The writer reads from her Afterword column about the Choco Taco, a beloved ice-cream novelty that the manufacturer, Unilever, discontinued earlier this year.
Not long ago, Susan Orlean was on a program reading an obituary, and it was for a tiger. Her essay was published in her column afterward, where she pays tribute to recently departed people, animals, and even sometimes things. We're featuring some of those pieces on the program as we head toward the end of the year, and here's Susan Orlean.There was much rendering of garments and high-pitched wailing at the news that Choco Taco was no more.
Sometimes the product is a commercial bomb, and its termination is hardly a surprise. Here's to you, McAfrika, Coca-Cola Blak, Cheetos Lip Balm, Ore-Ida Funky Fries. Sometimes, in the grocery business for example, it's more a matter of product overpopulation. This is often the case with Trader Joe's, which is famous for having products materialize and dematerialize constantly.
Believing there was a chance to roll away the stone, an individual calling herself Tobi O. started a petition on change.org titled. It stated that the pizza is a delectable combination of meaty goodness and vegetable crunchiness."The Combo Pizza ignites a party of tremendous flavor in the mouths of millions of Costco membership holders. The termination is not only saddening but total madness and just straight up wrong.
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