Having worked in marketing for many years I have become immune to advertising messages. No amount of puppies can convince me to buy toilet paper, Cheryl Cole can't make me dye my hair, and even if I did slip over on a wet patch at work I wouldn't call any sort of injury lawyer.
So to advertisers all over the world please stop wasting your time bothering me while I am on facebook pretending to work. Oh, hold on a sec what is that? Matt has liked Heinz? I like Heinz too I should like it so all my friends know what I like. What will we talk about in the pub if I don't announce publicly all the things I like? Surely my friends won't guess that I like the cold side of the pillow, or that guy who does the voice-over on "Come Dine with Me". How did we function before this time? Maybe we used to just walk into pubs and shout what we liked until people with similar interests came over to request to be our friends. Maybe we just went around poking people until they noticed us. Either way they were dark days indeed.
Thankfully I don't need to leave the safety of the internet and my facebook page. Well, that is until someone invites me to an event, but I will probably just say maybe, and not turn up. Even my favourite brands can keep me updated on what they are doing which is so useful because how would I know where I can get the latest McDonalds treats from? It was just such an announcement on facebook that notified me of the limited edition release of Heinz's tomato ketchup with balsamic vinegar. It turns out that I was able to be one of the lucky people to pay for one of the first 3000 bottles before a million bottles were sent to the shops. Ha, how I laugh at people who have to use the shops. These people living in their outside world like cavemen. Get back in your cave, and chase a dinosaur because I am one of the first 3000 to own this treat.
It arrived in the post a mere 4 days after ordering it (I bet you are jealous now caveman), and I have to say the packaging (above) is beautiful. The black and red makes it look somehow angry, but in a very stylish way. Now I have yet to test it on chips, but the delights of a fry up were the perfect testing ground for such a product. The sauce had a deep red colour that makes it look like Heinz's more exotic cousin. It was as thick as I would have expected, and reassuringly slow to pour out of the bottle. The anticipation to taste was unbearable so I dipped my finger in and savoured the flavour on my tongue. Low and behold it tasted like Heinz tomato ketchup ,but with an edge of balsamic. I can tell you must be shocked, but I speak the truth. It was nice, but nice in a kind of "yeah it's OK" way.
I don't know where I sit on this one. It does what it says on the tin (to steal from another advert). It's not a game changer, but it tastes nice. Would I go out and buy all the bottles I could? No, but would I buy it when I run out? Yeah sure.
So all in all a good product, but for me a little underwhelming.
Hold on a second that puppy is really cute. I wonder where I can buy puppy fur toilet-roll?
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