Re: Oprah sends sales of Swedish crisp bread through the roof
JoeSpareBedroom
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> Oprah Spikes Sales of Swedish Bread
>
> Oprah Winfrey Snack Leads to Soaring U.S. Sales of Swedish Crisp Bread
>
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> STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) -- A Swedish crisp bread maker has seen its
> U.S. sales rise by 50 percent after Oprah Winfrey sunk her teeth into
> its crackers on her talk show, a company spokeswoman said Friday.
> Winfrey was airing a lifestyle program about food and health on Jan.
> 15 when she pulled out a box of Wasa Crisp Bread, Sweden's biggest
> producer of the traditional rye bread, and made herself a sandwich.
>
> "My U.S. colleagues called us the day after and just cheered," Wasa
> spokeswoman Karin Nilsson Malmen said. "Within one week of the show,
> we could see that U.S. sales had risen by 25 percent, and now it is up
> by more than 50 percent."
>
> Wasa had nothing to do with show, Nilsson Malmen said, but added it
> was very happy about the promotion and that it had sent a letter of
> thanks to Winfrey.
>
> In 2005, Wasa had U.S. sales of about 100 million kronor ($14
> million). The company is owned by Italy's Barilla Group.
I wonder if Saturday Night Live has picked up on this yet. Skit: Oprah using
a filet knife to remove slices of a heavily used sponge mop and serving them
with brie. It seems her audience will read or eat anything she suggests.
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> "wasa matta" <heyop...@wasa.matta.se> wrote in message
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My God - I've been eating these crackers for years. Does this make me
smarter than Oprah?
JoeSpareBedroom
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Yeah! Please share your book list with us.
Jef.
"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote
>>... A Swedish crisp bread maker has seen its
>> U.S. sales rise by 50 percent after Oprah Winfrey sunk her teeth into
>> its crackers on her talk show...
> I wonder if Saturday Night Live has picked up on this yet. Skit: Oprah
> using a filet knife to remove slices of a heavily used sponge mop and
> serving them with brie. It seems her audience will read or eat anything
> she suggests.
Especially if she cuts it into A Million Little Pieces, eh...?
R H Draney
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>> "wasa matta" <heyop...@wasa.matta.se> wrote in message
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>> > U.S. sales rise by 50 percent after Oprah Winfrey sunk her teeth into
>> > its crackers on her talk show, a company spokeswoman said Friday.
>> > Winfrey was airing a lifestyle program about food and health on Jan.
>> > 15 when she pulled out a box of Wasa Crisp Bread, Sweden's biggest
>> > producer of the traditional rye bread, and made herself a sandwich.
>
>smarter than Oprah?
You're supposed to *eat* them?...I've been using them to tile the shed....r
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>>> "wasa matta" <heyop...@wasa.matta.se> wrote in message
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>>> > STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) -- A Swedish crisp bread maker has seen its
>>> > U.S. sales rise by 50 percent after Oprah Winfrey sunk her teeth into
>>> > its crackers on her talk show, a company spokeswoman said Friday.
>>> > Winfrey was airing a lifestyle program about food and health on Jan.
>>> > 15 when she pulled out a box of Wasa Crisp Bread, Sweden's biggest
>>> > producer of the traditional rye bread, and made herself a sandwich.
>>
>>My God - I've been eating these crackers for years. Does this make me
>>smarter than Oprah?
>
> You're supposed to *eat* them?...I've been using them to tile the
> shed....r
they're not that bad, especially with cream cheese.
Wull
anyone.
Make a stack of your money and compare it to Opra's pile which is 1 billion
plus.
Now who do you think is smarter? :-)
Wull
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>> On Mar 12, 1:17 pm, "JoeSpareBedroom" <dishborea...@yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>> > Oprah Spikes Sales of Swedish Bread
Karen
> My God - I've been eating these crackers for years. Does this make me
I had some for breakfast with geitost.
Costco sold a variety pack of Swedish crisp bread at Xmastime. Rye,
wasa, and I forget the other kind.
Karen
donGoliano
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donGoliano
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>I think you can answer your question by yourself without any help from
>anyone.
> Make a stack of your money and compare it to Opra's pile which is 1
> billion plus.
> Now who do you think is smarter? :-)
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> Wull
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Dave Smith
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> >
> > I wonder if Saturday Night Live has picked up on this yet. Skit: Oprah
> > using a filet knife to remove slices of a heavily used sponge mop and
> > serving them with brie. It seems her audience will read or eat anything
> > she suggests.
> >
> A crisp rye bread... that sounds good. Where can I pick up a pack?
I used to get that stuff all the time. It was great with butter and black
currant jam.
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> Oprah Spikes Sales of Swedish Bread
>
> Oprah Winfrey Snack Leads to Soaring U.S. Sales of Swedish Crisp Bread
>
> STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) -- A Swedish crisp bread maker has seen its
> U.S. sales rise by 50 percent after Oprah Winfrey sunk her teeth into
> its crackers on her talk show, a company spokeswoman said Friday.
> Winfrey was airing a lifestyle program about food and health on Jan.
> 15 when she pulled out a box of Wasa Crisp Bread, Sweden's biggest
> producer of the traditional rye bread, and made herself a sandwich.
>
> "My U.S. colleagues called us the day after and just cheered," Wasa
> spokeswoman Karin Nilsson Malmen said. "Within one week of the show,
> we could see that U.S. sales had risen by 25 percent, and now it is up
> by more than 50 percent."
>
> Wasa had nothing to do with show, Nilsson Malmen said, but added it
> was very happy about the promotion and that it had sent a letter of
> thanks to Winfrey.
>
> In 2005, Wasa had U.S. sales of about 100 million kronor ($14
> million). The company is owned by Italy's Barilla Group.
Could she maybe mention how a women's right to choose is being
threatened in this country? Or the erosion of everyone's civil
rights? Maybe she could create some much-needed public outcry?
No. She can only boost public awareness of crackers and books and eye
makeup.
What a fucking phony she is.
merryb
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I can see her running for President in a few years- look out!
deneph
> "wasa matta" <heyop...@wasa.matta.se> wrote in message
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I happened to be home with a bad leg when this episode played. Maybe
it was the muscle relaxers, but I decided to get Bob's book. I've
been loosely following his plan and I've already lost 10 pounds and
that's just changing what I ate. Because of the leg I've haven't been
able to excercise too much, maybe the occasional walk. Joke about it
all you will, but I'm rather happy about it.
JoeSpareBedroom
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I don't doubt that it could be part of a good diet plan. My comment was
aimed at the way Oprah's sheep will follow her anywhere. Oprah's book list?
Gimme a break. People need Oprah to decide what to read?
deneph
> "deneph" <stewart1...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Well, I don't read Oprah's books so I can't comment there, but if
she's getting them to read at all, that can't be bad.
JoeSpareBedroom
Your parents should've gotten you into reading. Not a talk show host.
JoeSpareBedroom
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> On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 21:26:41 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
> <dishbo...@yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>I don't doubt that it could be part of a good diet plan. My comment was
>>aimed at the way Oprah's sheep will follow her anywhere. Oprah's book
>>list?
>>Gimme a break. People need Oprah to decide what to read?
>
> much bigger. People read the same book so that they can all discuss it
> afterward.
>
> You're whining about nothing.
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz........... Nothing worse than people who need a club to do
something useful. Baaaaahhhh!
deneph
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My parents did, other people may not be as fortunate. At least they
were finally inspired to start reading more. I'm still not seeing it
as a negative.
mc
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Why is it assumed these people weren't readers before Oprah?
mc
JoeSpareBedroom
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>> > > Well, I don't read Oprah's books so I can't comment there, but if
>> > > she's getting them to read at all, that can't be bad.
>>
>> > Your parents should've gotten you into reading. Not a talk show host.-
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>> My parents did, other people may not be as fortunate. At least they
>> were finally inspired to start reading more. I'm still not seeing it
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> Why is it assumed these people weren't readers before Oprah?
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> mc
>
My point is that the "clubby" nature of some people turns them into sheep,
happy to follow media figures into good places or bad (Rush Limbaugh).
Karen
> My point is that the "clubby" nature of some people turns them into sheep,
> happy to follow media figures into good places or bad (Rush Limbaugh)
Oprah's not the inventor of the book club. I know several people in
several books clubs. People get together and choose a book to read and
then discuss it. Different groups of people have different types of
books... poetry, fiction, mystery, etc.
Oprah recommended Million Little Pieces, Running with Scissors, White
Oleander, all of my favorites. And, they all run a theme of the
dysfunctional family, messed up individuals, the foster care system,
etc.
Karen
Karen
> something useful. Baaaaahhhh!
Reading isn't useful.
Karen
JoeSpareBedroom
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Really? You must've voted for George Bush.
Karen
> Really? You must've voted for George Bush.
You're all over the board and out of gas.
Reading for enjoyment could hardly be termed useful.
Karen
Dave Smith
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> > Reading isn't useful.
> >
> > Karen
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> Really? You must've voted for George Bush.
I thought Bush readers liked fiction.
I don't see great value in reading fiction. It is generally entertaining.
some fiction is good. A lot of it is trash. I used to read fiction but a
few years ago I started reading non fiction instead and now find most
fiction to be pretty well pointless. There is a lot of great non fiction
being published.
JoeSpareBedroom
I'm reading a non-fiction book about the KGB. It's enjoyable and I'm
learning why our political hacks keep getting us into the same stupid
situations over and over again. Why can't reading be good for enjoyment and
learning? Even more to the point, is learning supposed to be UNenjoyable?
JoeSpareBedroom
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> JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
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>> > Reading isn't useful.
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>> > Karen
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>> Really? You must've voted for George Bush.
>
> I thought Bush readers liked fiction.
During the thing's first presidential campaign: "I don't read much. Mainly
newspapers". :-)
Oh boy....
JoeSpareBedroom
> On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 14:10:06 -0400, Dave Smith
> <adavid...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
>>I don't see great value in reading fiction. It is generally entertaining.
>>some fiction is good. A lot of it is trash. I used to read fiction but a
>>few years ago I started reading non fiction instead and now find most
>>fiction to be pretty well pointless.
>
> helps to develop a good imagination and visualization abilities.
>
> Many of the great advancements made in this world were examples of
> people stepping out of the arena of what we already know to be fact
> (i.e. non-fiction), and were examples of people visualizing what COULD
> happen or what could be done (fiction, until it happens). Every
> mentally-healthy human being has some occasional thoughts that go
> beyond reality.
>
> What a boring and unimaginative world we would have, if our great
> writers of fiction were not inspiring the imaginations of others with
> their writing.
>
> Mark
Have you read any books by Gabriel Garcia-Marquez?
mc
I can't read fiction. I always have a voice saying 'yeah right that
might have happened', or 'how did the author think I might react to
that sentence?' It's bizarre! Non-fiction is the way to go for
me. OTOH while I don't understand 'getting lost in a book' I am a
movie junkie that could spend the whole day entranced by great films
from all eras...silent, foreign, documentaries, anything well done.
mc
mc
> On Mar 14, 10:32 am, "JoeSpareBedroom" <dishborea...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>Karen wrote:
>>>Reading isn't useful.
>
> > Really? You must've voted for George Bush.
>
> You're all over the board and out of gas.
>
> Reading for enjoyment could hardly be termed useful.
>
> Karen
Wow, I easily assumed you were being sarcastic.
mc
Greg
> On Mar 12, 12:53 pm, wasa matta <heyop...@wasa.matta.se> wrote:
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> > Oprah Spikes Sales of Swedish Bread
>
> > Oprah Winfrey Snack Leads to Soaring U.S. Sales of Swedish Crisp Bread
>
> > STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) -- A Swedish crisp bread maker has seen its
> > U.S. sales rise by 50 percent after Oprah Winfrey sunk her teeth into
> > its crackers on her talk show, a company spokeswoman said Friday.
> > Winfrey was airing a lifestyle program about food and health on Jan.
> > 15 when she pulled out a box of Wasa Crisp Bread, Sweden's biggest
> > producer of the traditional rye bread, and made herself a sandwich.
>
> > "My U.S. colleagues called us the day after and just cheered," Wasa
> > spokeswoman Karin Nilsson Malmen said. "Within one week of the show,
> > we could see that U.S. sales had risen by 25 percent, and now it is up
> > by more than 50 percent."
>
> > Wasa had nothing to do with show, Nilsson Malmen said, but added it
> > was very happy about the promotion and that it had sent a letter of
> > thanks to Winfrey.
>
> > In 2005, Wasa had U.S. sales of about 100 million kronor ($14
> > million). The company is owned by Italy's Barilla Group.
>
> Could she maybe mention how a women's right to choose is being
> threatened in this country?
Sadly, there are precious few producers of ryecrisp to choose from.
George Bush doesn't want you to eat Rye Crisp!
> Or the erosion of everyone's civil
> rights?
Tonight on CNN, NBC, And PBS! The shocking case of civil rights
disapearing! A ten part, 50-organization story on speech supression.
Follows up on stories from the past five years! Protests expected in
9 cities! Former detainees speak out! About Civil Rights Losses!
Greg Zywicki
Karen
> Wow, I easily assumed you were being sarcastic.
Assuming useful meaning a practical use, as for doing work, producing
material results not meeting the challenge of above. Out of that
context, it would seem a little sarcastic.
Karen