"Good Guy Pringles: The only chip company that doesn't sell air"

MissUtilis

There exists Kettle Brand (incidentally, their manufacturer, Diamond Foods, attempted to buy Pringles during 2011 and 2012, but the sale fell through because of a financial mishap)

Salix Babylonika

Calica said:

there is also a branded product called kettle chips, which is a particular brand of kettle-cooked chip

that is stupid

that's like a brand of tires called Tires

that's dumb

someone should sue them.

Calica

Miss Utilis said:

There exists Kettle Brand (incidentally, their manufacturer, Diamond Foods, attempted to buy Pringles during 2011 and 2012, but the sale fell through because of a financial mishap)

what is this financial mishap

i'm imagining, like, an executive accidentally lost several hundred million dollars or however much pringles the brand cost

MissUtilis

Miss Utilis said:

There exists Kettle Brand (incidentally, their manufacturer, Diamond Foods, attempted to buy Pringles during 2011 and 2012, but the sale fell through because of a financial mishap)

wah my trivia got ninja'd

MissUtilis

Calica said:

Miss Utilis said:

There exists Kettle Brand (incidentally, their manufacturer, Diamond Foods, attempted to buy Pringles during 2011 and 2012, but the sale fell through because of a financial mishap)

what is this financial mishap

i'm imagining, like, an executive accidentally lost several hundred million dollars or however much pringles the brand cost

http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Diamond-Foods-calls-off-Pringles-acquisition-3334159.php

they had to restate financial results and they even had to replace their CEO and CFO

Calica

"Almost all cultures embrace snacks," Deutsche Bank remarked in a note.

Calica

so it sounds like an executive "misplaced" a bunch of payments to walnut growers

glennmagusharvey

Did you know there is more salt on one side of a Pringles chip than the other, and thus it's optimal to eat it such that that side falls on the top of your tongue first?

Tre

Planet Jane said:

what about the arguably superior Lays' Stax?

I used to be addicted to those as a kid

I'm sure I'd still enjoy them if I ever ate them again

criminalscum

Sun Chips > Pringles > Lays (barbecue) > Lays (other)

lee4hmz

Planet Jane said:

Nobody wanted "loaded hot wings" chips, Ruffles.

NOBODY

I'll take 'em! I actually like hot sauce on my chips...

glennmagusharvey

pringles are kinda overpriced

MissUtilis

yeah I have to pay $29 billion for them, that's insane

MissUtilis

being nouveau riche is so hard sometimes