Going through my monthly reading pile, I finally got to the MMR “food and beverage report” for 2010. (AKA all of the top selling food items of 2010)
Why Food Network misses out on a “foodie Oscars” report is beyond me. I’m also surprised the “winners” aren’t plastering this information all over their products to boost sales.
MMR has all these categories in their report…
Cookies
Beer (domestic)
Ice Cream
Bottled Water
Potato Chips
Frozen Dinners (single)
Lunch Meat (refrigerated sliced)
Frozen Pizza
Crackers (all)
Whole Milk (refrigerated)
Natural Shredded Cheese
Natural Cheese Chunks
Ground Coffee
Tortilla/Tostada Chips
Baby Formula (powder)
Bacon (refrigerated)
Candy (chocolate > 3.5 oz)
Snack Nuts
Sports Drinks (non aseptic)
Beer (domestic sub premium)
Wet Soup
Frozen Dinner Entrees (multi)
Tortillas / Taco Kits
Frozen Entrees (non breakfast)
Sugarless Gum
Salted Snacks (no nuts)
Condensed Wet Soup
Chocolate Candy (< 3.5 oz)
Cooking and Salad oils
Energy Drinks (non aseptic)
Natural Cheese Slices
Granola Bars
Refrigerated Breakfast Sausage / Ham
Non-chocolate Chewy Candy
Baby Food / Snacks
Bottled Fruit Drinks
Milk (skim / lowfat refrigerated)
Cereal (ready to eat)
Bread (fresh)
Table Wine
… but I’m only going to go over a few.
To start off with, the top selling cookies in 2010 were… CHIPS AHOY. (Dammit! Oreos were robbed again!)
Next up, the top selling domestic premium beer in 2010 was… BUD LIGHT.
The top selling potato chips in 2010 were… LAYS.
Next up, the top selling frozen pizza in 2010 was… DI GIORNO.
The top selling ground coffee in 2010 was… FOLGERS (Starbucks was #3? Seattle’s Best was #9? Buuuuuurn).
Next up, the top selling tortilla chip in 2010 was… DORITOS. (Oh hell no! Santitas kicks Doritos ass 24-7)
The top selling candy > 3.5 oz in 2010 was… M&Ms.
Next up, the top selling candy < 3.5 oz in 2010 was… M&Ms again.
The top selling energy drink in 2010 was… RED BULL (Rockstar white is awesome, but Red Bull is a classic.)
And finally, the top selling cereal in 2010 was… HONEY NUT CHEERIOS (Hey! Where’s my Cocoa Puffs? Not even in the top 10?)
If you want to read the full report on everything, head over to MMR and order the January 10th 2011 issue. They offer back issue PDF and “snail mail” versions on their site.
Every Tuesday I re-post all zee tweets that didn’t originate from this blog just to keep everything in sync.
This week on Twitter…
Movie question: When has screaming WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS at a bad guy made them stop, drop their weapon and go “Geez I’m glad you asked.” (Feb 7 via Twitter for iPhone)
Diet Zen #2: Waiting for the “perfect” moment to act on something you’ve always wanted is like waiting for superpowers before doing good. (Feb 7 via Twitter for iPhone)
Diet Zen: Waiting for the “perfect” moment to act on something you’ve always wanted is like waiting for a fire to become a firefighter. (Feb 7 via Twitter for iPhone)
@nbccommunity FLAC, the auralwizard. Surrounded by faint music shield for +3 oblivious. Can infect with earworm on 10+ roll #communityDnD (Feb 7 via Twitter for iPhone)
@nytimes: what do I think of the #superbowl? The teams belong. The commercials shouldn’t have made it past the division playoffs. #nytsb. (6:18 PM Feb 6th via Twitter for iPhone)
Drunken rambling or 80s song: “Fire in the ice, naked to the T-bone / Is a lover’s disguise, banging on the head drum”: 80s! (1:47 PM Feb 6th via Twitter for iPhone)
Diet Zen: 5 billion years ago none of the parts that would eventually become us were on this planet. Some people still aren’t all here. (1:46 PM Feb 6th via Twitter for iPhone)
Why does sudden hyper-awareness of my own mortality come around 3 am when I can’t sleep? Come again at noon! And bring a double whopper. (2:13 AM Feb 6th via Twitter for iPhone)
Bumper sticker from the future: “Lose weight the Guantanamo way! Ask me how!” (4:56 PM Feb 5th via Twitter for iPhone)
@KelleeMaize The #ff stands for “Follow Friday”. Every Friday, some people post who they think everyone should follow. Congratulations! (12:27 AM Feb 5th via Twitter for iPhone in reply to KelleeMaize)
It’s snowing in south Padre Island right now http://bit.ly/i7YBAA #Firsttimeforeverything (8:36 AM Feb 3rd via web)
Supposed Mubarak supporters were actually his security forces. Rode into the crowd on horses and attacked with whips. http://bit.ly/g6j1U4 (2:11 PM Feb 2nd via bitty)
@nytimes: #Egypt update, day 9: Pro-Mubarak forces turn out. http://nyti.ms/fIJygK – just now? Did they have to take a bus in? (8:00 AM Feb 2nd via Twitter for iPhone)
Rolling blackouts are real. Several city blocks are now in the dark. Mine included. #texasrollingblackouts (7:57 AM Feb 2nd via Twitter for iPhone)
Blackouts to hit Houston, Dallas, Ft Worth, San Antonio, Austin, Corpus Christi, Abilene and the Rio Grande Valley. @ http://bit.ly/hoZbQB (7:23 AM Feb 2nd via bitly)
Texas Electric Reliability Council just ordered rotating blackouts across the state. State power demand too much. @ http://bit.ly/hiFBHJ (7:21 AM Feb 2nd via bitty)
Just some quick photos of the big freeze here in the Texas valley. It doesn’t look like much compared to what I’ve seen when I lived in Dallas and Oklahoma, but to the original residents of the valley, this is epic.
All car windshields were iced over.
Hats to cover your head with? Gone (@ the local WalMart).
Gloves? Nothing but one or two non-insulated work gloves left (again @ the local WalMart).
Ice scrapers in the Texas valley do not exist. The closest things you can use are putty knives or hard rubber squeegees (and both of those were sold out.)
We’re due for one more day of freezing weather, but this weekend we’re back in the 60s and the coming week is forecast for low 70s.
GB: Wow, so you’re going to be bigger this time? Last time, you looked about, what, 190?
HJ: Yeah, right, I was 190, something like that. I don’t know how much I want to give away about it, but Darren said with the last one, ‘Hey you looked great, but you’re so tall that in those long shots you looked kind of like Clint Eastwood, and that’s not Wolverine.” He said that Wolverine, in the comics, is powerful, stocky, you know, he’s short and thick. So he said, ‘I want you to go there, get bigger.’ He’s going to come down after he gets done with all the black-tie events over and done with.
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I said Hollywood needs to remake “The Good, The Bad and the Ugly” with Hugh Jackman as the Man With No Name back in November. Any bets on how long it will take the studios catch on they’re sitting on a blockbuster with Jackman?
Every Tuesday (** and occasionally on a Wednesday!) I re-post all zee tweets that didn’t originate from this blog just to keep everything in sync.
This week on Twitter…
No home in the Texas valley has a chimney / fireplace. This cold front with a 5 degree wind chill is gonna kick a lot of asses down here. (2 Feb)
Wrapping the pipes. To keep them from freezing. In the Texas valley. #firsttimeforeverything (1 Feb)
@themusicninja: [Hip/Hop] Adele – Rolling In The Deep (Jamie xx Remix) feat. Childish Gambino – aka @MrDonaldGlover – themusicninja.com/hiphop-adele-r… (1 Feb)
Prince Royce? There’s a real Prince Royce? If i knew you could copyright a name I woulda done mine years ago! http://yfrog.com/h0bditj (31 Jan)
Happy happy happy happy birthday to my gorgeous and brilliant wife!! (30 Jan)
Comparing CNN to #AlJazeera news like comparing a dollar store squirt gun to a hurricane. http://english.aljazeera.net/ (30 Jan)
@melissakchan Melissa Chan – In US: Dish Network and DirecTV temporarily airing Al Jazeera. It can be found on channel 9410 on Dish Network and 375 on DirecTV. (30 Jan)
Is it me or is the US pulling a Don King with Egypt? “We’ve always been big fans and supporters of the winner! Yes indeed!” (28 Jan)
I tweeted this but wanted to drop into the blog too. WFAA and The Monitor say “the Electric Reliability Council of Texas — which manages much of the state’s electric grid — ordered rotating blackouts across the state to cope with heightened demand for power.”
Blackouts are going to hit Houston, Dallas, Ft Worth, San Antonio, Austin, Corpus Christi, Abilene and the Rio Grande Valley soon. Blackouts should only last 30 minutes or so (yeah, right!).
Here are some news stories from this week that I think the mainstream media completely missed out on. All links are from legitimate news sources and not the fringe / wacko sites.
* Another day, another 80’s TV actor caught doing somethin’ illegal. Larry Wilcox, the guy who played Jon from the 80’s TV show CHiPS, was busted for a crime he didn’t commit. OK, he was busted for a crime he won’t be spending any jail time for, but still I guess you can say the CHiPS are down for him now. I should let the CHiPS fall where they may. Perhaps he had a CHiPs on his shoulder? OK, I’m out of crap puns now. LETS HEAR SOME 80s TV MUSIC! [SUN SENTINEL]
* Dear God, we’re really using civilian tech and homemade apps to fight a modern war? Maybe the military would buy my ghetto “Iron Soldier Man” armor made of trash cans and pizza boxes after all! [FOX NEWS]
* Criminals sure are creative. Extremely stupid, but creative! I feel sorry for the police officer having to deal with this one… “So let me get this straight, sir. Your girlfriend, who is in multiple pieces in a cardboard barrel in the back seat of your car, died two days ago after you shagged her to death? Ah. Of course. It all makes perfect sense now! Might I interest you in trying on a pair of steel bracelets I have with me?” [MSNBC]
* On a different kind of crazy, the Voyager 2 spacecraft launched into space in 1977. It’s been in space for 34 years. It flew by Uranus over 25 years ago. It is around 91.898 AU (13.747 billion km, 8.542 billion miles or 0.001443 light years) from the Sun and it STILL HASN’T LEFT OUR SOLAR SYSTEM! That’s a whole lot of crazy if you think about it. [SPACEREF]
* Meanwhile, back on Earth, hundreds of people are actually surprised to see a gorilla walking upright at a local zoo. What? Hundreds of years of hard scientific evidence and research by brilliant dedicated people not good enough to prove evolution? Dammit, we’re never getting off this planet are we? [HUFFINGTON POST]
* In other science-related news, there’s a growing chance that the next few decades may develop a “cure” for aging! I really really really hope “death from aging” will one day be nothing more than a footnote in the medical journals. I have a feeling “death from stupid” will always be with us, though. [POPULAR MECHANICS]
* Speaking of death, when hoarders die, who gets the hoarders hoard? The relatives? The state? Maybe History channel or National Geographic can make a show about it. A cross between “Pickers”, “Pawn Stars”, and “How Clean is Your House” with rooms full of rotting piles of crap that make you go DAAAAAAA. Can’t miss! [NEWSWEEK]
*And finally, Texas got caught in a lie. It’s Texas, so it’s a big big big lie. The Obama stimulus, which the gover-nah constantly bitched and complained about, was actually used to cover 97% of the Texas budget this last year. You would think that much hypocrisy would get somebody struck by lightning! [THE ATLANTIC]
** Actually published Monday because it was my wife’s birthday weekend!
