding Drop Sites”
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Hickory Smoked What? …From a Cup! Dr. Tran In Real Life

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January 13, 2013
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I love taking pictures of weird odd packages in supermarkets. I can’t help it. When I saw these hickory smoked pickles, all I could think about was Dr Tran. I was almost temped to buy them just to keep the plastic cup packaging. Then I decided to pass cause I though about how these...
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This is why America is buying bigger pants this year.

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September 15, 2012
Lucky-Charms-Cereal-Bar

Lucky Charms Cereal Bar. Is it living in the Dallas/Fort Worth area that we get all the test market products or are these types of products available nationwide? Every time I go to a grocery store I find stuff like this.
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Bubba Burger – Is Soylent Green a Mainstay of Southern Foods?

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April 24, 2012
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This is why I love to visit Central Market. You get products like this that you would not find in a Kroger, Tom Thumb or any other corporate chain supermarket. At first, I thought this would be the perfect product brand to use in a Soylent Green remake filmed in the Deep South. Southern...
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Bigelow Darjeeling – “The champagne of black teas”

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March 26, 2012
Bigelow Darjeeling – “The champagne of black teas”

This tea reminds me of watching Green Acres on TBS many, many years ago. I hear Eva Gabor asking: “Dahling, would you like some Darjeeling tea?” Also, “The champagne of black teas?” That wouldn’t taste so good. That and I don’t drink champagne. If they said “The chocolate ice cream of black teas” Ok,...
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Don’t worry parents, it’s whole grain! You know, healthy!

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March 4, 2012
Cocoa Puffs Brownie Crunch

The first ingredient is whole grain corn. The next ingredients are sugar, corn meal, corn syrup and canola oil –not so healthy. But it’s whole grain. That’s healthy eating…right? Does this mean I can eat a stick up butter and call it healthy as long as I spread it onto two pieces of whole...
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Best Buy’s Descent to Curling Irons, Office Supplies, K-Cups, Yoga Mats and Twilight Licensed Hairbrushes

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February 16, 2012
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Today, I drove to 4 different Best Buy stores to take a look at the DVD/Blu-ray sections for work. I’ve done this for well going on 8 years. I’ve seen changes in the store but not like recent visits in the past 6 months. Best Buy used to be Music and DVD in the...
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