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The Friday#: Bad Korma

November 18th, 2011. Eingestellt von


Welcome to the Friday#
This week in The Sizzle: Google Music. The Fri-Up: Bad Korma. The Sauce: Catvertising.

The Sizzle

The Fri-Up

Bad Korma

Loyd Grossman has had a terrible week. The US export famed for his unlikely British accent, shows like Through The Keyhole and most recently his tasty brand of curry sauces, was put in the spotlight after cases of botulism were linked to a batch of Loyd Grossman Korma Sauce.

As a usually reliable trusted supermarket staple, the story surrounding the sauce has made quite some impact. As the third case of botulism emerged yesterday, another spike in mentions was apparent. Yet, Brandwatch’s data shows that before the story broke, Grossman and his sauces were little talked about.

Fig 1. History graph to show mentions of Loyd Grossman from 4-18 November 2011

It makes sense that people generally enjoy Grossman’s sauces in silence. There is no need to discuss any recipe – it’s a ready made sauce – and although usually reliably delicious, people don’t deem them exciting enough to boast about.

Wordcloud to show words mentioned near to Loyd Grossman from 4-18 November 2011

The renouned sauce is further damned in our wordcloud. It is a devastating impact from just three cases, within the same family, which are now not believed to be linked to Grossman’s factory.

It would be interesting to see if the mental association with the story has any impact on the millions of Brits destined for an Indian takeaway this weekend – I’ll be opting for a Chinese .

The Sauce

Something for the weekend:

 

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