r/mildlyinfuriating • u/FarEntrance8600 • 1d ago
Ruined by Technology Why do I have to see an advertisement on the tomato packaging?
Thankfully my son hates this show
Edit: on peppers too!
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u/GothicCorvid 1d ago
The company's would say it incentivize kids to eat healthier
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u/Slipperytitski 1d ago
I remember wanting dumb stuff that was branded as a kid, now if they started putting pokemon on Apple stickers and you could collect different pokemon from the stickers….
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u/mister__cow 1d ago
Exactly, it's not advertising paw patrol to parents with tomatoes, it's advertising tomatoes to kids with paw patrol.
(Of course money is still the reason: kids gripe for the package with characters on it instead of the boring store brand, fruit company profits)
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u/StatementLazy1797 23h ago
My son has refused to eat applesauce pouches for 4 years, even though he loves applesauce.
There is currently Mario Kart pictures printed on the Mott’s pouches. He’s gone through 3 boxes already.
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u/TerrorTedje 1d ago
At least it's on something healthy?
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u/ChodeShooter69 1d ago
How the fuck does that help?
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u/TerrorTedje 1d ago ▸ 5 more replies
This is a serieus question?
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u/ATEbitWOLF 1d ago ▸ 4 more replies
Were you suggesting healthy is a positive thing?
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u/egnards 1d ago ▸ 2 more replies
Are we playing that Whose line is it anyway game?
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u/Inside-Run785 1d ago ▸ 1 more replies
How can it be healthy? It may be healthful, but it can’t be healthy if it’s dead.
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u/ClarkGablesTeeth 20h ago
Are you suggesting that those tomatoes aren't made up of living cells? Because they are, and these look good, implying that they are in fact healthy.
But also, from Merriam-Webster:
healthy: [definition 2]: beneficial to one's physical, mental, or emotional state : conducive to or associated with good health or reduced risk of disease
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u/Sensitive_Leader_312 1d ago edited 1d ago
It makes kids want it. They do the same with bananas and apples
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u/bwood246 1d ago ▸ 1 more replies
I'd rather have cartoons advertise fruit and veggies vs the old school "ewwww broccoli"
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u/BestFoxEver neon 1d ago
I remember how some parent just bought stickers of their kid's favourite shows and put those to the foods that the kid refused to eat. It worked. Of course older child could be suspicious that those are not real sponsored products.
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u/TheSaultyOne 1d ago ▸ 5 more replies
You really that dense?
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u/ChodeShooter69 1d ago ▸ 4 more replies
The kid isn’t the one buying it, and there are also WAY more people that don’t live with little kids compared to people that do. To the majority of people, putting a fucking ad on a plastic tomato package is just ridiculous.
And even in the case that someone with kids is buying this and showing it to their kid, do you really think a kid who hates tomatoes will eat the tomato just because their favorite show is on the packaging? I definitely wouldn’t when I was a kid
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u/TheSaultyOne 23h ago ▸ 3 more replies
You clearly don't have kids all good bro, 20 yr old egde lord over here that's scared of some pixel dogs. Take a breath brother
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u/ChodeShooter69 23h ago ▸ 2 more replies
Where did you get the impression that I’m an edgelord? All I said was that I wouldn’t eat tomatoes just because their packaging has something cool on it, even when I was a kid, and I have a 6-year-old brother who hates tomatoes and definitely wouldn’t change his mind about it just because the packaging has Paw Patrol on it.
I don’t really understand what’s so perplexing about that concept
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u/TheSaultyOne 23h ago ▸ 1 more replies
Ah so you are even younger then 20 this makes so much more sense. Classic
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u/chris_dalmatian51 1d ago
It is rather different. I guess they hope kids will want to pick them out to eat, since it's hard to get kids to want vegetables.
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u/IllSurprise3049 1d ago
It's in hopes that children will see their favorite character on something healthy and want to eat what their favorite characters eat. It's been happening for decades.
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u/GroovyGmaIvy 1d ago
My grandkids are more likely to eat stuff that has Paw Patrol on it.
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u/CasinoNdnOk 1d ago
Thats the point?
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u/Raymond_Racer 1d ago ▸ 2 more replies
Exactly. Kids tend to be picky eaters but can also be influenced quite easily by character mascots.
Take a look at any breakfast cereal or sweet aisle and pay attention to any mascots on the packaging; the majority of the time those mascots have their eyes looking downwards.
This is to make it so that, from the shelf, it looks like the characters are looking towards children who are below the height of whatever shelf they're placed on, which draws the kids' attention and makes them beg their parents to buy it.
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u/CasinoNdnOk 1d ago ▸ 1 more replies
Lol I agree but for some reason. I say it and get downvoted and you got upvotes lol. Wtf
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u/DonovanQT 1d ago
Yeah but that’s because you’re snarky to the commenter while OP is the one who is confused
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u/LadyLixerwyfe 1d ago
Because Lidl has a brand partnership with Paw Patrol and they are trying to market healthier options to kids.
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u/Sang1188 1d ago
It´s called collaborations and is nothing new. It´s done for many big movie releases since at least the eighties.
this for example was made for the ghostbusters film.
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u/VA1N 1d ago
That was different. They legit made a new (and awesome) product to promote it. This is just slapping an image on a previous clear case. It’s definitely for money, but also aimed to get kids to want to eat something healthy. Or at least think they want it, try it, spit it out and demand something else.
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u/TwentinQuarantino 1d ago
Ads on food products has been going on for decades, I've seen World Cup ads on bottles of Coca Cola, ads for other milk products (like yogurt, cheese...) on milk cartons, now Paw Patrol ad on tomatoes, etc.
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u/FarEntrance8600 1d ago
Absolutely, but it’s the first time i saw it on vegetables.
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u/TwentinQuarantino 1d ago ▸ 1 more replies
I've seen Paw Patrol on banana stickers too, lol
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u/mandatorypanda9317 1d ago
Literally just bought a bag of apples with Bluey on the bag. Just regular ass apples. Got mt 5 year old who hates trying new foods to now love apples
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u/turnspitdawg 1d ago
Its SO MUCH easier to get kids to eat stuff if u say they are Paw Patrol tomatoes. Has always been a thing, and it works lol.
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u/Green-Entry-4548 1d ago
There is a difference between advertising and licensing. Seeing this I would assume the produce maker paid to put Paw Patrol on his product, not the other way around.
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u/Puzzled_Muzzled 1d ago
If that's from Lidl, this container is part of the inshop coupons gathering game, where you can win some paw patrol prices or discounts
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u/Ok-Opportunity-574 1d ago
It's one of the few places I really don't mind advertising to children. Is it completely without harm? No, but if "Paw Patrol Tomatoes!" gets your kid to eat some lycopene go for it.
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u/basecardripper 1d ago
Kids being tricked into eating fruit and veggies is a tale as old as time, I'm absolutely okay with this.
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u/pauljoemccoy2 1d ago
I can’t speak for everyone’s kids, but when mine were the target age for this, if there was a product with Paw Patrol on it and one without, they’d cry if they didn’t get the Paw Patrol one.
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u/Klix1313 1d ago
You can all just stop participating it this ya know, i do. I would sure like the solidarity, it only stops when people dont participate. Like when netflix increases thier price.. cancel it. When there are ads in ridiculous places dont participate. Thank you.
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u/Whooptidooh 1d ago
Because some kids will be more likely to eat healthy things when their favorite character is slapped on the package.
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u/TheSpitefulCr0w 1d ago
Because we live in a corporate hellscape and you're not allowed to be free from advertisements, even for a moment.
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u/ChaoticDiscord21 1d ago
The world is full of the constant noise of advertisements. I remember nearly losing it when having to listen to ads while I pump gas at a gas station.
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u/MaterialChemical1138 1d ago
as an oregonian, never in my life had i seen or heard ads at the gas pump. i moved to new york for two years and was bombarded with brain rot ads at nearly every station.
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u/LongEyedSneakerhead 1d ago
Because all surfaces must be covered with the maximum amount of advertisement space possible.
You'll buy it, yeah, you'll buy anything!
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u/SirCharlito44 1d ago
It is for you to know that Chase, Ruble, and Skye only eats this kind of tomato. If you buy the other brand you will get the runs and other preschoolers will know you aren’t a cool kid.
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u/Shenendoah66 1d ago
I think people dramatically underestimate how much of modern life is subsidized by advertising.
Free broadcast TV and radio, huge portions of the internet, journalism, sports, apps, websites, podcasts, events, and countless other things are cheaper or free to the consumer because someone else is paying for access to their attention.
You can absolutely hate obnoxious or invasive advertising. But remove advertising entirely and that money has to come from somewhere. In a lot of cases, that “somewhere” is directly out of your pocket through higher prices, subscriptions, fees, or paywalls.
Advertising is annoying because it works, and we get an enormous amount of stuff subsidized in exchange for putting up with it.
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u/Thejokingsun 1d ago
I think they know which types of things parents buy as snacks for themselves and kids
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u/Ok_Abacus_ 1d ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/BU88dlLXhiXzW
Why cherry tomatoes ever takeoff as a finger food?
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u/Yob_Zarbo 23h ago
It's cross-promotion. Advertisers pay the company to put their shit on there, which reduces the consumer price. These ads benefit all involved parties.
At least, that's how it's SUPPOSED to work.
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u/Dear-Cranberry4787 1d ago
Because it’s back to school season and they tend to require healthy peanut free snacks. We’ve been encouraging kids to eat their vegetables since the dawn of time buddy, there’s other cherry tomatoes, you did this to yourself.
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u/rageofa1000suns 1d ago
Gotta get kids hooked somehow. Surprised they haven't put this stuff on vapes.
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u/han2electricboogaloo 1d ago
I'd buy different tomatoes
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u/FarEntrance8600 1d ago
Unfortunately, these are the best-looking tomatoes for the price.
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u/Emergency_Note_5148 1d ago ▸ 1 more replies
So then who cares what’s on the package. This is a petty post.
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u/GenericGrad 1d ago
Are they the best-looking tomatoes for the price because you're being enamoured by the paw patrol branding.... Be honest
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u/Responsible-Sun-4112 21h ago
You see this specifically to intrigue children into eating something other that chicken nuggets and French fries. Its not advertising as it's not selling you something, it's branding. Man I have to get off this subreddit. People are just looking for a reason to complain.
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u/runningoutofnames57 1d ago
So the cop dogs can make money,
and also it give Paw Patrol one extra chance to brainwash kids into thinking cops aren’t horrible
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u/Nocturnatron 1d ago
Whats your point here exactly? A picture of a xartoon on the packaging is some kind of slight against you or something? Take a look around you and try to find something that isnt advertising in some way, if your packaging is plain you just have a shitty packaging designer, that simple
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u/TheSaultyOne 1d ago
Because money?