Failure To Launch: A Fluid Podcast

Biznos is bad at Quiznos

How good are sandwiches? In this episode, we discuss the biggest restaurant franchise failure ever. Sources/  https://www.restaurantbusinessonline.com/financing/brief-history-quiznos-collapse  https://1851franchise.com/what-happened-to-quiznos-4000-closures-but-theres-still-hope-2720837#stories  https://www.mashed.com/132827/the-real-reason-why-quiznos-is-disappearing-across-the-country/  https://www.forbes.com/sites/karstenstrauss/2015/06/17/is-quiznos-toast/?sh=62fa709822cd  https://adage.com/article/news/quizno-s-axes-spongmonkey-spokesthings/100023  https://www.entrepreneur.com/franchise/why-these-3-once-thriving-franchises-have-fallen-on-hard/235379  https://www.cleveland.com/business/2009/11/quiznos_agrees_to_pay_up_to_95.html  https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303722104579240194214517248  https://tms-outsource.com/blog/posts/what-happened-to-quiznos/  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0148296396002792  https://www.theage.com.au/national/super-resize-me-20050612-ge0byw.html  https://www.distractify.com/p/does-mcdonalds-still-have-salads  https://phvntom.com/mark-ritson-distinctiveness-doesnt-need-to-come-at-the-cost-of-differentiation/  https://marketingscience.info/differentiation-versus-distinctiveness/ ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

The Chips That Made You Poop - Part 2

In this week's episode, we conclude our exploration into the failure of Olestra and WOW branded snacks. Sources * Nestle, Marion. Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health. Revised and Expanded Edition. University of California Press, 2013.  * https://www.afr.com/companies/fake-fats-promise-guilt-free-snacks-19900420-kam4s [https://www.afr.com/companies/fake-fats-promise-guilt-free-snacks-19900420-kam4s]  * https://www.myplainview.com/news/article/Frito-Lay-testing-supermarket-shelves-without-8772823.php [https://www.myplainview.com/news/article/Frito-Lay-testing-supermarket-shelves-without-8772823.php]  * https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olestra [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olestra]  * https://escholarship.org/uc/item/48m731w1https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB905730946910550500 [https://escholarship.org/uc/item/48m731w1https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB905730946910550500https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB905730946910550500]  * https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB905730946910550500 [https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB905730946910550500]  ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

The Chips That Made You Poop - Part 1

In this weeks episode we explore the creation and marketing behind Olestra a new fat substitute created by global powerhouse P&G. Sources * Nestle, Marion. Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health. Revised and Expanded Edition. University of California Press, 2013.  * https://www.afr.com/companies/fake-fats-promise-guilt-free-snacks-19900420-kam4s [https://www.afr.com/companies/fake-fats-promise-guilt-free-snacks-19900420-kam4s]  * https://www.myplainview.com/news/article/Frito-Lay-testing-supermarket-shelves-without-8772823.php [https://www.myplainview.com/news/article/Frito-Lay-testing-supermarket-shelves-without-8772823.php]  * https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olestra [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olestra]  * https://escholarship.org/uc/item/48m731w1https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB905730946910550500 [https://escholarship.org/uc/item/48m731w1https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB905730946910550500https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB905730946910550500]  * https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB905730946910550500 [https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB905730946910550500]  ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

The Kraft Peanut Butter Kollapse - Part 2

Kraft had been selling peanut butter in Australia for almost a century, dominating an almost $6 million-a-year peanut butter market. How did it all go so wrong? Sources: http://www.news.com.au/finance/business/retail/kraft-one-of-the-worlds-biggest-food-brands-to-be-phased-out-in-australia-and-new-zealand/news-story/acbec56cd9b9283cb4bc18628488b47d https://mumbrella.com.au/kraft-singles-and-kraft-peanut-butter-return-to-australia-479473 https://www.ashurst.com/en/news-and-insights/insights/the-federal-court-crunches-down-on-krafts-claim-against-bega-cheese/ https://www.smh.com.au/business/happy-ms-vegemite-spreads-the-healing-20120504-1y3w7.html https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2017-01-19/bega-buys-vegemite-mondelez/8193268 https://mumbrella.com.au/bega-promotes-matt-gray-to-head-of-marketing-623650 https://mumbrella.com.au/blend-17-isnt-isnack-3-0-may-vegemite-wankers-pr-101-476848 https://mumbrella.com.au/bega-keeps-it-simple-in-new-peanut-butter-ad-via-thinkerbell-577884 https://www.news.com.au/finance/business/retail/kraft-one-of-the-worlds-biggest-food-brands-to-be-phased-out-in-australia-and-new-zealand/news-story/acbec56cd9b9283cb4bc18628488b47d https://mumbrella.com.au/bega-buys-vegemite-brings-iconic-australian-brand-home-420507 https://www.news.com.au/finance/business/retail/bega-triumphs-over-kraft-in-threeyear-peanut-butter-legal-stoush/news-story/df2424e15011e4fc792851c6121237fd https://financhill.com/blog/investing/kraft-heinz-merger-failure https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/03/business/bernardo-hees-kraft-heinz-corner-office.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/24/business/when-mac-cheese-and-ketchup-dont-mix-the-kraft-heinz-merger-falters.html https://www.marketresearch.com/Williams-Marshall-Strategy-v4196/Australia-Peanut-Butter-Impact-COVID-34179087/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/avidan/2019/02/24/the-lesson-of-the-kraft-heinz-nosedive-radical-cost-cutting-is-out-brands-are-back/?sh=214d9dcf7d1e [https://www.forbes.com/sites/avidan/2019/02/24/the-lesson-of-the-kraft-heinz-nosedive-radical-cost-cutting-is-out-brands-are-back/?sh=214d9dcf7d1e] https://begagroup.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/120669_Bega-Annual-Report-2022_Interactive_optimised.pdf ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

The Kraft Peanut Butter Kollapse

Kraft had been selling peanut butter in Australia for almost a century, dominating what became by 2015 an almost $6 million-a-year peanut butter market. How did it all go so wrong? Sources: http://www.news.com.au/finance/business/retail/kraft-one-of-the-worlds-biggest-food-brands-to-be-phased-out-in-australia-and-new-zealand/news-story/acbec56cd9b9283cb4bc18628488b47d https://mumbrella.com.au/kraft-singles-and-kraft-peanut-butter-return-to-australia-479473 https://www.ashurst.com/en/news-and-insights/insights/the-federal-court-crunches-down-on-krafts-claim-against-bega-cheese/ https://www.smh.com.au/business/happy-ms-vegemite-spreads-the-healing-20120504-1y3w7.html https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2017-01-19/bega-buys-vegemite-mondelez/8193268 https://mumbrella.com.au/bega-promotes-matt-gray-to-head-of-marketing-623650 https://mumbrella.com.au/blend-17-isnt-isnack-3-0-may-vegemite-wankers-pr-101-476848 https://mumbrella.com.au/bega-keeps-it-simple-in-new-peanut-butter-ad-via-thinkerbell-577884 https://www.news.com.au/finance/business/retail/kraft-one-of-the-worlds-biggest-food-brands-to-be-phased-out-in-australia-and-new-zealand/news-story/acbec56cd9b9283cb4bc18628488b47d https://mumbrella.com.au/bega-buys-vegemite-brings-iconic-australian-brand-home-420507 https://www.news.com.au/finance/business/retail/bega-triumphs-over-kraft-in-threeyear-peanut-butter-legal-stoush/news-story/df2424e15011e4fc792851c6121237fd https://financhill.com/blog/investing/kraft-heinz-merger-failure https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/03/business/bernardo-hees-kraft-heinz-corner-office.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/24/business/when-mac-cheese-and-ketchup-dont-mix-the-kraft-heinz-merger-falters.html https://www.marketresearch.com/Williams-Marshall-Strategy-v4196/Australia-Peanut-Butter-Impact-COVID-34179087/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/avidan/2019/02/24/the-lesson-of-the-kraft-heinz-nosedive-radical-cost-cutting-is-out-brands-are-back/?sh=214d9dcf7d1e [https://www.forbes.com/sites/avidan/2019/02/24/the-lesson-of-the-kraft-heinz-nosedive-radical-cost-cutting-is-out-brands-are-back/?sh=214d9dcf7d1e] https://begagroup.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/120669_Bega-Annual-Report-2022_Interactive_optimised.pdf ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.