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It's a significant upfront expenditure that they should have

Posted on: July 8, 2019 at 09:36:07 CT
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undertaken years/decades ago. At this point, the PR cost/loss of business will outweigh that capital investment. When there are currently sealed ice cream containers on the shelf, who is going to buy the unsealed blue bell ice cream?

After the tylenol scare in the 80s (4tigs is certainly old enough to remember that one), every food producer should have sought means to ensure that their product was as tamper proof as possible.
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This is why you don't let the juvenile - Tigrrrr! MU - 7/8 08:20:18
     Here’s what I want to know - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 7/8 08:59:31
          Here's what I want to know - why doesn't blue bell (and - tigerdb MU - 7/8 09:07:49
               RE: Here's what I want to know - why doesn't blue bell (and - Ace AU - 7/8 10:02:35
               I have selected ice cream because of tamper resistant - SwampTiger MU - 7/8 09:20:10
               Are you putting the blame on blue bell? (nm) - Sal KC - 7/8 09:15:23
               It would probably require new packaging equipment - cnk ATL - 7/8 09:13:45
                    fda May not allow that for some legit reason . - justwinbaby KC - 7/8 09:19:22
                         Publix does it for their brand ice cream (nm) - pickle MU - 7/8 09:55:57
                    It would require a capital investment & should have been - tigerdb MU - 7/8 09:16:10
                         Unless you are already familiar with their manufacturing - cnk ATL - 7/8 09:20:25
                              Maybe they're just a troubled company...too ****ing cheap to - tigerdb MU - 7/8 09:26:05
                                   RE: Maybe they're just a troubled company...too ****ing cheap to - Ace AU - 7/8 10:03:39
                                        More like 3 plants(nm) - cnk ATL - 7/8 10:04:41
                                             RE: More like 3 plants(nm) - Ace AU - 7/8 10:05:09
                                   I'm not arguing it can't be done - cnk ATL - 7/8 09:30:01
                                        It's a significant upfront expenditure that they should have - tigerdb MU - 7/8 09:36:07
                                             at some point they likely performed a cost/risk analysis - SwampTiger MU - 7/8 09:39:18
                                                  correct, and I'm sure that will change - Sal KC - 7/8 09:43:22
                                                       Where exactly is blue bell blamed for the acts of a ****ty - tigerdb MU - 7/8 09:50:27
                                                            Have you not read your own posts? (nm) - Sal KC - 7/8 09:59:15
                                                                 Yes, and I clearly did not release the ****ty individuals of - tigerdb MU - 7/8 10:05:48
                                                       Having worked in the industry, I doubt much will change - cnk ATL - 7/8 09:46:47
                                                            and it takes forever to make the changes (nm) - Sal KC - 7/8 09:58:54
                                                                 With the Listeria contamination, I think they stopped - cnk ATL - 7/8 10:01:28
                                                            now it will be about marketing not risk (nm) - SwampTiger MU - 7/8 09:51:37
                                                                 Exactly(nm) - cnk ATL - 7/8 09:52:29
                                                       the entire thread is hilarious, stating with the OP (nm) - SwampTiger MU - 7/8 09:45:36
                                                            Tigrrrr is just afraid of catching the black - cnk ATL - 7/8 09:48:19
                    and re-tooling for their packaging process (nm) - Sal KC - 7/8 09:16:00
               I guess they may have to because we have people - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 7/8 09:10:04
                    It's been that way for decades. - tigerdb MU - 7/8 09:14:27
                         So you blame the ice cream manufacturer - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 7/8 09:16:05
                              he didn’t blame anyone (nm) - pickle MU - 7/8 09:56:48
                                   You stepped in it like I did. (nm) - ummmm MU - 7/8 09:59:35
                                        Sorry, I pretty much PH'd your post below - tigerdb MU - 7/8 10:15:15
                              Nm - ummmm MU - 7/8 09:20:35
                                   lol - SwampTiger MU - 7/8 09:21:41
                                        tease (nm) - Sal KC - 7/8 09:24:12
                                             I said: "He's not blaming Blue Bell" - ummmm MU - 7/8 09:34:03
                                                  lol (nm) - Sal KC - 7/8 09:34:46
                                             he underestimated db (nm) - SwampTiger MU - 7/8 09:24:51
                              They share the responsiblity - I'm pretty sure that some ice - tigerdb MU - 7/8 09:19:26
                              If Obama had a daughter ... oh wait (nm) - Sal KC - 7/8 09:17:35
                                   I see what you did there - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 7/8 09:18:21
          How can anyone think it's funny to suck down Tide pods? - Tigrrrr! MU - 7/8 09:01:31
               Correct, but at least many of those only impact - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 7/8 09:05:57
                    Sh*t dawg, she made a viral video and got clicks. - Tigrrrr! MU - 7/8 09:06:57
     I'm guessing you eat Blue Bell ice cream, don't you? - BigSlickTiger MU - 7/8 08:50:58
          No, I don't pay for overpriced ice cream. - Tigrrrr! MU - 7/8 08:54:21
               no one is eating Tide pods - pickle MU - 7/8 09:59:19
                    Wrong again, sluggo. - Tigrrrr! MU - 7/8 10:27:40
     Maybe Blue Bell should repackage to have some sort of - ummmm MU - 7/8 08:43:27
          Why should they have to change their property - tman MU - 7/8 08:59:02
               They don't have to. (nm) - ummmm MU - 7/8 09:19:14
               Pickle doesn't think so. - Tigrrrr! MU - 7/8 08:59:41
                    you seem to struggle reading (nm) - SwampTiger MU - 7/8 09:01:30
                         No, pickle is such an argumentative pr*ck he wants to - Tigrrrr! MU - 7/8 09:05:43
                              proving my point (nm) - SwampTiger MU - 7/8 09:15:56
                                   Yes. Pickle would argue with a fence post.(nm) - Tigrrrr! MU - 7/8 09:46:06
                                        and you would respond emotionally to the fence post (nm) - SwampTiger MU - 7/8 09:48:06
                                             And kick it if the fence post was brown(nm) - cnk ATL - 7/8 09:49:17
     Hey, I'll show dem honkies all right. Serves them right.(nm) - GA Tiger MU - 7/8 08:37:25
          wtf is wrong with you? (nm) - pickle MU - 7/8 08:45:08
               It's not racist is some black teen tries to get over on - Tigrrrr! MU - 7/8 08:58:52
     Fry her ghetto ass? - StaleyTiger MU - 7/8 08:35:23
          Or maybe, just maybe, you don’t hold blacks to the same - hokie VT - 7/8 09:08:59
               You are such a collectivist (nm) - pickle MU - 7/8 10:42:31
          No. She is a worthless sack of crap. - Tigrrrr! MU - 7/8 08:46:59
               you’re being irrational - pickle MU - 7/8 08:49:52
                    Ha! - Tigrrrr! MU - 7/8 08:56:27
                         if you had an ounce of intelligence - pickle MU - 7/8 09:52:35
                              Your beliefs are - Tigrrrr! MU - 7/8 09:55:16
                                   No, that’s your ignorant belief (nm) - pickle MU - 7/8 09:57:55
               Do you seriously want to execute her? (nm) - ummmm MU - 7/8 08:48:19
                    No dumbfuq. - Tigrrrr! MU - 7/8 08:55:15
                         You said “fry her ghetto ass” (nm) - pickle MU - 7/8 09:41:02
                              Yes. Hold her accountable.(nm) - Tigrrrr! MU - 7/8 09:44:06
                         Alright. "Fry her ass" takes on different meaning for us - ummmm MU - 7/8 08:56:34
                              Yeah, give her the chair for licking ice cream - Tigrrrr! MU - 7/8 08:57:44
                                   Given your track history, it is not out of the question that - ummmm MU - 7/8 09:34:49
                                        Thumb screws. - Tigrrrr! MU - 7/8 09:44:50
     lol - pickle MU - 7/8 08:34:50
          Let me spit in your soda and then you can tell me to calm - Tigrrrr! MU - 7/8 08:48:06
               i’m telling you to calm down now - pickle MU - 7/8 08:50:52
                    🤨 (nm) - MIZ45 MU - 7/8 09:08:48
                    You are an idiot. - Tigrrrr! MU - 7/8 08:55:35




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