Company secrets they dont want you to know (1 Viewer)

[Max Power]

I started a thread on a similar topic years ago, but it seems to be gone now. I ran across this series of videos on YouTube and find this stuff facinating.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LuXf78N0k1c

It's open secrets at your company or things a company hides from the consumer. Anyone here have anything good that you'd share about your industry?

I have nothing good for myself. I'm a DoD employee. I'd just say facts are skewed to meet the needs of whoever is in charge. 

Example from a buddy... marketing shampoo, they purposely show commercials pouring out more shampoo than necessary to encourage people to use more of the product than needed.

 

[Encyclopedia Brown]

Example from a buddy... marketing shampoo, they purposely show commercials pouring out more shampoo than necessary to encourage people to use more of the product than needed.

Also, in the instructions: rinse and repeat. 

 

[AAABatteries]

CPG - for the most part companies as a whole know how “bad” their products are for people, the environment, etc. but they will push legislation, market it and generally disguise or lie about what they know.

Tobacco, alcohol, snack foods, etc.

 

[krista4]

Example from a buddy... marketing shampoo, they purposely show commercials pouring out more shampoo than necessary to encourage people to use more of the product than needed.

Same with toothpaste.  They show a big spread over the full length of the brush when you only need half that or less.

 

[Binky The Doormat]

Same with toothpaste.  They show a big spread over the full length of the brush when you only need half that or less.

LOL ...you are SOOOO right ...

my wife and I just had a semi-fight about that ...

she just said I'm a cheap SOB   

while I watch most of what she just put on the brush fall out of her mouth

while looking like she's a rabid wolverine ...

I slept on the couch

 

[krista4]

LOL ...you are SOOOO right ...

my wife and I just had a semi-fight about that ...

she just said I'm a cheap SOB   

while I watch most of what she just put on the brush fall out of her mouth

while looking like she's a rabid wolverine ...

I slept on the couch

  The ads even do an extra twirl upward at the end of the paste for maximum waste.  Does she do that one, too?

 

[Max Power]

PSA from the videos for those who dont watch. 

All butter is the same butter. The same plant will send to 8 different packaging plants. Great value is the same as name brands. 

 

[Max Power]

Worst thing heard...

Chocolate milk tends to be the milk that has cows blood in it. It comes out pink but it's easier to add chocolate flavor to cover the color issue. 

 

[Gilroy34]

Worst thing heard...

Chocolate milk tends to be the milk that has cows blood in it. It comes out pink but it's easier to add chocolate flavor to cover the color issue. 

Yummy!  

 

[FairWarning]

PSA from the videos for those who dont watch. 

All butter is the same butter. The same plant will send to 8 different packaging plants. Great value is the same as name brands. 

Agree, but I won’t give Walmart a dime.  

 

[Osaurus]

Kevin Trudeau was all over this a while back iirc.

 

[Jackstraw]

Worst thing heard...

Chocolate milk tends to be the milk that has cows blood in it. It comes out pink but it's easier to add chocolate flavor to cover the color issue. 

I get regular milk and add my own chocolate and cow blood. 

 

[otb_lifer]

Example from a buddy... marketing shampoo, they purposely show commercials pouring out more shampoo than necessary to encourage people to use more of the product than needed.

i haven't used shampoo (or conditioner) to wash my hair in over 20+ years ... the only time it hits my head is when i go for a cut/style (every 6 weeks).

got me a bar of Ivory soap that i use in the shower to clean the hair - that's it. 

full head o'hair, with no signs of loss or thinning - lest i just jinxed myself? 

 

[NutterButter]

PSA from the videos for those who dont watch. 

All butter is the same butter. The same plant will send to 8 different packaging plants. Great value is the same as name brands. 

How about that Kerrigold pure irish butter I pay extra for from costco?   That has to be different.  Tell me that's different.  

 

[El Floppo]

How about that Kerrigold pure irish butter I pay extra for from costco?   That has to be different.  Tell me that's different.  

aside from the cows blood, no different.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Worst thing heard...

Chocolate milk tends to be the milk that has cows blood in it. It comes out pink but it's easier to add chocolate flavor to cover the color issue. 

Not quite as bad as that, but heard most of the flavored whiskey and vodka is made from lesser ingredients than their regular bottles. Not to mention lower proof.

 

[AAABatteries]

Not quite as bad as that, but heard most of the flavored whiskey and vodka is made from lesser ingredients than their regular bottles. Not to mention lower proof.

Nobody should be buying flavored whiskey ever.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Nobody should be buying flavored whiskey ever.

Seems to be a female thing mainly. 2 women I know were raving about Apple Crown Royal and some awful peanut butter flavored stuff.

 

[otb_lifer]

Nobody should be buying flavored whiskey ever.

Seems to be a female thing mainly. 2 women I know were raving about Apple Crown Royal and some awful peanut butter flavored stuff.

proud sipper of Jimmy B's Red Stag here  ... neat, of course. 

 

[KarmaPolice]

Worst thing heard...

Chocolate milk tends to be the milk that has cows blood in it. It comes out pink but it's easier to add chocolate flavor to cover the color issue. 

:X   I hate you right now.  

oursoutchocolatemilk: 

 

[Jayrod]

Nobody should be buying flavored whiskey ever.

Fireball has its place.

 

[El Floppo]

Fireball has its place.

agreed. 3rd level mage fighting orcs.

 

[FairWarning]

Seems to be a female thing mainly. 2 women I know were raving about Apple Crown Royal and some awful peanut butter flavored stuff.

We sell a lot of Skrewball peanut butter whiskey.

 

[zamboni]

Ketchup doesn’t really pour that slowly. I blame the school systems.

 

[beef]

Obviously no dairy farmers here.  Blood in milk can be common while a cow is milking calves, but that cow would not be milked for human consumption.  Milk gets tested before it's ever put in the tanker trucks and if there is an discoloring it will be rejected.  It may still get collected for other uses as there are different grades of milk, but it will not get used for human consumption.  

 

[zamboni]

Obviously no dairy farmers here.  Blood in milk can be common while a cow is milking calves, but that cow would not be milked for human consumption.  Milk gets tested before it's ever put in the tanker trucks and if there is an discoloring it will be rejected.  It may still get collected for other uses as there are different grades of milk, but it will not get used for human consumption.  

Username checks out.

 

[beef]

And not all butter is the same butter that only comes from one factory.  There are plenty of different factories and recipes.  

 

[Max Power]

:X   I hate you right now.  

oursoutchocolatemilk: 

Told my wife this when she woke up. She isnt talking to me either now.

 

[beef]

Told my wife this when she woke up. She isnt talking to me either now.

Tell her it's BS and she'll get over it

 

[Max Power]

Not quite as bad as that, but heard most of the flavored whiskey and vodka is made from lesser ingredients than their regular bottles. Not to mention lower proof.

I once bought a gallon of vodka for 9.99 in 2000... my buddy and I were dehydrated for days after that. If I wasnt 21 that may have ended me.

 

[Max Power]

Tell her it's BS and she'll get over it

What color is the chocolate milk hiding?!?!

 

[El Floppo]

And not all butter is the same butter that only comes from one factory.  There are plenty of different factories and recipes.  

I hope so.

fanciest dinner I've ever gone to (Per Se) had a freaking Butter Steward offering us pairings for our bread... each supposedly from a differnt spot on the globe, with a schpiel for each option as if it was fine wine.

 

[psychobillies]

Fireball has its place.

In someone's purse?

 

[ProstheticRGK]

I hope so.

fanciest dinner I've ever gone to (Per Se) had a freaking Butter Steward offering us pairings for our bread... each supposedly from a differnt spot on the globe, with a schpiel for each option as if it was fine wine.

This tastes like the cow got into an onion patch

 

[WDIK2]

Not buying the blood in chocolate milk thing.  It would make a lot more sense to use it for strawberry milk.   

I do know that if a batch of ice cream doesn't turn out quite right (color, consistency, flavor, etc.) they will often recycle that into a chocolate flavor.  Not necessarily a bad thing.  Chocolate is a great flavor masker.

 

[beef]

This tastes like the cow got into an onion patch

If it were pink it would be made into a chocolate covered creme cheese spread for bagels.  

 

[Phil Elliott]

Similar to butter comments, many generic/local store private label brands are from a common source. Most people probably are aware of this. 

 

[heckmanm]

We sell a lot of Skrewball peanut butter whiskey.

If you get the dark chocolate shot glasses (cups) it’s interesting once. Once,

 

[wikkidpissah]

i dont use even half as much rabid wolverine as most people. seems to get the job done, though...

 

[GregR]

I hope so.

fanciest dinner I've ever gone to (Per Se) had a freaking Butter Steward offering us pairings for our bread... each supposedly from a differnt spot on the globe, with a schpiel for each option as if it was fine wine.

Now I imagine you in these situations talking to your wife like Michael the hurling guy does.

"Do you want the Belgian Canola, Kathleen!?!?  Don't you even think about the Mongolian Ghee!!  If that so much as f---ing touches your knife, I'm sending you and the kids back to Waterford with your mother, Kathleen!!!"

(for those who are lost)

 

[dickey moe]

What's wrong with cow's blood? 

 

[Doug B]

... marketing shampoo, they purposely show commercials pouring out more shampoo than necessary to encourage people to use more of the product than needed.

This is also true of liquid laundry detergent (not e.g. Tide pods) and liquid dishwasher detergent (like Cascade or Palmolive, not e.g. Finish pods). A lot of people fill the cap all the way up every load. Nobody reads the small print, but the backs of laundry detergent jugs usually recommend only about 1.5 oz (three tablespoons) per medium laundry load.

For most loads of laundry, a quarter of a capful of liquid detergent is close enough to 1.5 oz (~ 6 to 8 oz is a typical full cap for the big jugs of liquid detergent). If it's lightly-worn stuff (which is 80% of laundry), two tablespoons (1 oz) is plenty.

What if you're washing something unusually soiled, like if you spilled a bunch of spaghetti sauce onto your clothes? Or infield dirt off of a baseball uniform? Use the recommended amount of laundry detergent and then add in some dishwashing liquid (like Dawn or Ajax) to the load -- a 1/4 cup is plenty.
 

 

[Leroy Hoard]

What's wrong with cow's blood? 

I can't stand the taste of Red Bull.

 

[Scoresman]

If you have something like a broken stereo you can just have USPS pay for a new one. They just write it off. All these big companies, they just write off everything. 

 

[Max Power]

Bath and body works takes a full refund for products you dont like. 

 

[NorvilleBarnes]

Most airlines under report their crashes for insurance and PR purposes.

 

[The General]

What's wrong with cow's blood? 

As long as it’s artisanal.

 

[belljr]

If you have something like a broken stereo you can just have USPS pay for a new one. They just write it off. All these big companies, they just write off everything. 

You don't even know what a write off is

 

[boilerdave]

Bloody Chocolate Milk is the name of my Black Sabbath cover band. 

 

[AAABatteries]

Fireball has its place.

I have a really large bar and whiskey collection at my house - I’d be lying I’d I said I didn’t own a few bottles of flavored whiskey.  Top of head I think I have Crown Royal Peach, Absolute Vanilla, Fireball, P-Nutty (PB whiskey), couple of flavored moonshines.  None of them are worth drinking near save that CY Peach - that stuff if actually pretty damn tasty.