cross-posted from: https://real.lemmy.fan/post/7604429
Marketing majors stay fed and housed for another year.
This is the type of announcement you’d expect to hear on April 1st. 🤔
I’m an elder millennial and I have had absolutely no problem buying goldfish into adulthood. With this change, i’ll inevitably be calling them Chilly SeeBas, so idk how much more adult they’re going for in my demographic
Spared no expense.
Do they still taste like sad, slightly burnt air?
As a millennial, I’m going to just not buy goldfish crackers for awhile because this is dumb.
But also I haven’t been buying them because I’m on a diet and I could eat an entire gallon container in one sitting if left to my own devices.
“Chilean Sea Bass? Ok, The Onion is losing their touch. Yes, it’s absurd, but it’s unrealistic. This wouldn’t happen in real life.”
Not the onion
…wait, what?
And people say advertising dont work
It’s the same as when IHOP renamed themselves the International House of Burgers to promote their stupid burger menu then immediately changed back.
I’d love to know how much stunts like this actually convince anyone to consciously or unconsciously purchase more of whatever the marketing team is being paid to promote (I’m guessing nowhere near enough to cover their salaries and the stunt itself).
How much did the stunt really cost though? A couple articles and swapping out some labels can’t be that much.
Most regulatory agencies classify Chilean sea bass as “overfished,”…
https://www.allthingsnature.org/is-chilean-sea-bass-endangered.htm
They changed the name to something which is morally not cool to eat.
Did they put an an “AI” in charge of marketing?
It’s intentionally stupid, which is why it’s not a permanent change.
They just want people to talk about it, send pictures of it to their friends, etc, and be an avenue for reminding people that goldfish crackers exist.
morals never effected most peoples eating habits, honestly I wouldn’t be surprised if the average American would eat homosapien if it was properly prepared.
We’ve all thought about it.
They’re temporarily renaming them “Chilean Sea Bass Crackers”.
I thought you were joking. How is this not the Onion?
It’s nottheonion 🙃
Edit: also it’s marketing! It works. It got us talking about a snack product that no one ever talks about. We’re doing it right now.
And while I hate that, it isn’t going to result in me buying any of said shit tier snack
i was just talking about goldfish two days ago
I was just talking about Goldfish an hour ago when I got some Goldfish for me and my kid.
I was just talking about Chilean Sea Bass and how much I detest fish in general!
This new name puts me off.
Unfortunately thinking about them dredges up memories of the taste of cardboard. So I will not be buying them.
For one week. And they can only be bought online.
Well, it’s clear they’ve spared no expense.
Thank you.
How many millions did they pay to some yuppie marketing firm to come up with this jack-assery.
How does this appeal to people? I like goldfish the same. Though Whales are cheaper and taste okie.
It’s marketing stunt to get attention.
Well I don’t even like goldfish crackers but if I can I will buy some for other people. That name makes them the perfect guest offering
Hear that everyone? Hunt for whales!
Who here actually thinks “goldfish? That’s for kids.”
How do these dumbass decisions keep getting made? That is the most recognizable fish cracker out there. Are they looking to Musk for ideas? Fire your marketing team, they’re blowing your budget on cocaine.
It’s just a marketing joke like iHop did a few years ago
A shocking amount of publications are not mentioning its for a limited time. Maybe I missed it in this article.
Aw man, no Patagonian Toothfish crackers. Again!
Yay capitalism. If you’re fading into irrelevance to the point that you print less bags in order to drum up a false sense of scarcity then your product sucks and you should feel bad. Thirst trap gimmicky
This is fish the they chose?
If I had to choose between adult and child vibes I’d say this fish leans adult
This fish fucks!