Spaghetti-O's get tougher (cuts ties to weak French)

[underpants]

Could the actions of a rage filled Will Pitt had something to do with this?


The label of a can of Campbell's 'SpaghettiOs', left, released by Campbell Soup Co, of Camden, N.J., Thursday, Nov. 18, 2004, shows the brand change to Campbell's from the old brand Franco-American, right. Campbell's says it is doing away with Franco-American because a market analysis found that Campbell's was better recognized by the public than Franco-American. (AP Photo/Campbell Soup Co.)

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/franco_american

[Lefta Dissenter]

1. and in the follow up

we learn that the Franco-American name was picked up by the Heinz Corporation, because of course, as we all know, Heinz is fully owned by that outsourcing wife of the French Presidential Candidate. :hi:

[Crankie Avalon]

2. If I HAVE TO settle for canned pasta...

...I've always preferred Franco-American (or whatever they're going to be calling it) to Chef Boyardee.

[trotsky]

3. UH-oh, Spaghettios... Fran-co American.

That's the jingle forever stuck in my head. Screw Campbell's!

[NoPasaran]

4. This just in...

Generalissimo Francisco Franco-American is still dead.

[trotsky]

7. *SNORT*

Good one. :7

[NashVegas]

5. It's Just As Well

I don't think the French chefs of the world ever really wanted to claim Boy-Ar-Dee as one of their own.

[billyoc]

6. Yeah, this will probably be celebrated

as a national holiday in France. :)

[CornField]

8. Ewwww... I don't care what they call it

Canned pasta and other such stuff won't be ending up on my table.

[peekaloo]

9. you have to actually eat the can to obtain those 6 essential vitamins

and minerals.

[trogdor]

10. Brand recognition?

Give me a break! As if anybody who doesn't already know what Spaghetti-O's are (all three of them) will suddenly have an epiphany after the brand is changed to Campbell's. Right.

Spaghetti-O's is about as much a household word as Coke, Xerox, and Kleenex. Better recognized by the public, my ass.