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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.

hannahbakedcontent , JayseDavid Report

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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

#3

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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#8

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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#12

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

#13

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.

hannahbakedcontent , Magnus D Report

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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.

hannahbakedcontent , US Airways Report

#19

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.

hannahbakedcontent , Dolce & Gabbana Report

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#20

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

Yes.... but... there's two problems you're completely missing. Pretty major ones. One: There are people who are allergic to red meat. They might think that product would be safe to eat. Two: People who have been strict vegetarians or vegans for a prolonged period of time can no longer digest the proteins in meat... meaning they can get really sick if they eat it without knowing. So... yes. Big issue.

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

The Burger King's I've worked for in the past had a separate cooking area for their veggie patties, did they not do the same thing for the impossible? That's dumb

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

I am a vegetarian and not that delicate. I know people are not going to set up a whole grill for one product. I appreciate people,are actually putting out options.

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

Most places do prepare their meatfree products on separate cooking areas. But Burger King sadly is not one of those places :/

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

I am not vegetarian/vegan but I often pick the impossible meat options. I think its the direction food is going, for environmental and eventually financial reasons.

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

I too am not a vegetarian but enjoy the impossible burgers. I get them to make at home all the time. They're quick and very tasty and ridiculously nutritious. And sometimes I even put bacon on em!!

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

Not only was there cross-contamination, was the hamburger bun vegan? If they have refined sugar, technically they are not - refined sugar is processed with bone char - from cattle bones.

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

Vegetables aren't necessarily cruelty-free either, lots of dead animals are deemed as "pests and rodents". All depends where you draw the line.

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Kelzbelz79
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Can 100% confirm this as I worked there at the time, I brought this up with my manager who told me that I wasn't to say anything unless asked.if I was asked I was told to lie and say they were cooked separately and away from the meat, I refused to do this so was "let go".

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

Vegetarian does not equal vegan. Vegans are the ones who insist on purity of no animals being used in any part of the food process.

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

Probably improved the flavor. Nothing like real meat to improve the flavor of meatless dishes.

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

I’m pretty sure not a lot of thought went into what, exactly, vegan/vegetarian fully encompasses. I can see them thinking they were being more inclusive without any real thought other than, “Hey, we need a new menu item, let’s do a veggie burger!”

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

A little taste of real meat (not enough to hurt) can be a good thing.

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

I have allergic reactions to meat so that would have been a sueable offence to me…

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

Well at least I tried the better option. I try to eat more vegetarian where I can. I see the point, but it can cut back on meat eating, which we need.

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

I wonder if the customers had asked for Halaal or Kosher if the commentators below would also be as dismissive of the issue... just a thought.

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

Did Burger King switch to a griddle instead of a flame broiler? There's a chance of contamination i guess, but I'd be pretty sure most anything was burnt to a crisp by the time the thing rotated back around. /shrug I'm not a vegetarian though so not really something I've ever thought about.

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

Don't give your business to companies that serve meat AT ALL

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

omg, how hard is it to designate a separate small grill for vegetarians? If it's too hard, then WHY offer a vegetarian option???

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

Ok this is just stupid. It is your responsibility to make sure of stuff like this if it is really that important. Celiacs and peanut allergy sufferers know this.

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

Burger King's Impossible Whopper is not good. That's false advertising.

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

As if the advertising wasn't bad enough... they cooked them on the same grills as the meat burgers so they tasted like s**t anyway

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

I was cool with trying the Impossible patty (although I like Beyond way better, pea protein tastes better than soy, imo) at a time when I could still eat beef. I'm still tempted to ask if I can get Impossible patties on the bacon king, but the cross-contamination may be enough to wreck my insides. They should have been a bit more overt about how things were made here, tho.

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

I can't eat Beyond, it has onion in it. I love the Impossible burger, I'm not vegan or vegetarian. We are cutting way down on meat, beef, fish though. When we travel and have to eat fast food we do go to BK and I do make a point of getting the Impossible burger. I'm sad that the Impossible sausage has onion in it as do the impossible shrimp. I keep telling myself 'baby steps'

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

There was another problem with this: When they started to roll out the vegan patties, not all restaurants had them. There was a common scenario where someone would order an Impossible burger on UberEats/GrubHub/DoorDash and the driver would get to the restaurant and be asked if it's ok to substitute a regular meat patty. The driver wouldn't want to cancel the order or drive to another BK, so they just say yes and not tell the person who ordered it.

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

i'm vegetarian and have been eating Burger King impossible whoppers for years now and this is the first I've heard about this howww did I not know??

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

They have to inform you if they prepare a vegetarian dish in a non-vegetarian way. Sadly, a lot of employees just ignore to inform people.

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

Tbh, if it's a fast food, meat cooking joint with one plant based option it's highly likely that plant based patty is being cooked with the fat and oils of the meat patties.

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

I doubt that multinational fast food and supermarkets are doing the vegan thing for ethical, moral or environmental reasons rather than because the markup on processed vegetable products is huge due the use of out of specification veg that would otherwise go to animal feed or waste. Ditto for the marketing, they just want people through the door and will use any opportunity be it veganism or a sports event The specific issue here is not new or uncommon either.

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

When the plant based patties first became wildly available, i thought, okay, let me see. It was $6 for four burgers. Okay, well saving the planet will cost. But the packages. So much plastic. Why can't they be sold in cardboard or something biodegradable?

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

as a vegan, you can't expect not to have cross contamination, people who complain just give vegans a bad name.

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

Restaurants do this all the time. I can't stand the taste of meat so I can never order grilled vegetables because they use the same grill where they grill their steaks.

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Looks like an Angel
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's also not vegan if it's served on a bun and has mayonnaise on it. But of those things contain eggs, which vegans don't eat.

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

Are you kidding me? Throw a tizz fit over the metal grill? If it's not going to send you into anaphylaxis, stop being a cultist about it, that's ljfe.

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

i don't give a damn if some orthorexic neurotics wanna eat their plants but when the plant based garbage has to be so loaded w chemicals and stabilizers ect to be baseline edible that it's actually WORSE for you than the couple of ounces of red meat i have to draw the line. it's just another failed "healthy" fast food option and no one talks about it otherwise the flying monkeys descend and start shrieking at you about how it's sustainable and ethical. twats.

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

Actually if you haven't eaten meat within a certain amount of time,you can get severely sick due to cross contamination.

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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.

hannahbakedcontent , Flora Report

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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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Memere
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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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Peter Lee
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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.'

hannahbakedcontent , Gucci Report

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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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iseefractals
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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.

hannahbakedcontent , fortune cookie Report

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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.

JensenKarp , Jensen Karp Report

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