Comments on: A little innovation with great effect: the new Heinz ketchup packet! http://knowledgeproblem.com/2010/02/05/a-little-innovation-with-great-effect-the-new-heinz-ketchup-packet/ Commentary on Economics, Information and Human Action Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:58:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Russell Nelson http://knowledgeproblem.com/2010/02/05/a-little-innovation-with-great-effect-the-new-heinz-ketchup-packet/#comment-11251 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:07:47 +0000 http://knowledgeproblem.com/?p=6383#comment-11251 Greengurl, plastic flattens out in landfills and takes practically no space. Don’t believe me, go do some research. Get the facts, don’t be a sucker!

]]> By: anonymouse http://knowledgeproblem.com/2010/02/05/a-little-innovation-with-great-effect-the-new-heinz-ketchup-packet/#comment-11202 Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:02:02 +0000 http://knowledgeproblem.com/?p=6383#comment-11202 With regard to Fat Man’s comment, from the same press release linked in Lynne’s original article:

Heinz also is extending its range of lifestyle-driven products available in retail to include Simply Heinz Tomato Ketchup, which is made with sugar, instead of high fructose corn sweetener.

If that line is successful, it’s reasonable to expect that single-use packets would be made available to restaurants who believe their patrons care about such things.

]]> By: greengurl http://knowledgeproblem.com/2010/02/05/a-little-innovation-with-great-effect-the-new-heinz-ketchup-packet/#comment-11201 Sun, 07 Feb 2010 14:07:38 +0000 http://knowledgeproblem.com/?p=6383#comment-11201 cornsyrup isn’t the only issue…what about all that plastic that’s going to end up in landfills? couldn’t they have designed something that’s better for the environment?

]]> By: Ken Mueller http://knowledgeproblem.com/2010/02/05/a-little-innovation-with-great-effect-the-new-heinz-ketchup-packet/#comment-11177 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:03:22 +0000 http://knowledgeproblem.com/?p=6383#comment-11177 This is good, but it doesn’t come close to the revolution of the upside down ketchup container. That was brilliant. Was that Heinz’s doing or somebody else?

]]> By: lkiesling http://knowledgeproblem.com/2010/02/05/a-little-innovation-with-great-effect-the-new-heinz-ketchup-packet/#comment-11166 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 03:41:13 +0000 http://knowledgeproblem.com/?p=6383#comment-11166 Fat Man, you are such a buzz kill! And in fact, if you read their description, Heinz has reduced the sodium content of the ketchup, although it does still have corn syrup, as you state. But if you are consuming enough ketchup for those corn syrup calories to have a meaningful effect on your diet, you have a ketchup problem and need to be cut off …

]]> By: Fat Man http://knowledgeproblem.com/2010/02/05/a-little-innovation-with-great-effect-the-new-heinz-ketchup-packet/#comment-11160 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 01:27:23 +0000 http://knowledgeproblem.com/?p=6383#comment-11160 Yes, but, it is still the same old corn syrup inside.

]]> By: Michael Giberson http://knowledgeproblem.com/2010/02/05/a-little-innovation-with-great-effect-the-new-heinz-ketchup-packet/#comment-11139 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:40:03 +0000 http://knowledgeproblem.com/?p=6383#comment-11139 “Dunk & Squeeze”? Shouldn’t it be “Dunk OR Squeeze”?

I guess they mean to advertise the capabilities rather than offering instructions to consumers.

]]> By: Central Planning Can’t Keep Up – or Ketchup http://knowledgeproblem.com/2010/02/05/a-little-innovation-with-great-effect-the-new-heinz-ketchup-packet/#comment-11135 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:00:33 +0000 http://knowledgeproblem.com/?p=6383#comment-11135 [...] Problem’s Lynne Kiesling identifies another small yet worthwhile additional drop of prosperity into the Prosperity [...]

]]> By: Steve Horwitz http://knowledgeproblem.com/2010/02/05/a-little-innovation-with-great-effect-the-new-heinz-ketchup-packet/#comment-11133 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:08:28 +0000 http://knowledgeproblem.com/?p=6383#comment-11133 You forgot the greatest invention of the 21st century: The Dunkin Donuts coffee lid.

http://www.tinotopia.com/log/dart-optima-lid-1.jpg

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