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Advertising Forums South Africa

Side-stepping the bull

I bought a large bag of Fritos(R) chips last night and this is what the back of the packet said:

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CUT

THROUGH

THE...

This is the place where you

normally get the marketing spin.

You know, about how this

product helps change your life, get

the girl or meet the man of your

dreams.

We're a bit more down to earth.

To cut through the nonsense,

we're only going to say one

thing because it's what Fritos

stands for.

With Fritos, what's

important is the crunch.

Nothing crunches as good as Fritos.

We might play around with this

and that, try a few different things,

who knows? But one thing's

guaranteed ...

WHEN IT COMES

TO THE CRUNCH,

THERE'S NO

COMPROMISE"

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Thank you, Fritos, for taking a fresh promotional approach. I suspect they did their homework and understand that today's savvy youth market can spot bullshit a mile off and resents being spoken down to. Okay, the bit about the 'crunch' could maybe be seen as a slight capitulation to marketing spin, but well done, all the same!




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