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The Woolworths / Frankie's disaster

Started by jaseyboy, 20 Dec 2011 10:27

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jaseyboy

Posted 20 December 2011 - 10:27

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This is absolutely disgusting. Frankie's, the old fashion soft drinks company, pitched their products to Woolworths, who declined. Woolworths then immediately produced their own line of 'old fashioned soft drinks', even using the exact same names for the products (like 'Fiery Ginger Beer' and 'Cinnamon Cola') and even using a line that Frankie's trademarked, 'good old fashioned soft drinks'.

Listen to the podcast of the discussion on Bruce Whitfield's Money Show on 702 / Cape Talk last night - it starts about two minutes into the podcast:

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Posted 20 December 2011 - 12:15

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I also heard about this! Food24 has an article on it too, here:

http://www.food24.co...n-idea-20111220

And here's a YouTube version of the podcast, with just the specific section on the Woolworths/Frankies chat with @brucebusiness:

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Tony

Posted 21 December 2011 - 20:59

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Woolworths commented officially tonight on The Money Show on 702 / Cape Talk:

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Mamakalisa

Posted 23 December 2011 - 13:24

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Big business has no trouble hitting the little guy if it suits them. Maybe if enough people complain to Woolworths or start an online petition if could help.

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Posted 23 December 2011 - 13:50

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I heard that there is an online petition going on. Also have a look at http://www.woolworse.co.za.

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Posted 23 December 2011 - 22:24

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I have been following this story on facebook where numerous brand pages have come forward to support Frankie's and there is a heated discussion on the Woolworths FB page as well by their fans....WW needs to withdraw their version of Frankie's product becuase they are going to loose many of their customers if they do not!! Follow the debate http://www.facebook.com/WoolworthsSA

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Posted 23 December 2011 - 22:32

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cathyb, on 23 December 2011 - 22:24, said:

WW needs to withdraw their version of Frankie's product becuase they are going to loose many of their customers if they do not!!

I've also been following this on radio and I've heard murmurs that Woolworths is under great pressure to settle before the Advertising Standards Authority rules on the situation, which (if they lose) would mean them having to withdraw their product line which could be far more costly than simply settling with Frankies. Let's hope everyone wins in the end!