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Bacon sales sizzle to all-time high
« on: February 11, 2014, 11:46:40 AM »
I saw these being advertised and thought, "That's a novel idea."

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Bacon sales sizzle to all-time high

Why those fried strips are the only food fad that will not die



By Charles Passy, MarketWatch

How far can the bacon boom go?

It’s a question that veteran “As Seen on TV” marketer Scott Boilen asked when he was given the opportunity to introduce yet another bacon product to an already crowded marketplace. But Boilen couldn’t resist the invention, a simple gizmo that turns a few strips of bacon into an edible shell. And so the Bacon Bowl was launched by Boilen’s Allstar Products Group via a series of infomercials in late 2013.

In a brief period, Boilen’s New York-based company has sold more than two million units of the $10.99 bacon cooker, making the Bowl a success story potentially on par with the Snuggie, to name Boilen’s biggest “As Seen on TV” hit.

The lesson? Never underestimate the power of bacon, says Boilen: “It’s almost become a cult-like food.”

Indeed, for food marketers and foodies alike, bacon is the gift that keeps on giving, a culinary trend that unlike, say, cupcakes never seems to get old. Bacon sales in the U.S. have increased in each of the last four years, according to market researcher Information Resources, Inc. (IRI). In 2013 alone, sales climbed 9.5% to an all-time high of nearly $4 billion. A survey by pork supplier Smithfield even found that 65% of Americans would support the idea of making bacon our “national food.”

The bottom line: “It’s a bacon nation, and we just live in it,” declares The National Provisioner, a trade publication that tracks the meat business.

And it makes Muslims crazy! :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :tongue:

The rest of the article is here:  http://www.marketwatch.com/story/bacon-sales-sizzle-to-all-time-high-2014-02-11
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Re: Bacon sales sizzle to all-time high
« Reply #1 on: February 11, 2014, 01:14:34 PM »
If muzzies ever high jack a plane I'm on, I'm going to stand up and tell them.....my arteries are clogged with hog fat. :-)
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Re: Bacon sales sizzle to all-time high
« Reply #2 on: February 11, 2014, 01:15:32 PM »
Bacon's having a price spike right now, but I doubt it will harm the market even a bit. 

What can you do with a bacon bowl? 
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Re: Bacon sales sizzle to all-time high
« Reply #3 on: February 11, 2014, 01:17:42 PM »
Quote from: Karin on February 11, 2014, 01:15:32 PM
Bacon's having a price spike right now, but I doubt it will harm the market even a bit. 

What can you do with a bacon bowl? 
I don't know....put healthy food like Special K in it.
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Re: Bacon sales sizzle to all-time high
« Reply #4 on: February 11, 2014, 01:37:01 PM »
Quote from: Karin on February 11, 2014, 01:15:32 PM
Bacon's having a price spike right now, but I doubt it will harm the market even a bit. 

What can you do with a bacon bowl? 


Bacon bikini comes to mind...........
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Re: Bacon sales sizzle to all-time high
« Reply #5 on: February 11, 2014, 01:38:51 PM »
Quote from: Wineslob on February 11, 2014, 01:37:01 PM

Bacon bikini comes to mind...........
Some bikinis now are smaller than one strip of bacon.
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Re: Bacon sales sizzle to all-time high
« Reply #6 on: February 11, 2014, 02:19:11 PM »
Quote from: Karin on February 11, 2014, 01:15:32 PM
Bacon's having a price spike right now, but I doubt it will harm the market even a bit. 

What can you do with a bacon bowl? 

I've seen a hard-boiled egg in one . . .
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Re: Bacon sales sizzle to all-time high
« Reply #7 on: February 11, 2014, 03:03:54 PM »
Quote from: Karin on February 11, 2014, 01:15:32 PM
Bacon's having a price spike right now, but I doubt it will harm the market even a bit. 

What can you do with a bacon bowl? 

Fill it with bacon!
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Re: Bacon sales sizzle to all-time high
« Reply #8 on: February 11, 2014, 04:15:56 PM »
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Re: Bacon sales sizzle to all-time high
« Reply #9 on: February 11, 2014, 06:46:56 PM »
Baseball season is coming up. What's needed are bite-size BacoChips, made with REAL bacon (not artificially flavored chips made from corn or potatoes or whatever).

Somebody want to trademark BacoChips? The name could be sold for big bucks. General Mills had trademark serial number 72227278 on BACO-CHIPS, but it expired in '89.

http://www.trademarkia.com/bacochips-72227278.html
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Re: Bacon sales sizzle to all-time high
« Reply #10 on: February 11, 2014, 07:49:13 PM »
Quote from: Freeper on February 11, 2014, 03:03:54 PM
Fill it with bacon!

Ohhhhhhhh, yeah.
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Re: Bacon sales sizzle to all-time high
« Reply #11 on: February 14, 2014, 04:40:57 AM »
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