Got a call from Quaker (PEPSI) "No national buys planned for Sinclair"

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Deb Quin at Quaker assured me she's spoken with PepsiCo USA and they told her they have no national ad buys planned for the Sinclair networks in question. Exact words:
"No national advertising buys scheduled"

I let her know that bloggers would be watching the networks and if any Pepsi products were spotted in the days ahead of this "news" piece being aired then a full out boycott would be likely.

She seemed amazed at the internet response happening!

The explicit impression she gave me was that Pepsi was not advertising on these networks.

Anyone see any of the products, set off an alarm.

Product list:

Frito-Lay Brands

Lay's potato chips
Lays Kettle Cooked potato chips
Wavy Lay's potato chips
Baked Lay's potato crisps
Maui Style potato chips
Ruffles potato chips
Baked Ruffles potato crisps
Ruffles Flavor Rush potato chips
Doritos tortilla chips
Baked Doritos tortilla chips
3D's snacks
Tostitos tortilla chips
Baked Tostitos tortilla chips
Santitas tortilla chips
Fritos corn chips
Cheetos cheese flavored snacks
Rold Gold pretzels & snack mix
Funyuns onion flavored rings
Go Snacks
Sunchips multigrain snacks
Sabritones puffed wheat snacks
Cracker Jack candy coated popcorn
Chester's popcorn
Grandma's cookies Munchos potato crisps
Smartfood popcorn
Baken-ets fried pork skins
Oberto meat snacks
Rustler's meat snacks
Churrumais fried corn strips
Frito-Lay nuts
Frito-Lay, Ruffles, Fritos and Tostitos dips & salsas
Frito-Lay, Doritos and Cheetos snack crackers
Fritos, Tostitos, Ruffles and Doritos snack kits
Hickory Sticks
Hostess Potato
Lay's Stax potato crisps
Doritos Rollitos
Lay's Fries
Natural Lays
Natural Ruffles
Natural Cheetos
Natural Tostitos
Miss Vickie's potato chips
Munchies snack mix

Outside North America

Bocabits wheat snacks
Crujitos corn snacks
Fandangos corn snacks
Hamka's snacks
Niknaks cheese snacks
Quavers potato snacks
Sabritas potato chips
Smiths potato chips
Walkers potato crisps
Walkers Square potato snacks
Walkers French Fries potato sticks
Walkers Monster Munch corn snacks
Gamesa cookies
Doritos Dippas
Sonric's sweet snacks
Wotsits corn snacks
Walkers Sensations
Doritos A La Turca
Lay's Mediteranneas
Red Rock Deli
Kurkure
Smiths Sensations
Lays Artesanas PC
Cheetos Shots
Quavers Snacks


Pepsi-Cola Brands

Pepsi-Cola
Caffeine Free Pepsi
Diet Pepsi
Caffeine Free Diet Pepsi
Pepsi Twist (regular & diet)
Wild Cherry Pepsi
Pepsi Blue
Pepsi ONE
Pepsi Vanilla
Diet Mountain Dew
Mountain Dew Code Red
Diet Mountain Dew Code Red
Mountain Dew LiveWire
Mountain Dew Blueshock
Mountain Dew AMP energy drink Mug
Sierra Mist (Regular & Diet)
Slice
Lipton Brisk (Partnership)
Lipton Iced Tea(Partnership)
Dole juices and juice drinks (License)
FruitWorks juice drinks
Aquafina purified drinking water
Frappuccino ready-to-drink coffee (Partnership)
Starbucks DoubleShot (Partnership)
SoBe juice drinks, dairy, and teas
Sobe energy drinks (No Fear and Adrenaline Rush) Outside North America
Mirinda
7UP (International)
Pepsi Limón
Kas
Teem
Pepsi Max
Pepsi Light
Manzanita Sol
Paso de los Toros
Fruko
Evervess
Yedigun
Shani
Fiesta
D&G (License)
Mandarin (License)
Radical Fruit

Gatorade Brands

Gatorade Thirst Quencher
Gatorade Frost Thirst Quencher Gatorade Fierce Thrist Quencher
Gatorade Ice Thirst Quencher Propel Fitness Water
Gatorade Xtremo Thirst Quencher
Gatorade X-Factor Thirst Quencher

Tropicana Brands

Tropicana Pure Premium juices
Tropicana Twister juice drinks
Tropicana Smoothies
Tropicana Pure Tropics juices
Dole juices (License)
Tropicana 100 juices Outside North America
Tropicana Touche de Lait
Alvalle gazpacho fruit juices and vegetable juices
Tropicana Season's Best juices and juice drinks
Loóza juices and nectars
Copella juices
Frui'Vita juices

Quaker Brands
Quaker Oatmeal
Quaker Instant Oatmeal
Quaker Oatmeal Breakfast Squares
Cap'n Crunch cereal
Life cereal
Quaker Oatmeal Brown Sugar Bliss
Quaker Oatmeal Honey Nut Heaven
Quaker 100% Natural cereal
Quaker Squares cereal
Quisp cereal
King Vitaman cereal
Quaker Oh's! Cereal
Mother's cereal
Quaker grits
Quaker Oatmeal-to-Go
Aunt Jemima mixes & syrups
Quaker rice cakes
Quaker rice snacks (Quakes)
Quaker Chewy granola bars
Qauker Dipps granola bars
Rice-A-Roni side dishes
Pasta Roni side dishes
Near East side dishes
Puffed Wheat
Harvest Crunch cereal
Quaker Baking Mixes
Spudz snacks
Crisp'ums baked crisps
Quaker Fruit & Oatmeal bars
Quaker Fruit & Oatmeal Bites
Quaker Fruit and Oatmeal Toastables
Quaker Soy Crisps
Quaker Bakeries

Outside North America

FrescAvena beverage powder
Toddy chocolate powder
Toddynho chocolate drink
Coqueiro canned fish
Sugar Puffs cereal
Puffed Wheat
Cruesli cereal
Hot Oat Crunch cereal
Quaker Oatso Simple hot cereal
Scott's Porage Oats
Scott's So Easy Oats
Quaker Bagged cereals
Quaker Mais Sabor
Quaker Oats
Quaker oat flour
Quaker Meu Mingau
Quaker cereal bars
Quaker Oatbran
Corn goods
Magico chocolate powder
Quaker Vitaly Cookies
3 Minutos Mixed Cereal
Quaker Mágica
Quaker Mágica con Soja
Quaker Pastas
Quaker Frut

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1. kick

:kick:

[high density]

2. Thanks for the update

SBGI is going to have a bad quarter.

[Robbien]

3. Did everyone get an email from Pepsico yesterday?

In it they said the same thing.

[liveoaktx]

4. This is a dodge-I was talking to a national advertising manager

for a different company yesterday; she told me that the national companies have no control on what play on specific local markets or subsidiaries of the broadcasting channels like ABC/NBC, etc. They sell to ABC, then the local markets actually buy the specific product they want. In her opinion, it is more productive to go after the local advertisers and markets.

That said, I believe, and told her, that even if it's true that they have no direct control over who plays commercials in what markets, the fact that they are associated with it makes them supportive.

If I hear this type of dodge from any company, I will not accept it and let them know I still intend to boycott their products as long as Sinclair does this unethical and probably illegal action.

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5. We'll watch the network affiliates in question, and if it's a dodge...

then Pepsico gets a lifetime ban award.

Bring 'em on.

[enki23]

6. they need to be made aware of one thing:

if sinclair airs this attack piece just before the election, and kerry loses, there will be a significant number of people who will want to blame kerry's loss on sinclair. there will be far more motivation for this boycott than the usual, even if it's purely retributive.

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7. Yes, but even when Kerry wins they will suffer if....

they air ads at anytime in the interim until the show airs.

Lifetime ban if anyone reports a pepsi product ad on any of the Sinclair networks.