Posts tagged food
Here’s my 2nd year Calarts film!
OH MY GOSH, ACTUALLY THE MOST PRECIOUS THING IN THE UNIVERSE WOW
What a beautiful piece of animation!
I like this so much
Huy Fong Foods founder David Tran talking about his hit product, Sriracha, with the LA TImes.
Amazingly:
Revenue grows about 20% a year even with all the competition. Huy Fong Foods has never spent a dollar on advertising.
[via @msquinn]
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Having tried a proper scotch egg for the first time this past weekend, I think this can only be an improvement.
This sign was glued to the dock outside the sub. To whoever went through the effort of designing, making, and displaying this sign - I applaud you.
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SWEET HEART ZELDA CUPCAKES FOR YOUR SWEETHEART
These Legend of Zelda heart container cupcakes are a visual delight. I love everything from the basic design to the custom delivery box.
For a second helping of delicious video game desserts,try: Super Mario Cake || Skyrim Cake.
Now these would make for a fantastic Valentine’s Day surprise!
(Source: Geek Sweets, via: Obvious Winner)
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What are they reacting to? Zombies? Godzilla? Zombie Godzilla?
Xenomorphs.
My beau not only draws the cutest animals, he also sneaks the best Adventure Time references into his work.
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Who Wants a Nice Tall Glass of Coca-Cola’s Algorithmic Orange Juice?
Coca-Cola won’t say how it makes its best-selling Simply Orange orange juice, but one thing is for sure: It’s not so simple. A new investigation by Bloomberg Businessweek shows that the Coke-owned orange juice brand that’s billed as less processed version of Tropicana is in fact a hyper-engineered and dauntingly industrial product. The factory in Florida where the bulk of Coke’s orange juice products are made sounds less like a bucolic grove where natural things grow than an oil refinery where natural things go to die. And yes, that includes the “Grove Made” variety.
Read more. [Image: Coca-Cola]
I kind of don’t care because I don’t drink this brand, but it’s interesting to see how a company like Coca-Cola essentially sells bottled tap water, but they can’t figure out a way to just put orange juice in a bottle and sell it at a profit.
The original Bloomberg Businessweek piece is a must read:
Black Book isn’t really a secret formula. It’s an algorithm. Revenue Analytics consultant Bob Cross, architect of Coke’s juice model, also built the model Delta Air Lines (DAL) uses to maximize its revenue per mile flown. Orange juice, says Cross, “is definitely one of the most complex applications of business analytics. It requires analyzing up to 1 quintillion decision variables to consistently deliver the optimal blend, despite the whims of Mother Nature.”
The Black Book model includes detailed data about the myriad flavors—more than 600 in all—that make up an orange, and consumer preferences. Those data are matched to a profile detailing acidity, sweetness, and other attributes of each batch of raw juice. The algorithm then tells Coke how to blend batches to replicate a certain taste and consistency, right down to pulp content. Another part of Black Book incorporates external factors such as weather patterns, expected crop yields, and cost pressures. This helps Coke plan so that supplies will be on hand as far ahead as 15 months. “If we have a hurricane or a freeze,” Bippert says, “we can quickly replan the business in 5 or 10 minutes just because we’ve mathematically modeled it.”
Orange juice and economy air travel have everything in common.
Also: your “fresh” orange juice is eight months old.
A.R.E.A.M.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/7a404ce165b469dfc9323d00ad9bfdb3/tumblr_mhjtvjaf8H1qcokc4o1_400.png)
Who Wants a Nice Tall Glass of Coca-Cola’s Algorithmic Orange Juice?
Coca-Cola won’t say how it makes its best-selling Simply Orange orange juice, but one thing is for sure: It’s not so simple. A new investigation by Bloomberg Businessweek shows that the Coke-owned orange juice brand that’s billed as less processed version of Tropicana is in fact a hyper-engineered and dauntingly industrial product. The factory in Florida where the bulk of Coke’s orange juice products are made sounds less like a bucolic grove where natural things grow than an oil refinery where natural things go to die. And yes, that includes the “Grove Made” variety.
Read more. [Image: Coca-Cola]
I kind of don’t care because I don’t drink this brand, but it’s interesting to see how a company like Coca-Cola essentially sells bottled tap water, but they can’t figure out a way to just put orange juice in a bottle and sell it at a profit.
The original Bloomberg Businessweek piece is a must read:
Black Book isn’t really a secret formula. It’s an algorithm. Revenue Analytics consultant Bob Cross, architect of Coke’s juice model, also built the model Delta Air Lines (DAL) uses to maximize its revenue per mile flown. Orange juice, says Cross, “is definitely one of the most complex applications of business analytics. It requires analyzing up to 1 quintillion decision variables to consistently deliver the optimal blend, despite the whims of Mother Nature.”
The Black Book model includes detailed data about the myriad flavors—more than 600 in all—that make up an orange, and consumer preferences. Those data are matched to a profile detailing acidity, sweetness, and other attributes of each batch of raw juice. The algorithm then tells Coke how to blend batches to replicate a certain taste and consistency, right down to pulp content. Another part of Black Book incorporates external factors such as weather patterns, expected crop yields, and cost pressures. This helps Coke plan so that supplies will be on hand as far ahead as 15 months. “If we have a hurricane or a freeze,” Bippert says, “we can quickly replan the business in 5 or 10 minutes just because we’ve mathematically modeled it.”
Orange juice and economy air travel have everything in common.
Also: your “fresh” orange juice is eight months old.
A.R.E.A.M.
