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Re:Matterhorn no more: Toblerone to change design under ‘Swi... by hermannj314 on Sunday March 05, 2023 @10:22AM (#35030342)
The future of consumer food should be colorless, bland packaging that unambiguously describes the product.

Cattle, not pets. We don't need to name our food in 2023.

Re:Matterhorn no more: Toblerone to change design under ‘Swi... by mortehu on Sunday March 05, 2023 @10:29AM (#35030421)
Store brands today do have deliberately bland packaging, in part so that you will be put off by it and buy a more expensive brand if you can afford it. Given this behavior I don't think bland packaging will ever dominate.
Re:Matterhorn no more: Toblerone to change design under ‘Swi... by db48x on Sunday March 05, 2023 @02:06PM (#35032793)
It's worse than that: bright colorful packaging is a Nash Equilibrium.
Re:Matterhorn no more: Toblerone to change design under ‘Swi... by johnaspden on Sunday March 05, 2023 @10:27AM (#35030405)
Emulsified High Fat Offal Tubes 237g 40% sawdust 20% water 20% mechanically recovered abbatoir floor meat 19% rapeseed oil 1% unpronounceable chemicals
Re:Matterhorn no more: Toblerone to change design under ‘Swi... by hermannj314 on Sunday March 05, 2023 @10:32AM (#35030449)
Setup refrigerator monitoring, drop that into a YAML file, and let the cluster decide when it needs to provision more.

It's the only way to eat food at scale.

Re:Matterhorn no more: Toblerone to change design under ‘Swi... by EntrePrescott on Sunday March 05, 2023 @01:21PM (#35032364)
… among the latter of course: the green colorant that gives "Soylent Green" its characteristic color. Oh and while the abattoir floor meat is from cattle, the offal tubes are made from the meat of another mammal that we better not name here so as to not worry the customers
Re:Matterhorn no more: Toblerone to change design under ‘Swi... by sidpatil on Sunday March 05, 2023 @10:40AM (#35030531)
Re:Matterhorn no more: Toblerone to change design under ‘Swi... by shwoopdiwoop on Sunday March 05, 2023 @11:08AM (#35030839)
The “No Name” brand does exactly that.
Re:Matterhorn no more: Toblerone to change design under ‘Swi... by olddustytrail on Sunday March 05, 2023 @12:38PM (#35031877)
The "white brand" stuff. Sure to be popular among certain groups but perhaps not for the best.
Re:Matterhorn no more: Toblerone to change design under ‘Swi... by olddustytrail on Sunday March 05, 2023 @12:35PM (#35031833)
You prefer to eat pets rather than cattle?

Or is it just the naming you object to?

Re:Matterhorn no more: Toblerone to change design under ‘Swi... by EntrePrescott on Sunday March 05, 2023 @01:29PM (#35032445)
(not so) fun fact: in Switzerland, it is legal to eat dog meat and to raise and slaughter dogs for that specific purpose [1]… though not commercially… unlike, say, in China, where there are even dog meat festivals [2]:

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_meat#Current_laws

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_Meat_Festival