TABLE TALK #113
🍝 MAIN COURSE 🍝
First stop, Tech.
Pub quiz. Slogan game. Which now-ubiquitous social media platform launched with “Tune In, Hook Up”? Bizarrely, the catch phrase was the unofficial slogan of YouTube, when it launched on Valentine’s Day 2005. It was promptly dumped however as it soon became clear users weren’t half as interested in a video dating site as they were in posting silly cat videos.
Another company that existed for centuries before its Donkey Kong days was Nintendo, and there was hardly a product category they didn’t explore. Ready-to-eat rice, vacuum cleaners, short stay love hotels - you name it, they tried it.
And who knew Wrigley wasn’t always famed for its chewing gum?! In fact, they only created it as a token gift to offer alongside the soap and baking powder which was then the company's bread and butter.
Quite possibly our favourite product pivot however is Play-Doh. When it launched a century ago, Play-Doh sold wall cleaner. It was only during a sales slump, hungry to diversify, that they took note of a school teacher using their product for her arts & crafts classes and decided that multi-coloured modelling compound was really their raison d'être.
Photo Credit: Hake's Auction
🍮 SWEET ENDINGS 🍮
While all the above spun on their heels a while back, Patagonia is a brand that’s rewriting their own rule book all the time.
We love their recent Patagonia Provisions offshoot, a marketplace of food products, all with long shelf lives, created with the aim of restoring the planet instead of destroying it.
🍷 WHAT'S NEW
FROM
WEDNESDAY'S DOMAINE? 🍷
In recent months, we've driven thousands of miles, spoken more European languages than a Brussels delegate and managed to enjoy some beautiful wines along the way.
We can't wait to share more next week, but in the meantime, a reminder that you can enjoy 15% off all wines between now and Easter Monday with the code BUNNY15.
Luke x
