Gothamist: Snapple Deal Bad at the Core

Crapple

Thu, 09 Mar 2006 18:15:26 -0500

But she sure as hell didn't get THINNER drinking Snapple!

Duh Dude

Thu, 09 Mar 2006 16:30:40 -0500

Guys, the Snapple Lady WAS ALWAYS FAT. She didn't get fat by drinking Snapple.

dude

Thu, 09 Mar 2006 13:07:20 -0500

I thought you were joking about the Snapple Lady getting fat and being on a celebrity weight loss show. But anyway, I agree: I stopped drinking Snapple at all when I realized they just used HFCS instead of sugar or actual juice.

Booooring!

Thu, 09 Mar 2006 12:34:21 -0500

Star-bux, Blahblahblah....

star-bux

Thu, 09 Mar 2006 12:05:06 -0500

Starbucks sells a product with a highly addictive drug in it. Caffeine causes a number of health disorders, can cause seizures, and shorten life spans. So actually, we still have drug dealers on every street corner, just more socially acceptable equivalents.

Marc

Thu, 09 Mar 2006 10:58:47 -0500

Simply put, Snapple doesn't fuel New Yorkers. We aren't that interested. Now if they could work out a deal for more Starbucks... (ha. more starbucks. what a joke.)

nv

Thu, 09 Mar 2006 10:04:21 -0500

Since a lot of the Snapple machines simply replaced other machines in the public schools' teachers' lounges, there's no way the deal created an "extra" $33 million for the city. At my son's previous school the old machine had water and mostly diet sodas (Coke brands) at a fairly low price (75 cents I think) and when the city swapped it for a Snapple machine with mostly full calorie drinks and a much smaller bottle of water at a much higher price ($1.50 maybe), the teachers just stopped buying from the machine and made the effort to bring their own. So revenues from that machine probably fell, even taking into account that the old machine was relatively underpriced.

Rocknrope

Thu, 09 Mar 2006 10:03:43 -0500

Note to self: Vending machines need electricity. Brilliant. And you wonder why government employees get a bad rap.

Vin

Thu, 09 Mar 2006 09:46:46 -0500

Wendy ("the Snapple Lady") was let go because she drank too much of those high sugar Snapples and has gotten too fat, hence her appearance on Celebrity Fit Club. Made from "Best Stuff on Earth" my ass, more like "Fat Stuff on Earth"

deng

Thu, 09 Mar 2006 09:45:38 -0500

It still was extra $33 million for the city so it certainly was a good deal. After the deal was announced, all those monday morning QBs - especially William Thompson - woke up and complained about the deal.. In the end, this was good idea even if not worth of $120M.

tracy

Thu, 09 Mar 2006 09:40:07 -0500

I stopped buying their sh6t after they let go of the "made from the best stuf on earth" lady.

the diabetes police

Thu, 09 Mar 2006 09:29:48 -0500

Snapple says it's "all natural," yet when you simply take a look at the nutrition label it says HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP and only 5% fruit juice. How could it be "genuine New York" if it's not even genuine fruit juice?! And they're feeding this shit to kids, no less!