I think we’re talking about very old brands that sell in big numbers because they’ve locked in grocery store shelf space and Halloween combo bag deals. It’s not like every sale is made after a careful taste test.
Boomers with practically no taste buds left will still buy these to hand out to trick or treaters because they remember them being good 40 years ago. Meanwhile the manufacturer can add millions in profit by shaving costs here and there, because they operate at such huge volume. Their brand is mature and their market is saturated. They can’t really grow sales anymore so all they can do to juice profits is cut costs.
I’m not justifying their way of thinking, just saying this is why they don’t behave as if every single candy must taste amazing. Their profits keep chugging without that. And if you aren’t growing profits, you’re dead. So blame capitalism for the underlying reasons for why they can’t just leave well enough alone.
I think we’re talking about very old brands that sell in big numbers because they’ve locked in grocery store shelf space and Halloween combo bag deals. It’s not like every sale is made after a careful taste test.
Boomers with practically no taste buds left will still buy these to hand out to trick or treaters because they remember them being good 40 years ago. Meanwhile the manufacturer can add millions in profit by shaving costs here and there, because they operate at such huge volume. Their brand is mature and their market is saturated. They can’t really grow sales anymore so all they can do to juice profits is cut costs.
I’m not justifying their way of thinking, just saying this is why they don’t behave as if every single candy must taste amazing. Their profits keep chugging without that. And if you aren’t growing profits, you’re dead. So blame capitalism for the underlying reasons for why they can’t just leave well enough alone.