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Mommy Needs A New Pair Of Stimulus Shoes

Upgrade: Travel Better blogger Mark Ashley sends in this ad he spotted at the Oak Hollow Mall in High Point North Carolina, exhorting shoppers to use their stimulus payments in a selfish splurge on depreciating assets.

The sign reads, "It's time for you to do your part to stimulate the economy. And there's no better way to kick the economy up a notch than with a really great pair of pumps. Or a new flat screen TV. Or a fabulous bag. Or whatever you've been dying to get your hands on! So don't delay. CELEBRATE THE STIMULUS. TREAT YOURSELF TO SOMETHING SPECIAL TODAY!"

Mark says, "I enjoy how excessive consumerism is framed in patriotic terms."

1:05 PM on Thu Jun 12 2008
By Ben Popken
3,232 views, 56 comments

Latest by paco: Writing as someone who has spent much time as a creative in the ad game and whose stimulus check went to help out with the random needs of life... this ad is disgusting. more »

results

Complain About Tropicana's Shrinking Containers, Earn A Free Carton Of Juice

Joel loves his orange juice and is none too pleased with Tropicana's recent decision to shrink their containers by 7 oz. He fired off a complaint through Tropicana's website, and was pleasantly surprised when the company responded with a coupon for a free carton of shrunken sweetness. More »

12:05 PM on Sat May 17 2008
By Carey
8,043 views, 34 comments

grocery shrink ray

New Tropicana! Now With Less Orange Juice!

Reader Linda is unimpressed with Tropicana's new "easy pour pitcher" because it means she'll be getting 7 oz less orange juice for the same price. So, she called them up and gave them a piece of her mind. More »

8:08 PM on Tue May 6 2008
By Meg Marco
14,168 views, 75 comments

new and exciting products

Starbucks To Offer Smoothies And Mysterious Fruity Italian Drinks

Watch out Jamba Juice, Starbucks is coming for you. CEO Howard Schultz announced yesterday that the company would "make our first significant step forward into this category with the introduction of a Health and Wellness beverage platform." That's CEO for "We're gonna make smoothies." More »

1:16 PM on Thu May 1 2008
By Meg Marco
4,226 views, 53 comments

IT'S WAR! Jamba Juice, home of the Diabetes Smoothie, is having a special freebie event at the same time as Starbucks next Tuesday morning, where they'll be giving out breakfast mush or something like that. Which store will you abandon your job for next Tuesday?

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travel

Tomato Juice Spill Causes Massive Delays At LaGuardia

Lines the length of city blocks filled New York's LaGuardia airport Saturday morning after a careless worker spilled tomato juice onto one of the five x-ray machines in the American Airlines terminal. A TSA spokesman cast the tomato juice's victory over the machines as a failure of science, saying: "That's the risk you take when you deal with technology." Passengers were understandably pissed.
When CBS 2 HD told one woman the reason for the delays, she asked if we were "kidding," but it was no joke. The Transportation Safety Administration confirmed the spill knocked out one of the five units that screen thousands of passengers here each day.
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11:30 AM on Mon Oct 22 2007
By Carey
2,027 views, 15 comments

Latest by IRSistherootofallevil: Did I say blackwater? Blackwater should not only be pulled out of Iraq, but it should get its corporate charter pulled. more »

for the win

Rite Aid Recalls Antifreeze-Laced Smoke Machine Fuel

Jennifer reports, "Spoke to someone in [Rite Aid] corporate today- while they still insist the product is safe (no msds, though), they did say that due to "customer concern" (later rephrased as "all your calls") they are recalling the product!"

Looks like the first official Consumerist.com recall was a success.

PREVIOUSLY: Rite Aid Selling Smoke Machine Fuel Containing Antifreeze

4:13 PM on Thu Sep 6 2007
By Ben Popken
1,677 views, 13 comments

consumer alert

Rite Aid Selling Smoke Machine Fuel Containing Antifreeze

Rite Aid is selling antifreeze-laced fog juice, the substance that is atomized and turned into a gas by smoke machines, isn't terribly concerned, reports reader Jennifer.

Instructions available on making your own smoke machine fuel specifically forbid using ethylene glycol, as it is a deadly poison. You remember your mother teaching you how it's bad to turn a poisonous liquid into a gas, right?

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9:48 PM on Wed Sep 5 2007
By Ben Popken
5,829 views, 41 comments

my, that's delicious

Secret Menu Items Confirmed With Undercover Investigative Journalism

A reporter at the Arizona Daily Star decided to put our little Secret Menu Items post to the test by ordering the items at some of our nations finest fast food eating establishments. More »

2:51 PM on Fri Jun 8 2007
By Meg Marco
3,705 views, 23 comments

ingredients

Jamba Juice "Milk In The Non-Dairy" Mystery Solved

Now we know the real reason for the "Jamba Juice actually has milk in the non-dairy mix!" balderdash back in early April: bad typesetting. More »

4:07 PM on Fri Jun 1 2007
By Ben Popken
3,126 views, 19 comments

jamba juice

Jamba Juice Says It Doesn't Sell Milk-Filled "Non-Dairy Blend"

In response to our post, Jamba Juice PR today tells The Consumerist they don't sell a "non-dairy blend," and their non-dairy options don't contain milk. More »

2:09 AM on Wed Apr 4 2007
By Ben Popken
4,487 views, 16 comments

jamba juice

Jamba Juice's "Non-Dairy Blend" Secret Ingredient? Milk.

UPDATE: Jamba Juice Says It Doesn't Sell Milk-Filled "Non-Dairy Blend" More »
martinellis

Martinelli's Apple Juice: Now With Mold!

Byron discovered something extra in his sealed 10 oz bottle of Martinelli's Gold Medal apple juice. Hovering calmly inches above "BEST BY 11 Jan 09," is an icky yellow cloud of mold. Byron, slightly perturbed, wrote to S. Martinelli:
I would like to say first and foremost that I have been a loyal customer of Martinelli's for a number of years now. I think highly of your company's products and have purchased them on many occasions thus far. Unfortunately, your product has not performed well on two separate purchases. I am disappointed because your product contained something other than apple juice that appears to be "mold" floating in (1) of the sealed plastic bottles. Last year, I purchased and then returned a case of Martinelli's Gold Medal Apple Juice #105) and upon opening the case, was again disappointed to find the presence of a foul smelling "vinegar"-like odor coming from one of glass bottles with some black colored specs also floating in the bottles.
Maybe it's not mold. Maybe it's the souls of evil apples suspended in a stasis called Martinelli's. Nah, it's probably mold. More »

12:46 PM on Sat Mar 24 2007
By Carey
7,978 views, 51 comments

Latest by Ran Kailie: @fleurdesel: I actually thought the same thing, back in the day my aunt use to give us Motts juice fresh from the plant where she works, and occasionally you'd get a bottle that had some sediment/apple parts in it. As more »

jamba juice

Jamba Juice Clerk Writes "DYKE" On Receipt Instead Of Customer's Name

Poor Charlene, a clerk at Jamba Juice typed "DYKE" onto her receipt instead of her name. If you've never been to Jamba Juice, the clerk is supposed to ask for your name when you order and type it into the register. It then appears on your receipt. Unless you're Charlene. Then your receipt says, "DYKE." From CBS13:
"It was one of those things that you just sit and you're like wow, the world can be that ignorant sometimes," Pabro told CBS13. "It's really tough to go and thing that if I go in this establishment I wonder what name they are going to call me today."
Jamba Juice has fired the employee and the CEO says he's going to call Charlene personally to apologize. That conversation would be fun to listen to: "Hi, Charlene. Sorry we hired a complete douchebag. Have some free smoothies?" More »

5:03 PM on Mon Mar 5 2007
By Meg Marco
5,786 views, 51 comments

Latest by poornotignorant: It was once explained to me by some african american women that they themselves call each other n----r to take ownership of the word away from bigots and haters. I think that is what homosexuals have done with the words more »

secret menu items

The Really Big Guide To Secret Menu Items

Not content ordering from the menu? Need to have that extra little bit of class that comes from "knowing the chef"? More »

1:20 PM on Mon Feb 26 2007
By Meg Marco
77,242 views, 120 comments

Guide to Secret "Off The Menu" Items/ Call for Entries We've been hearing rumblings of secret menu-items at various restaurants and fast food places. Here's a round up of the most interesting ones:

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war on juicy juice

War on Juicy Juice Leads To Unexpected Upsides

Though powers that be would like you to cower in fear at that young pretty girl drinking a bottle of water, or that gentleman next to you with his coiffure slick with gel; though your in-flight entertainment will now be limited to staring straight ahead with excruciating bovinity, or engaging in conversations with the 50 year old German woman next to you about the boils on her legs... always look on the sunny side of life! Our good buddy Mark over at Upgrade Travel has posted a list of unexpected perks of the War on Juicy Juice: More »

4:39 AM on Mon Aug 14 2006
By consumerist.com
183 views, 1 comment

Latest by Rectilinear Propagation: Why have they banned books and paper? That doesn't even make sense! You can't blow something up with Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix. more »