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Running a company is a delicate beast. No matter how big you become, there's always plenty of opportunities to mess up.

To show that no organization is exempt from making mistakes, TikToker Hannah Baked has been creating videos about the biggest brand fails and disasters that have made headlines. I'm certain that entire PR departments were tasked with covering them up, but even they couldn't hide all the loose ends.

Have you heard that Pringles (accidentally) put laxatives in one of their flavors? Or that Lipton launched a promotion campaign with a loophole that gave people an infinite supply of tea?

Continue scrolling to check out all the gems Hannah has unearthed so far and if you want more business hiccups, fire up our publication on the subreddit 'Corporate Facepalm.'

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30 Brand Fails And Disasters That Seriously Damaged Their Image In 2017, a passenger was dragged across the aisle of a United Airlines flight. The cause of this was the flight was overbooked and when no one voluntarily chose to leave, they randomly selected someone to give up their seat. The passenger refused to leave and security was called. They forcefully grabbed the passenger and dragged them off the plane. This left the remaining passengers disgusted and they tweeted about the incident which led to United Airlines having to make a public apology and compensate the passenger.

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LavenderAxolotl
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I believe the passenger was a doctor who was flying home to open a free clinic for veterans, and also had patients to see the next day.

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30 Brand Fails And Disasters That Seriously Damaged Their Image Lipton tea created a buy one, get one free deal. The problem with this deal is that every box had a free coupon which created a loophole where customers could get an endless supply of tea.

hannahbakedcontent , Lipton Report

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30 Brand Fails And Disasters That Seriously Damaged Their Image P&G received a lot of backlash after their Mother's Day ad that incorporated a woman cleaning and the slogan stating "This Mother's Day, get back to the job that really matters.”

hannahbakedcontent , P&G Report

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30 Brand Fails And Disasters That Seriously Damaged Their Image Bacardi received a lot of backlash for their slogan stating: "Want to look better this summer? Get your hands on the hotness-boosting accessory now: An ugly girlfriend!"

hannahbakedcontent , Bacardi Report

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30 Brand Fails And Disasters That Seriously Damaged Their Image The mortgage company better.com organized a Zoom meeting with 900 of their employees. The CEO announced that those 900 employees were all being terminated, stating that if you're on this call, you're part of the unlucky group that has been laid off. The footage of the meeting was posted online which showed employees crying and being shocked by the announcement. The CEO received so much backlash that he had to take time off to reflect.

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30 Brand Fails And Disasters That Seriously Damaged Their Image In 2019, Burberry found themselves facing controversy after their fashion show featured a hoodie with a noose attached to the hood. A model that walked in the show called out the brand on social media stating that "[taking your own life] is not fashion". After receiving a lot of criticism online, they responded by writing a public apology stating that the item was insensitive.

hannahbakedcontent , Burberry Report

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30 Brand Fails And Disasters That Seriously Damaged Their Image Dolce and Gabbana found themselves receiving a lot of backlash after creating a shoe that stated 'thin is gorgeous’. This angered a lot of fans who tweeted that it wasn't a responsible message and it didn't support inclusivity of all body types. The brand showed no remorse by responding: "Next time, we'll write 'love to be fat and full of cholesterol.'”

hannahbakedcontent , Dolce & Gabbana Report

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30 Brand Fails And Disasters That Seriously Damaged Their Image In 2021, Burger King decided to tweet out "Women belong in the kitchen." This happened to be on International Women's Day. They received a lot of backlash from Twitter users pointing out that the tweet was sexist. They then replied to the backlash by stating that ‘they wanted to encourage women to take up a culinary career.'

hannahbakedcontent , Burger King Report

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#9

30 Brand Fails And Disasters That Seriously Damaged Their Image A fat-free version of Pringles was produced and was successful until customers reported stomach cramps. This was because the ingredient used as a fat substitute actually had a laxative effect.

hannahbakedcontent , Mike Mozart Report

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I mean, I like pringles better than laxatives... so if I ever need to make myself go I'll have a tasty way to do it.

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30 Brand Fails And Disasters That Seriously Damaged Their Image Domino's faced backlash after their employees filmed and uploaded a series of videos with them shoving cheese up their nose and wiping their body with cloth meant for cleaning. After it went up on YouTube, millions of people watched it which resulted in the CEO seeing it as well. The employees ended up getting fired and charged with felonies for food contamination.

hannahbakedcontent , Wikipedia Report

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30 Brand Fails And Disasters That Seriously Damaged Their Image The fashion company Oh Polly set up a competition for NHS workers where the winner would receive a care package and clothing for a virtual party. When the winner couldn't attend the event because they were working a 12-hour shift, Oh Polly retracted the prize. The winner was obviously upset and tweeted about it which created outrage among Twitter users. This resulted in Oh Polly having to apologize and give the winner their prize.

hannahbakedcontent , LaraHarper Report

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30 Brand Fails And Disasters That Seriously Damaged Their Image TRESemme received backlash after creating a campaign that featured different hair types with titles at the bottom labeled 'frizzy and dull' and 'dry and damaged' where the two photos of the blonde hair are labeled 'normal hair' and 'find them flat.' The advertisement ended up getting cut as many people were outraged and labeled TRESemme racist and extremely insensitive.

hannahbakedcontent , TRESemmé Report

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30 Brand Fails And Disasters That Seriously Damaged Their Image In 2016, Samsung had to stop all sales of the Galaxy Note 7 after customers reported that their phones were overheating and catching on fire. Samsung reacted by sending out multi-layered fireproof boxes with packing instructions.

hannahbakedcontent , wbrz Report

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I still remember this and the note 2/s3 incident… im scared of using samsungs after seeing the s22 explode…

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30 Brand Fails And Disasters That Seriously Damaged Their Image McDonald's created a Twitter campaign encouraging followers to use the hashtag #McDStories to share an experience they've had with the company. The problem with the campaign was that it left Twitter users posting their McDonald's horror stories, with some of their stories consisting of fingernails and hospitalization.

hannahbakedcontent , McDonald's Report

#15

30 Brand Fails And Disasters That Seriously Damaged Their Image In 2020, Singapore Airlines launched a campaign called Flight To Nowhere. They planned to do three-hour-long flights where passengers could enjoy a meal in the sky with a view. This received a lot of backlash from environmentalists as the flights had no purpose for travel. Singapore Airlines responded by changing the campaign to dining in a plane parked on the tarmac.

hannahbakedcontent , arpingstone Report

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Did somebody tell them that people fly for the expierience of airline food eaten with plastic cutlery in a cramped seat? Plus the whole airport b******t? I can't belive they've managed to take all of the negatives about flying, remove the one positive of being transported somewhere else quickly, and (presumably) sell it to someone. It's like diamonds of 2020.

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#16

30 Brand Fails And Disasters That Seriously Damaged Their Image Victoria's Secret uploaded a photo on their Instagram where their model was missing an arm. When their followers started calling them out on their Photoshop, they quickly deleted the post.

hannahbakedcontent , Victoria's Secret Report

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If they want to show diverse models, why not just hire an actual disabled model? It just makes more sense!

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30 Brand Fails And Disasters That Seriously Damaged Their Image In 2013, EHRs conducted a random food test on IKEA Swedish meatballs and found traces of horsemeat. This was reported back to IKEA and they reacted by doing a mass recall. The horsemeat scandal had massive repercussions as a lot of customers were hesitant to eat at IKEA after that.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Correct. It also has a food court and is known for their Swedish meatballs.

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DaveR38
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

True, I don't get it - we'll happily eat lambs, cows, etc but not horses. Why? Because they are cute (see: lambs)?

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Hannah Edwards
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It wasn’t just IKEA, lots of products, from many different manufacturers, contained horse meat.

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J. F.
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They found horse meat in a lot of things at that time here in Germany and the UK

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Fintch
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Btw, horsemeat is delicious, it's a bit "sweeter" than the common meats people are used to. It's used mostly for making stews, sausages, or yeah, meatballs;). Of course, let the people know, what kind of meat they are eating.

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Maybe, but I’ve never even heard of it being done in Sweden. And I live here and have been subjected to a lot of meatball recipes in my life. Hell, horse is expensive. So if they want it to be specifically “swedish meatballs”, it’ll be sort of incorrect to put horse in it. Then they should probably skip the “swedish” part.

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Marla Singer
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you eat meat, what f*****g difference does it make if it's horse, pig, cow...?

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It does make a difference... I don't eat cats, dogs, rabbits, ducks, lamb etc

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We (Netherlands) had something similar with either frikandellen or hamburgers. I don't get what the fuss was. Ok, sure, they can't feed you things you don't know about, but aside from that, you've been eating the stuff and enjoying it for a long time already. How is it worse to eat a horse than it is a cow or pig? Horse meat is a very common meal item

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In 2013 "your lasagna has more PS (hp) than your car" :)

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

To be fair about this, the horsemeat scandal in Europe hit a lot of large brands. Findus stopped trading in the UK when horsemeat was found in their lasagne. It was down to part of the supply chain lying. The food industry now asks for random DNA testing.

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Amy Stone-Chandler
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Bit hypocritical if you eat animals but are against horse meat really. But, is is illegal in many places. When horses die though(naturally) it would be better to use the meat and not waste it.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What's wrong with horse meat? Why is it better to eat a cow, lamb, or deer? I've had horse, and it tastes fine. In some countries, it's pretty common. You should eat what you're given. The animal is not going to un-die cause you have qualms about the meat source.

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Paul Davis
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So far as I heard, though, the horsemeat actually tasted really good. But also, as far as I'm concerned, cows are just as adorable as horses. And pigs are far too intelligent to be used as meat animals at all.

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Michael Normand
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What's wrong with horse meat? Is horse meat posion? It is legal to eat horse meat in the US, just not common.

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Jovita A
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love IKEA meatballs, also there is nothing wrong with horse meat. At least it's actual meat not like some c**p in some fast food places...

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Ralitza Patchéva-Alexandrova
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't get the issue with the horsemeat, really. As an european, here we eat horsemeat as well as donkeymeat - but they are bread specifically for this aim. Can someone give me a hint as this is not a kasher/halal issue as far as I know

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I really never understood this. Eating horse is legal, not to mention delicious.

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Billy Allen
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Still do find it odd that western civilization balls at eating the meat of some animals that is commonfare in other countries. It's funnier still that we pay high dollar for chicken wings, oxtails and lobster, all of which was once considered food for only for prisoners and slaves.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Funny thing is they were delicious, worth a trip just for those.

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Martin Heston
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I couldn’t care less if it’s horse meat. If it’s edible it’s going in.

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Paul Marney
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Massive repurcussions for ikea??? Google europe\ uk horsemeat scandal

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Casey McAlister
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What's wrong with horse meat? It's absolutely edible and quite delicious/

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Sasha
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why? Horse meat is perfectly fine and possibly actually healthier than beef. Like i would get being worried about food safety violations, but this is like getting hesitant over your chicken nuggets actually being made of turkey

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Marcin M.
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's meatballs. Why would there be an issue with meatballs containing meat? We probably eat worse things than horsemeat...

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't understand why it's such a big deal to have horse meat. Granted, whenever I buy minced horse meat from the grocery store, I have to mix xome pork in it. Horse meat tends to be a bit dryish on it's own.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Similar to the Tesco burger horsemeat scandal. I understand that you want what is advertised, but I don't understand the stigma against eating horsemeat, it's a delicacy in dozens of countries, I've had it. It's not that bad, it has quite a sweet flavour, almost like venison or really good beef. it's also got more protein and less fat than beef. Also goat meat is fantastic especially in curries >.>

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Horsemeat was commonly eaten in Scandinavia until very recently. And if you eat one type of animal, why not eat another?

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When traveling do you ever wonder what the mystery meat really is?

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

oh who gives a s**t... horses are invasive pests in so many areas especially in the states. loonies are so worked up over cows w better PR. herbivores get et, get over it.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm in the states and have yet to hear about the "invasive horse" problem. Your comment being the one and only time. Is there a source?

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Shel Testi
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In Italy we use to eat horse's meat. So, where's the problem?

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JP Purves
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm surprised they found meat in them at all, I thought they were made of sawdust left from building their crappy furniture.

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Ellen Lanser
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There were special horse meat butcher shops in Holland in the seventies

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Christofer B
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Bunk, the entire lot of meatballs was tested and no other traces of horse were ever found. The interesting thing is most of the countries with this issue were eastern European, where eating horsemeat is not necessarily frowned upon...

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Only traces of horse meat? I bet someone was assembling a horse and couldn't find the last traces 🤣

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As much as I love horses, horse meat is not a new, secret thing. That's what salami is.

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Daniel Wilkinson
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm working my way through the whole animal kingdom. I'd rather like to know when I'm eating horse so I can cross it off my list. 🐴 🍴

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They also found traces of s**t in one of their cakes. Which I think is much much worse. 💩

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Karin Gibson
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It wasn't just IKEA mist of the supermarkets and fast food places were found to have been using minced beef with horse.

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Momica98
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4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

ALL of you are missing the point. Nowhere on their menu/ingredients listed horse meat. So why was it in the food? What other ingredients are being omitted from nutrition labels?

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Frits Driessen
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Still fill grocery bags of meatballs whenever I'm at IKEA. They have this mini supermarket near the exit and I always buy more there than in the actual warehouse, lol.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

To be fair, it's not like horse meat tastes bad. Not too common nowadays, but I remember when horse salami was sold in the butcher's shop.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There is probably horsemeat in a lot of ground up hamburger meat in the US.

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Sabrina Bowen
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If horse tastes good, I'll eat horse. How is it different than eating cow? When you eat meat and make assumptions about which meat you're eating you get what you get... Meat is meat. If it tastes good, eat it.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Was it too sweet? Horses were food before they were transport.

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Gypsy Lee
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you eat meat at a store that sells furniture you get what you get. Be happy it wasn’t a human finger.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A lot of horse meat is served in Europe, including the Scandinavian countries.

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April Morris
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That just guaranteed that I will *never* eat anything at IKEA. 🤮

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why people would eat food at a furniture store is a little puzzling.

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Hunter
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They do a great job at that food court. The food is good and the atmosphere and options are better than a lot of fast food places.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In Brazil we had cardboard on meat, in Sweden horsemeat. Looks like everywhere companies try to f**k up with the meat somehow.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah I remembered this one. To be fair, they did do a recall instead sweeping it under a rug and burying anyone that poke their noses, in with lawsuits.

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wha…? I’m a swede; who the hell puts HORSE in meatballs? That’s just… weird. I mean, don’t get me wrong; some people here eat horse on their sandwiches, but horse is expensive - and in meatballs…? Never heard of it in my life.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Wouldst thou like to partaketh of thine balls?" To whence I replied, "Neigh!"

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You can eat at IKEA? Mmm this bookshelf is delicious.

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And that is why I hate ikea because of there food and long a*s walks

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30 Brand Fails And Disasters That Seriously Damaged Their Image US Airways found themselves in controversy after tweeting a p**nographic image to a complaining customer by accident. The photo was up for an hour before they removed it. They ended up having to make a public apology and stated that they would investigate the issue.

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30 Brand Fails And Disasters That Seriously Damaged Their Image Dolce and Gabbana launched three short videos on social media to promote a runway show they were having in Shanghai. The video incorporated a Chinese woman trying to eat Italian dishes with chopsticks while a voiceover tried to teach her how to eat. This received a lot of backlash for being racist, and the video ended up getting taken down within 24 hours. The drama wasn't over yet though, as Stefano Gabbana got exposed for calling China a country of ‘five poo emojis’. Gabbana claims that his account was hacked and they both ended up having to make a public apology.

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30 Brand Fails And Disasters That Seriously Damaged Their Image Burger King produced a meatless burger in 2019 called the Impossible Whopper. They marketed the burger to be an alternative option for vegans and vegetarians. The problem with the burger was that it was cooked on the same grill as the meat patties which removed the option for vegetarians and vegans to even eat the burger. But some customers did eat them without knowing, which resulted in Burger King being sued for misleading their customers.

hannahbakedcontent , Burger King Report

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's not strictly true. A lot of people choose vegetarian options for environmental reasons these days and they don't mind the contamination. Those people were eating the burgers. Though in general I agree that the idea was stupid and misleading people about what they're about to eat is a shitty thing to do.

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30 Brand Fails And Disasters That Seriously Damaged Their Image Domino's advertised a campaign stating "Calling all nice Karen's". This campaign allowed women named Karen to receive a free pizza if they were a pleasant customer. The problem with this campaign was that it received a lot of complaints and ended up getting pulled.

hannahbakedcontent , Domino's pizza Report

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30 Brand Fails And Disasters That Seriously Damaged Their Image In an ad for the margarine brand Flora, a photo of a heart and a statement "Uh, dad, I'm gay" was used. This received a lot of criticism for being homophobic.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Margarine is marketed as Heart Healthy, that's why there's a heart in the image. It's homophobic because it states your child being gay would "break your heart".

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30 Brand Fails And Disasters That Seriously Damaged Their Image In 2017, Kendall and Kylie Jenner tried to sell T-shirts featuring deceased rappers and Ozzy Osbourne. They were called out on Twitter for being disrespectful and trying to profit off of using the icons. The T-shirts ended up getting pulled and Kendall Jenner responded by stating that the designs were not well thought out and apologized.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I really wish the Kartrashians would just go away. I've never watched their show, never will, and I rarely read anything about them.

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30 Brand Fails And Disasters That Seriously Damaged Their Image ColourPop received backlash after the release of their sculpting sticks. The cause of the backlash was the names given to the three darkest shades. The names were titled "Yikes", "Typo" and "Doom". This offended a lot of ColourPop's customers and they deemed ColourPop to be racist. ColourPop reacted by apologizing and changing all of the names.

hannahbakedcontent , Ashly Report

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AzKhaleesi
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

hold up, but the light shade is "re friend?" seriously? So THAT'S ok, but the rest aren't? and those are literally eye shadows not friggin foundation. God people are ridiculous.

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30 Brand Fails And Disasters That Seriously Damaged Their Image Safety Warehouse advertised a PR event where they promised to do a cash drop of $100,000. More than 1,000 people went to the event expecting to collect the money, but instead collected retail vouchers that looked like $5 notes. This left people outraged as they reported being trampled on and spending a lot of money to even get to the event.

hannahbakedcontent , The Safety Warehouse Report

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This was in Auckland, New Zealand. Tickets were limited to 1,000 so in theory each person would get around $100. Some people reported travelling hundreds of kilometres and spending hundreds of dollars to participate, not sure how much they thought they would get? The companies version was they threw out $100,000 in cash mixed with fake discount vouchers but when reported in the news no one they interviewed got any cash, and of course the media is always unbiased and doesn't report only the news they want you to hear

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30 Brand Fails And Disasters That Seriously Damaged Their Image Gucci found themselves in controversy after designing a jumper that got criticized for resembling blackface. The piece retailed for $890 and was part of their autumn/winter collection. Gucci responded by removing the piece from their collection and apologizing stating that 'they are committed to increasing diversity.'

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30 Brand Fails And Disasters That Seriously Damaged Their Image In 2013, Burger King's Twitter account got hacked. A hacker decided to change the Burger King logo to the McDonald's logo. They also tweeted out racial slurs and lies about the company. One of the tweets stated that Burger King had been sold to McDonald's. Another tweet stated "If I catch you at Wendy's, we're fighting!" Burger King responded by asking Twitter to suspend their account and making a public apology on their Facebook page.

hannahbakedcontent , Burger King Report

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30 Brand Fails And Disasters That Seriously Damaged Their Image In 2016, KFC found themselves receiving a lot of backlash after publishing this image that stated "Something hot and spicy is coming soon.” Clearly, they posted the image to get people talking, which it did because the post went viral. The post was only up for an hour before they removed it as the comments stated that the image was inappropriate and misogynistic.

hannahbakedcontent , KFC Report

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's neither inappropriate, nor misogynistic. It's a blurred out bucket of chicken, people are making assumptions on their own and then getting upset for what they assume. The fact that you're offended for the sake of being offended is a you problem.

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30 Brand Fails And Disasters That Seriously Damaged Their Image Frito-Lay produced a lip balm in 2005 that was entirely Cheetos scented. The problem with this lip balm was that barely anyone bought it.

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30 Brand Fails And Disasters That Seriously Damaged Their Image Jensen Karp, a comedian, claimed that he found sugar-coated shrimp tails in his box of Cinnamon Toast Crunch. The tweet ended up going viral and a spokesperson for the company stated that they would start investigating the issue. After the investigation, they claimed that the shrimp tails were actually cinnamon and sugar clumped together. Jensen Karp ended up tweeting that he felt gaslighted by their investigation. The company then offered to send out an envelope to return the alleged shrimp tails for forensic investigation. He then went on to tweet that the cereal box had already been opened and it was taped down the bottom which led Cinnamon Toast Crunch to conclude that the box had been tampered with.

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