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Re:Pantone 448 C by OJFord on Friday January 24, 2020 @05:07AM (#22136819)
> I know it's untenable in practice, but in my perfect imaginary utopia, products on shelves would have minimalistic (and standardized) packaging with no branding crap, and the labeling would be maximized for utility. Product type and core variables (e.g. "milk" and "UHT 2%") in large font, ingredients, nutrition table and manufacturer/expiry date in small font below or to the side.

Sounds like the Canadian 'no name' house brand of, I believe, the No Frills/Loblaws supermarket group:

https://www.nofrills.ca/search?search-bar=No%20name

Re:Pantone 448 C by xav0989 on Friday January 24, 2020 @10:41AM (#22139168)
They definitely missed on having their truck/trailers branded "Truck" in that same black on yellow look.
Re:Pantone 448 C by Chris2048 on Friday January 24, 2020 @06:12AM (#22137110)
There are lots of brands that do this. I think Ikea in particular has some pretty minimalistic branding on its own products. Tesco, lidl/aldi (I forget which) too.
Re:Pantone 448 C by OJFord on Friday January 24, 2020 @09:23AM (#22138483)
That's true actually, Waitrose's 'essentials' isn't far off the simplicity of 'no name'; I suppose it's just my lack of familiarity (I'm British, not Canadian) that made 'no name' stand out as unusual and most like this to me at first.

But yes, you're right, supermarket own brands in general are relatively straightforwardly packaged. I suppose in part it's because they cover such a range of products, so they can't pick a more 'normal' theme that might look better for some of them, because it would be so odd and out of place on other lines.

Re:Pantone 448 C by Chris2048 on Friday January 24, 2020 @12:38PM (#22140517)
I think often they are exactly the same as branded products (repackaged), so they agree to make the packaging plain.