Is it just me....
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Topic: Is it just me....
Posted By: Kellyfer
Subject: Is it just me....
Date Posted: 05 November 2010 at 7:07pm
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Or is anyone else annoyed by the blatant waste of food in the new New World ads? I know it's nit picky, but isn't it a bit insensitive when food prices are higher now than they've been in ages?
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Posted By: Angs1982
Date Posted: 05 November 2010 at 7:14pm
| I don't like the add at all! It annoys me. I think you've hit the nail on the head, why must they play with food? |
Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 05 November 2010 at 8:22pm
um, no, its just an ad 
I know our New world donates heaps and heaps of stuff to charity organisiations, food bank, johns kitchen etc and always comes to the party for local groups in need of a sossie to sizzle or stuff. ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: NewPhoenix
Date Posted: 05 November 2010 at 8:25pm
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 05 November 2010 at 10:09pm
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i think its a silly ad - but half of it is probably not real anyway... the one that annoys me is the silly countdown one with that family - they are so australian! ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 05 November 2010 at 11:29pm
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but they are kiwis, biz, that lady was the evil carla on shorty street. Annying though!!! ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: TheKelly
Date Posted: 05 November 2010 at 11:39pm
I do not know what ad this is ....... ------------- 
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Posted By: AandCsmum
Date Posted: 05 November 2010 at 11:55pm
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My 6 year old loves that ad.
I think it's very clever & nope, not put that much thought into it. ------------- Kel http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: NewPhoenix
Date Posted: 06 November 2010 at 7:31am
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Posted By: minik8e
Date Posted: 06 November 2010 at 7:57am
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I think it's pretty clever and well done - someone's been thinking outside the box.
If you get annoyed at the food wastage on that ad, what about all the other food ads? None of the food actually gets EATEN, you realise? Vogels, the microwave rice, Maccas, BK.... I also think that if your kids are going hungry than there's more of a problem than just what food is being "wasted" on TV, because that minute amount (compared to what is put out on the shelves) is unlikely to impact on the actual price of the food. |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 06 November 2010 at 8:10am
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Um my friend is in that ad and I am offened by what you have said. Like minik8e said all of the food ads waste food cos noone ends up eating that food. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: newme
Date Posted: 06 November 2010 at 8:46am
| It annoys me, but not as much as those terrible countdown ads with the mother and daughter buying deodorant and hair dye. They are sooo bad I have to turn over. |
Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 06 November 2010 at 9:05am
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Completely agree with you Kate!!!
I actually think that ad is really well done, what a great idea, it's completely different to anything out there... well done to the ad agency! After all it's only an ad, it's not like its real or anything. ------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3) 
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 06 November 2010 at 9:06am
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Funny thing, all the people in the ad are workers for New Worlds around NZ. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: RedHeadDuck
Date Posted: 06 November 2010 at 9:11am
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OMG that ad is brilliant!!! Lol well done for thinking outside the square New World!!!
For the amount of food wasted in there.... Well I don't think its a concern... And if your going soo hungry watching it-erm, why are you watching tv if your family is starving to death? Sell your TV! Or go see WINZ they hand out food vouchers |
Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 06 November 2010 at 10:52am
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What an amazing ad! Love it!
Yeah it's a lot of food wasted but it's a great ad so meh... Don't think it's insensitive at all! If you find food prices from supermarkets too high then buy in bulk or buy your fruit and veges from markets or better still GROW YOUR OWN! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: TheKelly
Date Posted: 06 November 2010 at 11:21am
That is terrible, they should have ME in the ads, I will eat all the maccas and BK ..... .......even if they don't want me to.... -------------
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minik8e wrote:Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 06 November 2010 at 12:11pm
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LOL Kelly!
there is food wastage all over the place on tv... and really making musical instruments out of food is just one more example of recycling!? i hate to imagine all the food that is wasted on those cooking shows! eeek!! fats are you sure they are kiwis that countdown family! The girl talking about her Avos certainly sounds Australian! ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker">
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Posted By: Richie
Date Posted: 06 November 2010 at 1:10pm
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haha Kelly.... I'll put my hand up too! lol
The new world ad bugs me. I just don't see the point of it. Yea so it's clever but it's just dumb. The countdown ads are more annoying...... like Hila1 said - the one with the mother and daughter buying hair dye etc. And omg Richard Till's voice drives me mental 'shop smarter new zealand'. I turn over every time one of his ads come on. He really grates mev -------------  
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Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 06 November 2010 at 2:25pm
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lol no its just an ad, but its a dumb ad!
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Posted By: shadowfeet
Date Posted: 06 November 2010 at 3:38pm
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I like it ------------- 
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Posted By: Daizy
Date Posted: 06 November 2010 at 4:02pm
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I think the add is very creative and well done. It has you talking about it too so obviously its doing exactly what is was made to do. There didn't even seem to much food wastage at all, I probably waste more than that in just a few weeks. ------------- 
 
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Posted By: amme_eilyk
Date Posted: 06 November 2010 at 5:15pm
| i'm not a fan of that ad either. but I do like the countdown? one where the boy gets sent for a cabbage and nappies and just has this confused look on his face. |
Posted By: _SMS_
Date Posted: 06 November 2010 at 6:29pm
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I like it too. -------------  
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Posted By: Emmecat
Date Posted: 06 November 2010 at 6:59pm
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i so don't know the ad you guys are talking about lol so will go check out the linky. All ads are fairly mindless IMO in that they're trying to sell you crap you often don't want or need BUT at least it's nice when some think outside the square and manage to entertain us hehe -------------   http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Babykatnz
Date Posted: 06 November 2010 at 7:40pm
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lol I love the countdown one with the cabbage too, poor boy had NO idea, but the checkout lady certainly did!
That new world one was brilliant, hadnt seen it before but very well done, and picking such an iconic 'kiwi' song was an awesome touch! ------------- Brandon - 05/12/2003  
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Posted By: Kellyfer
Date Posted: 07 November 2010 at 9:55am
lol... mostly just me then 
true that there is a lot of wastage in ads in general, and it is different, and outside the box and got people talking and I guess that's the point! I'm just easily annoyed I suppose! I kinda like that Countdown one tho - it's reminiscent of the Anchor family ads from wayyyges ago. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 07 November 2010 at 4:00pm
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I guess if its a topic close to your heart then yeah certain ads will "speak" to you...for example the follow on formula ads make me want to throw something at my tv when they are on because MY opinion is that they prey on Mum's self doubts about their bodies abilites to nourish their babies or whatever, so yeah. Or the salvation army gamblig ones make me feel sick cos my mum is a gambler, so yeah, get where you are coming from, but at the end of the day they are just ads and serve a purpose, I guess! ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: HoneybunsMa
Date Posted: 07 November 2010 at 4:17pm
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I like it, I think the countdown ones are funny. But yeah the actress that plays the mum was on Shortland Street, but whos to say she hasn't relocated to Australia? ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: nathansmummy
Date Posted: 08 November 2010 at 12:40am
| I think the ad's cool. First time I've seen it though - I hardly ever watch TV these days! All my programmes have gone and DS is monopolising my time at the moment (rascal)... |
Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 08 November 2010 at 11:16am
Does it matter? lol ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: Hopes
Date Posted: 08 November 2010 at 12:04pm
Oh, I know, I know... they are truely dreadful. Rivalled only by the 'senstative teeth' adds. I kinda like the countdown family ones. I think they're pretty well done. Although has anyone noticed that the baby is pretty big - and in at least infant nappies since they come in boy/girl options - she's not going to be needing a cabbage at that point!!!! -------------   
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Posted By: clover
Date Posted: 08 November 2010 at 12:14pm
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It doesn't bother me, I think it is a very creative ad. I think if you were in that much trouble that you couldn't feed your children you would be more concerned about the amount of money that gets wasted every day than some food that went into making an ad for tv. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Plushie
Date Posted: 08 November 2010 at 12:23pm
| I think its awesome! I would so encourage my kid to try make a guitar out of a pumpkin. Reminds me of potato prints - we all did that at school, right? (where you carve out a pattern on a potato half and dunk it in paint to make a print?) Well, most schools won't do that anymore because its "food wastage". Lame - no one should starve in NZ |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 08 November 2010 at 7:48pm
| most schools wouldn't do that cause it is playing with food - in maori culture - not done. same reason many kohangas don't do flour playdough |
Posted By: JadeC
Date Posted: 08 November 2010 at 9:48pm
YES!!! That part totally bugged me!! As for the musical ad, I thought it was neat that they were making fruit and veges look kinda cool! ------------- http://pregnancy.baby-gaga.com/" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: UpsyDaisy
Date Posted: 08 November 2010 at 9:56pm
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The part about the baby being enormous bugged me AND DH too! We have mysky and he rewound to point out the type of nappies! He didn't know what the cabbage leaves were for though 
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Posted By: clover
Date Posted: 09 November 2010 at 8:49am
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I don't know what the cabbage leaves are for either
I heard that kids don't do the old stick macaroni on paper and paint it at kindy now either. I'm sure I had Maori children in my kindy and it was never a problem.... ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: NewPhoenix
Date Posted: 09 November 2010 at 10:52am
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Posted By: clover
Date Posted: 09 November 2010 at 12:16pm
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Posted By: Plushie
Date Posted: 09 November 2010 at 1:41pm
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Lizzle - thanks, i knew it had something to do with maori culture just couldnt put a finger on what and figured best to say nothing then look stupid
And ahhhhh i was wondering about the cabbage. |