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   In <10cd3s0$686$1@toxic.dizum.net> Kamala Stupid wrote:   
   >   
   > Lay’s wants you to remember that it came from humble, homegrown   
   > beginnings. PepsiCo, which owns the chip giant, is giving the brand a   
   > makeover worthy of a movie montage: stripping its artificial dyes,   
   > updating the logo, and putting a potato right there on the packaging.   
   >   
   > Remember the potatoes. New bags—matte-ified and designed to look like   
   > wood planks (like a potato crate)—will hold the chips with revamped   
   > ingredient lists. Lay’s promises that the baked, kettle-cooked, and   
   > original chips won’t taste different, they just won’t have any   
   synthetic   
   > colors or flavors:   
   >   
   > The redesign will also incorporate a new logo that looks like the sun,   
   > photos of potatoes on the bag, and the phrase “Made with real   
   potatoes.”   
   > A 2021 survey found that 42% of consumers didn’t know Lay’s   
   were made   
   > out of the spuds.   
   >   
   > The changes come as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pushes   
   > companies to ditch artificial ingredients.   
   >   
   > Big picture: Lay’s generates about 60% of PepsiCo’s annual   
   sales but has   
   > seen sales slip every quarter for the last three years. Consumers in   
   > every income bracket have been ditching classic snack brands amid rising   
   > prices.—MM   
   >   
   > https://fortune.com/2025/10/10/pepsico-lays-rebrand-consumers-   
   idnt-know-made-of-potatoes/   
      
   Prices have increased 30+% for no reason at all.   
      
   There's no shortage of raw materials.  Tariffs have nothing to do with the   
   increase.   
      
   It's pure price gouging.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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