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St_Francis_P

2011-10-21 10:13:48 AM

At a different store, I would have mentioned this to management. But I learned my lesson at this particular store that when I point out a disparity, I get called a "crazy lady."

Uhm...

TsarTom

2011-10-21 10:22:29 AM

wow.

deffuse

2011-10-21 10:37:31 AM

Marketing people lie? No waaaaaay.

(I guess, technically, everything is all natural.)

Rev.K

2011-10-21 10:43:55 AM

You mean those mass-produced, corn-based, triangulated, crunchy chips covered in a powder that in no way resembles actual cheese may not be "natural"?

I'm appalled.

Petit_Merdeux

2011-10-21 11:02:11 AM

Well, they certainly are delicious! Amirite?

KyngNothing

2011-10-21 11:20:21 AM

But that orange looks soooo natural! How could this be?

sigdiamond2000

2011-10-21 11:29:19 AM

This needs to be greenlit just so this woman can be shamed by the internet for being such a crazy asshole.

BooBoo23

2011-10-21 11:36:55 AM

Go with the Newsflash tag next time, Submitter.

doublesecretprobation

2011-10-21 11:47:42 AM

what? are you trying to try to tell me that the phrase "all natural" is completely meaningless marketing lingo?

violentsalvation

2011-10-21 12:11:59 PM

Bullshiat, Doritos grow on trees. Mexicans hand pick them and the spices from the breakfast lunch and dinner burritos rub off their unwashed hands, completing the unique flavor profile. I did my thesis on Doritos, so I know.

CitizenTed

2011-10-21 12:27:19 PM

Next thing ya know, we're gonna find out that "just like home-made" isn't true either!

Sybarite

2011-10-21 12:40:45 PM

Just breathe deep and accept it.

How many times have I used that phrase?

thismomentinblackhistory

2011-10-21 12:52:38 PM

What a pussy. She should have ripped off the parts of the cardboard case that offended her.

#OccupyDoritos

chimp_ninja

2011-10-21 01:16:47 PM

sigdiamond2000: This needs to be greenlit just so this woman can be shamed by the internet for being such a crazy asshole.

Huh? A store is making claims about the goods they're selling that are contradicted by the labels on those very goods, and she's the asshole?

That said, monosodium glutamate is found all over the place in nature. That's one of those weird corners of FDA law where if the make the molecule in a vat, it's artificial, but if they extract it from vegetable protein, it's natural.

"Artificial Flavor" and the six different artificial colors contradict the advertising, though.

chimp_ninja

2011-10-21 01:18:28 PM

Rev.K: You mean those mass-produced, corn-based, triangulated, crunchy chips covered in a powder that in no way resembles actual cheese may not be "natural"?

Going by the label, I think the chip may actually qualify. It's the mystery powder that is largely not "natural" by the usual legal definition.

Shostie

2011-10-21 01:26:58 PM

Drink up, Socrates. It's all natural.

Jamdug!

2011-10-21 01:49:33 PM

But they are pretty EXXXXXTREME!

Diogenes

2011-10-21 01:50:58 PM

This lady sounds like a delight.

I wish I had the time and energy to have an existential crisis every time I shop for food.

God Is My Co-Pirate

2011-10-21 01:59:38 PM

I worry, though, that someone is going to see that display and think, "Doritos are now all natural! I'll let my family eat as many as they want."

Lady, that person would be a retard. And yet, they would still have fewer problems than you.

sigdiamond2000

2011-10-21 02:07:54 PM

chimp_ninja: sigdiamond2000: This needs to be greenlit just so this woman can be shamed by the internet for being such a crazy asshole.

Huh? A store is making claims about the goods they're selling that are contradicted by the labels on those very goods, and she's the asshole?

OK, maybe "asshole" is the wrong word. How about "whiny stay at home mom in a dead marriage who has nothing to do all day but be constantly, aimlessly outraged about everything"?

FirstNationalBastard

2011-10-21 02:11:20 PM

Doritos not all-natural?

Well, at least Mountain Dew is bottled from the Mountain Dew springs, so is 100% all-natural.

timujin

2011-10-21 02:16:09 PM

um... monosodium glutamate is a naturally occurring amino acid.

However, calling them "all natural" and then having "natural and artificial flavors" on the ingredient list is an obvious contradiction.

timujin

2011-10-21 02:18:06 PM

chimp_ninja: sigdiamond2000: This needs to be greenlit just so this woman can be shamed by the internet for being such a crazy asshole.

Huh? A store is making claims about the goods they're selling that are contradicted by the labels on those very goods, and she's the asshole?

The store isn't making the claim, that's the display box provided by Frito-Lay.

SecretAgentWoman

2011-10-21 02:19:12 PM

St_Francis_P: At a different store, I would have mentioned this to management. But I learned my lesson at this particular store that when I point out a disparity, I get called a "crazy lady."

Uhm...

That was my first thought, too. Listen lady, just accept and and enjoy the crazy.

downstairs

2011-10-21 02:27:03 PM

Oh for chrissakes, it was a mistake by a 17 year old clerk. I worked in a grocery store at that age, and I'm sure I put crap in the wrong display box from time to time.

You can tell the box itself is completely generic.

If Frito-Lay wanted to lie- they'd put "All Natural" wording on the actual package, dim wit!

downstairs

2011-10-21 02:28:22 PM

timujin: The store isn't making the claim, that's the display box provided by Frito-Lay.

Right, for their all-natural chips. But Frito-Lay doesn't set up the boxes. Teen-age clerks do.

downstairs

2011-10-21 02:30:04 PM

Diogenes: This lady sounds like a delight.

I wish I had the time and energy to have an existential crisis every time I shop for food.

And the fact that she's "fighting many battles" with her pre-teen son leads me to believe she makes a *great* mom.

timujin

2011-10-21 02:30:13 PM

downstairs: timujin: The store isn't making the claim, that's the display box provided by Frito-Lay.

Right, for their all-natural chips. But Frito-Lay doesn't set up the boxes. Teen-age clerks do.

Do they? I only ask because I thought I remembered seeing Frito-Lay dudes setting them up, like the Coke dudes refilling those and the Pepsi guys doing the same. I thought stockers did soup cans and dog food and whatnot.

Diogenes

2011-10-21 02:35:11 PM

downstairs: Diogenes: This lady sounds like a delight.

I wish I had the time and energy to have an existential crisis every time I shop for food.

And the fact that she's "fighting many battles" with her pre-teen son leads me to believe she makes a *great* mom.

I'm guessing total helicopter mom. Like, Apache Longbow scale.

downstairs

2011-10-21 02:36:43 PM

timujin: Do they? I only ask because I thought I remembered seeing Frito-Lay dudes setting them up, like the Coke dudes refilling those and the Pepsi guys doing the same. I thought stockers did soup cans and dog food and whatnot

I should clarify. Yes, actually when it comes to pop (I worked in Chicago, that's what we call it dammit!) and chips and some other stuff, yes.

But that's just set-up in the morning. During the day stockers re-stock everything.

So it was probably set up with the all-natural stuff on Monday for a sale that week, by friday night some stuff sold out. If an end cap sells out, you *have* to fill it with something. Managers hate emptyness on endcaps.

downstairs

2011-10-21 02:37:22 PM

Diogenes: guessing total helicopter mom. Like, Apache Longbow scale.

That's a good one. Stealing it.

Rev. Skarekroe

2011-10-21 02:46:40 PM

Cashiers have yelled at me for bringing in reusable bags that have a different store's name on them.

I use a Publix bag at every store I go to.
I've never had a cashier even bother to look at the name on the bag, much less yell at me for it.

Brad_Will

2011-10-21 02:55:20 PM

Rev. Skarekroe: I use a Publix bag at every store I go to.
I've never had a cashier even bother to look at the name on the bag, much less yell at me for it.

I had a cashier jokingly give me a hard time for using a reusable Harris Teeter bag, but other than that I've never heard a peep about that anywhere.

old_toole

2011-10-21 02:59:59 PM

Rev. Skarekroe: Cashiers have yelled at me for bringing in reusable bags that have a different store's name on them.

I use a Publix bag at every store I go to.
I've never had a cashier even bother to look at the name on the bag, much less yell at me for it.

I know right.
That was when I tuned her out.

hobblekitty

2011-10-21 03:42:32 PM

Brad_Will: Rev. Skarekroe: I use a Publix bag at every store I go to.
I've never had a cashier even bother to look at the name on the bag, much less yell at me for it.

I had a cashier jokingly give me a hard time for using a reusable Harris Teeter bag, but other than that I've never heard a peep about that anywhere.

I bring my Hannaford bags into Price Chopper whenever I go there (which isn't often- too expensive there) and they can go right to Hell if they don't like it. Hannaford's bags are cheaper, sturdier and more colorful than PC's bags.

timujin

2011-10-21 03:51:59 PM

downstairs: timujin: Do they? I only ask because I thought I remembered seeing Frito-Lay dudes setting them up, like the Coke dudes refilling those and the Pepsi guys doing the same. I thought stockers did soup cans and dog food and whatnot

I should clarify. Yes, actually when it comes to pop (I worked in Chicago, that's what we call it dammit!) and chips and some other stuff, yes.

But that's just set-up in the morning. During the day stockers re-stock everything.

So it was probably set up with the all-natural stuff on Monday for a sale that week, by friday night some stuff sold out. If an end cap sells out, you *have* to fill it with something. Managers hate emptyness on endcaps.

Yeah, that makes sense. I wonder, though, of the possibility that it's just the box they came in.

ArcadianRefugee

2011-10-21 03:55:51 PM

Unless Doritos are made with ectoplasm or the like, everything in them is as natural as a bee's hive.

Rapmaster2000

2011-10-21 03:56:34 PM

MSG is made from bacterial fermentation. Is that not a natural process?

bmihura

2011-10-21 03:56:45 PM

SecretAgentWoman: St_Francis_P: At a different store, I would have mentioned this to management. But I learned my lesson at this particular store that when I point out a disparity, I get called a "crazy lady."

Uhm...

That was my first thought, too. Listen lady, just accept and and enjoy the crazy.

Hehe, this is fun. I have dated equi-crazy, but given the crazy-to-hot relationship, it's often worth it. For awhile.

KrispyKritter

2011-10-21 03:57:24 PM

i'm hoping cell phone does give brain cancers so blog writer gets it.

this biotch should be sterilized and have her spawn taken away before they are ruined for life

Gabrin_Kinoda

2011-10-21 03:58:13 PM

Was fully expecting a link over to The Consumerist.

Rabid Turnip

2011-10-21 03:58:28 PM

Sybarite: Just breathe deep and accept it.

How many times have I used that phrase?

You, sir, owe me a new keyboard.
It was three posts later that the double entendre kicked in.
I must be slow today.

discgolfguru

2011-10-21 03:58:36 PM

This thread is making me crave doritos.

averagejoe42

2011-10-21 03:59:36 PM

I'm going to eat them anyway.

/DNRTFA

Pair-o-Dice

2011-10-21 04:01:26 PM

"You know that you're going to have a problem with something ~~at the store~~ in the hooker's panties. Remember, you're choosing to go there. If something bothers you, it's your own fault for going in there. Just breathe deep and accept it."

How many times have I used that phrase?!

brewthunda

2011-10-21 04:03:35 PM

This lady is going out of her way to be crazy. She notes that she recognizes that they put the Doritos in a display box that was for something other than Doritos - but then spends most of the article acting outraged about how the ingredients of Doritos don't match the claims on the non-Doritos box.

"Hey, the display box says 'Bananas - all organic - a great source of potassium!', but this bag of Chips Ahoy I found in the display box says nothing about being organic and that a daily serving only has 3% of your recommended potassium! And it doesn't seem to include any bananas at all. I AM OUTRAGED at the false advertising!"

MilesTeg

2011-10-21 04:03:39 PM

FTA

If I had to guess, I'd say that the display boxes were leftover from when one of Frito-Lays all-natural products were on display. Someone from the distributor that delivers the snack food and stocks it at the store or someone from the store itself probably decided to reuse the boxes.

You figured this out yet you still felt the need to whine about it...
Bet you are blast at parties...

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MooseUpNorth

2011-10-21 04:05:08 PM

What idiot ever believed they were?

downstairs

2011-10-21 04:05:11 PM

timujin: Yeah, that makes sense. I wonder, though, of the possibility that it's just the box they came in

Doubt it. Frito Lay lawyers know there are plenty of nutcases with way too much time on their hands- like this woman.

Omis

2011-10-21 04:05:17 PM

So to sum up the article: She has an iPhone and took some pictures.

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