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Marketers receiving 2010 FTC subpoenas (see link for info about which marketers did not receive a similar subpoena in 2007):

Boskovich Farms, Burger King Holdings, California Giant, Campbell Soup Co., CEC Entertainment, Chiquita Brands International, The Coca-Cola Co., Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Coca-Cola Enterprises, ConAgra Foods, Dairy Management, Danone Foods, Del Monte Fresh Produce, Doctor's Associates, Dole Food Co., Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, Dunkin' Brands, General Mills, Grimmway Enterprises, Hansen Natural Corp., The Hershey Co., Hinkle Produce, Hostess Brands, Imagination Farms, Kellogg Co., Kraft Foods, LGS Specialty Sales, Mars, Incorporated, McDonald's Corp., McKee Foods Corp., National Fluid Milk Processor Promotion Board, Nestlé USA, PepsiCo, Perfetti Van Melle USA, The Procter & Gamble Company, Ralcorp Holdings, Ready Pac Produce, Red Bull North America, Rockstar, Sonic Corporation, Stemilt Growers, Summeripe Worldwide, Sunkist Growers, Sunny Delight Beverages Co., The Topps Co., Unilever United States, Wendy's/Arby's Group, Yum Brands

1 posted on 09/02/2010 7:02:46 PM PDT by Qbert
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The most advertising can do is get the consumer to try a product once. Repeat business is not due to advertising, it’s due to consumer satisfaction with the product.

These people are idiots, but that is nothing new to anyone here.


2 posted on 09/02/2010 7:16:34 PM PDT by freespirited
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Busybodies with too much time on their hands.


3 posted on 09/02/2010 7:19:22 PM PDT by Grim (That's why I'm voting for Sarah.)
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some of those prepacked lunches that they sell in supermarkets for kids lunches are likely worse than the meals the waffenschultstaffel fed the victims at auschwitz before their shower.

just my humble opine.

4 posted on 09/02/2010 7:20:55 PM PDT by mmercier
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I’d like to see myriad schools/universities subpoenaed.....for the LACK of education they gave the parents of these kids.....


5 posted on 09/02/2010 7:23:17 PM PDT by goodnesswins (Profitmaking is a VIRTUE, not a Vice.)
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If parents were responsible enough in the first place to monitor what their children are seeing on television (or cut out t.v. completely) this wouldn’t be an issue.


6 posted on 09/02/2010 7:23:34 PM PDT by elisabeth
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How about the parents telling the kids no. That would work too.


9 posted on 09/02/2010 8:56:35 PM PDT by christianhomeschoolmommaof3
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Advertising has been under attack by the left for decades.

According to the leftist nanny staters, just seeing an ad is enough to make a person drop whatever they’re doing and run out to buy the product being advertised.

The reality, of course, is that people barely notice ads... the most an ad can do is alert a person to a specific brand of a product that they were going to buy anyway. If we were so weak minded that we immediately would run out to buy every product we see advertised, the car companies wouldn’t be in trouble—we’d all be buying cars as quickly as they roll off the assembly line.

I seriously doubt kids are any more susceptible to ads than anyone else.

This is nothing but an attempt to shake down another industry. If only we could get politicians to hold their spending to no more than revenue, they wouldn’t have an excuse to keep shaking down industries for more revenue...


12 posted on 09/02/2010 9:18:13 PM PDT by exDemMom (Now that I've finally accepted that I'm living a bad hair life, I'm more at peace with the world.)
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If it wasn't for this advertising I would have never known how crappy Trix tasted.
14 posted on 09/02/2010 9:34:31 PM PDT by this_ol_patriot
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Eliminate the FTC. It is not needed.


21 posted on 09/05/2010 10:13:01 AM PDT by microgood
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