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Snaxshot #06: Part of A Complete Breakfast
The past several years have ushered in a wave of “brand” tales in Hollywood—films that speak to America’s prodigious capitalist ethos, just in case you forgot to look at a billboard. From Blackberry to Air to Flamin’ Hot ,these films have captured the full spectrum of brand power, documenting the highs, lows, and synthetic cheeses of big business. ... See more
‘Unfrosted’ Won’t Be the Last Brand IP Movie. Let’s Predict the Next Ones.
How Groceries Got Gentrified, With Snaxshot's Andrea Hernández
Snaxshottheculturejournalist.substack.com
Both cereal and the daily news began as well-intentioned efforts to improve American lives. But just as cereal turned into sugar for the body, news turned into sugar for the mind.
David Perell • News in the Age of Abundance - David Perell
Yet despite their anxiety about candy, parents will happily feed their children highly sweetened sports bars, fruit snacks, and cereals that are candy in all but name.
Bee Wilson • First Bite: How We Learn to Eat
A Taste of Generation Yum: How the Millennial Generation’s Love for Organic Fare, Celebrity Chefs and Microbrews Will Make or Break the Future of Food
amazon.com
All those tech-driven foods are still around, but they don’t tempt consumers the way they once did. Instead, the fastest growing categories in the food business are built on an entirely different vocabulary: gourmet, artisan, healthy, organic, nutritious, sustainable, local, homemade.