Posted on 08/11/2023 3:29:10 PM PDT by DFG
Candy brand Skittles is facing backlash after partnering with GLAAD and altering some of its packaging to include 'Black Trans Lives Matter' messaging.
Images of the packet on social media prompted an outpouring of criticism on Twitter today, with many likening the 'woke' marketing to Dylan Mulvaney being used in Bud Light advertising.
It's the fourth year Skittles has teamed up with GLAAD (the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) to 'support the LGBTQ+ community by amplifying and celebrating their stories', according to Skittles' official website.
In a series of limited edition Pride Packs, the candy company has ditched its staple color wheel and opted for a toned-down packet with an illustration.
In previous years, the packets were all-gray to 'represent the brand’s cemented efforts of support', however last year the concept was changed to include work from five LGBTQ+ artists.
They were asked to create original designs which represented how they “see the rainbow” every day.
One example says 'express urself', while another includes the text 'Black Trans Lives Matter'.
'Bruh anytime a company does this it seems in-genuine when their only goal is maximizing profit for shareholders,' another claimed.
'I didn’t want to have to do this skittles.. bye,' a disappointed customer added.
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“Skittles and Black Trans together?
Well, type it out, ‘cause I don’t read cursive.”
Rachel Jeantel was heard to say.
That whole “private bedrooms” thing is looking like it was a big fake-out.
“All these marketing people flunked Marketing 101 I guess.”
Their goal is to have ALL major corporations do this so consumers will have no place to go. Budweiser forgot that there are plenty of beer breweries that people can go to.
I prefer Reece’s pieces anyway.
My thoughts exactly.
Trayvon “St. Skittles” Martin would approve.
good grief! There are just too many woke companies to remember who to avoid! It is annoying as hell
Didnt I hear a while back that Skittles causes cancer
While BLM has its issues, cramming trans in the name has actually done it injustice.
“There are just too many woke companies to remember who to avoid”
The truth is, it is all of the big, publicly traded companies.
While Boomer Cons were congratulating themselves in how America was a “centre-right” nation, the Left captured every single institution in the country.
No. Every time a company does this, it negatively impacts shareholders. Faggots and trannies are a very small part of the population, and you specifically exclude and piss off the sane majority when you market to mental defectives.
Taste the rainbow. Get the AIDS.
I really think these companies want to off themselves.
They look at what’s going on with Bud Light and the idiots think, “Hey let’s do THAT!”
And now that they’ve gone perv, i guess that means “tasting the rainbow” means it tastes like ass now. I’m out.
Let them eat JELLY BELLY
https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/reagans/ronald-reagan/jelly-bellyr-jelly-beans-and-ronald-reagan
Maybe my tastebuds are off, but I tried Skittles once and ended up spitting them out. They tasted terrible.
Skittles is owned by Mars, and the Mars family of M&M is one of America’s wealthiest. They can be hit hard.
“Skittles are multicolored fruit-flavored lentil-shaped candies produced and marketed by the Wrigley Company, a division of Mars, Inc. Skittles consist of hard sugar shells imprinted with the letter ‘S’, similar to M&M’s which have the letter “M”.”
Do they come with a coupon for a free bottle of purple drank?
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