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This is the type of announcement you'd expect to hear on April 1st. 🤔
I'm an elder millennial and I have had absolutely no problem buying goldfish into adulthood. With this change, i'll inevitably be calling them Chilly SeeBas, so idk how much more adult they're going for in my demographic
been a goldfish fan for years. change the name all you want. dont fuck with the product
Spared no expense.
Do they still taste like sad, slightly burnt air?
No, now they taste that sad slightly burnt air with a tablespoon of salt.
If I saw the new and old bags next to each other, I probably wouldn't even notice the difference before reading this headline lol. It's basically the same.
As a millennial, I'm going to just not buy goldfish crackers for awhile because this is dumb.
But also I haven't been buying them because I'm on a diet and I could eat an entire gallon container in one sitting if left to my own devices.
How many millions did they pay to some yuppie marketing firm to come up with this jack-assery.
Most regulatory agencies classify Chilean sea bass as “overfished,”...
https://www.allthingsnature.org/is-chilean-sea-bass-endangered.htm
They changed the name to something which is morally not cool to eat.
Did they put an an "AI" in charge of marketing?
It's intentionally stupid, which is why it's not a permanent change.
They just want people to talk about it, send pictures of it to their friends, etc, and be an avenue for reminding people that goldfish crackers exist.
morals never effected most peoples eating habits, honestly I wouldn't be surprised if the average American would eat homosapien if it was properly prepared.
We've all thought about it.
Baked Chilean Sea Bass crackers sounds dank as fuck.
temporarily
I knew it!
just a marketing stunt. but watch, when 'goldfish' come back into the stores afterwords.. they're in smaller packages.
According to another comment, the sea bass version will only be for sale online. There will be no coming back to stores, normal goldfish won't be leaving stores at all.
"due to the rising cost of gold and Covid impacts..."
How does this appeal to people? I like goldfish the same. Though Whales are cheaper and taste okie.
It's marketing stunt to get attention.
Well I don't even like goldfish crackers but if I can I will buy some for other people. That name makes them the perfect guest offering
Hear that everyone? Hunt for whales!
Elon Musk didn't buy the company did he? This is the dumbest business decision since he changed Twitter's name to X.
Or did someone just post their April fool's joke way too late?
i present Y, the new goldfish. The offical snack of X for all my smoothbrain followers
Also not April 1 as far as I know. Do companies want a second day in October for a second round of jokes?
"Chilean Sea Bass? Ok, The Onion is losing their touch. Yes, it's absurd, but it's unrealistic. This wouldn't happen in real life."
Not the onion
........wait, what?
And people say advertising dont work
It’s the same as when IHOP renamed themselves the International House of Burgers to promote their stupid burger menu then immediately changed back.
I’d love to know how much stunts like this actually convince anyone to consciously or unconsciously purchase more of whatever the marketing team is being paid to promote (I’m guessing nowhere near enough to cover their salaries and the stunt itself).
How much did the stunt really cost though? A couple articles and swapping out some labels can't be that much.
Who here actually thinks "goldfish? That's for kids."
Are they at least ill-tempered?
Chilean Mutant Sea Bass Crackers
They could at least strap a frickin laser beam on their head
A sea bass? No, wait - it's at least a C+!
Throws 400 bells at you.