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Random Thought #002: What’s in a name “Organic”?

Posted in Food obsessions, Other, branding, business, tagged , on April 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Between a bottle of Heinz Ketchup and Safeway Ketchup of the same volume, the only difference is the price. The number of ingredients are the same.
Between a bottle of Safeway Ketchup and Safeway Organics Ketchup, the difference is in the number of ingredients. Safeway Organics Ketchup only contains Tomato Concentrate, Sugar, Salt, Onion Powder [...]

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Marketers Love the Impulse Buying Consumer

Posted in Marketing, Other, business, tagged , on March 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Some very strange things have been bubbling up in my mind since re-reading Jostein Gaardner’s Sophie’s World and listening to NPR on the weekend.
If you don’t know Sophie’s World, it’s a book that tells a story about philosophy and questins whether humans really exist or if we just are cheating ourselves into thinking that [...]

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Would you take government money?

Posted in Other, tagged on March 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

AIG executives have been the source of much public anger lately for accepting $165 million in bonuses from government money, which has now spurred a new bill passed to ensure that at least 90% of the money from these bonuses will be given back to the government.
But, you have to wonder if it were [...]

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Word of the Day: Wakame

Posted in Food obsessions, Other, tagged on January 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

This morning, Obama was elected into office. Some studies suggest that presidents age while in office. Just check out some pictures of presidents who have aged during their term.
Bogus? I’ll let you be the judge.
Wa-ka-me
A sea vegetable said to have high levels of thiamine, calcium, iodine and niacin. Allegedly prevents wrinkles.
Although the media [...]

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Did You Vote? I did.

Posted in Other, tagged on November 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

If you’re reading this blog, there’s a high chance that you are in marketing or interested in marketing.
I could give you some kind of inspiring speech about why you should vote, but I think at this point it’s really blatantly obvious. The country has been in really bad shape in the last 8 years ever [...]

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