A few weeks ago I wrote here saying I liked Thomas' "English Muffins"
but wished they were larger. Well, Thomas has just come out with
"sandwich sized" muffins that are just what I wanted. I wonder if
someone at the Thomas bakery reads this news group?

--
Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)

Extraneous "not" in Reply To.

On Feb 15, 1:16*pm, James Silverton >
wrote:
> A few weeks ago I wrote here saying I liked Thomas' "English Muffins"
> but wished they were larger. Well, Thomas has just come out with
> "sandwich sized" muffins that are just what I wanted. I wonder if
> someone at the Thomas bakery reads this news group?
>
> --
> Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)
>
> Extraneous "not" in Reply To.

I saw those sometime back...at least a couple months ago. I doubt the
mfg'ers read this group.

James wrote:

> A few weeks ago I wrote here saying I liked Thomas' "English Muffins" but
> wished they were larger. Well, Thomas has just come out with "sandwich
> sized" muffins that are just what I wanted. I wonder if someone at the
> Thomas bakery reads this news group?

I've seen the "sandwich sized" muffins off and on for at least 4 years. I
think they might have been doing a market study before going into full
production. (Or maybe the market study is still going on, and it just hit
your area.)

Bob

On Friday, February 15, 2013 4:16:46 PM UTC-5, James Silverton wrote:
> A few weeks ago I wrote here saying I liked Thomas' "English Muffins"
>
> but wished they were larger. Well, Thomas has just come out with
>
> "sandwich sized" muffins that are just what I wanted. I wonder if
>
> someone at the Thomas bakery reads this news group?
>
>
>
> --
>
> Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)
>
>
>
> Extraneous "not" in Reply To.

If I ever found out that a manufacturer did something based on the opinions in this cesspool I'd never buy anything of theirs again. Hell, I won't even go near a certain brand of chocolate because that faggot JOHN KUTHE flogs it on here. The last thing I want to think about when eating is a man who drinks another man's ***.

On Feb 15, 3:08*pm, wrote:
> On Friday, February 15, 2013 4:16:46 PM UTC-5, James Silverton wrote:
> > A few weeks ago I wrote here saying I liked Thomas' "English Muffins"
>
> > but wished they were larger. Well, Thomas has just come out with
>
> > "sandwich sized" muffins that are just what I wanted. I wonder if
>
> > someone at the Thomas bakery reads this news group?
>
> > --
>
> > Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)
>
> > Extraneous "not" in Reply To.
>
> If I ever found out that a manufacturer did something based on the opinions in this cesspool I'd never buy anything of theirs again. Hell, I won't even go near a certain brand of chocolate because that faggot JOHN KUTHE flogs it on here. The last thing I want to think about when eating is a man who drinks another man's ***.

You want him...fess up *** boy.

"James Silverton" > wrote in message
...
>A few weeks ago I wrote here saying I liked Thomas' "English Muffins" but
>wished they were larger. Well, Thomas has just come out with "sandwich
>sized" muffins that are just what I wanted. I wonder if someone at the
>Thomas bakery reads this news group?
>
> --
> Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)

smart ones yes
dumb ones no

Dimitri

On 2/15/2013 8:43 PM, Dimitri wrote:
>
> "James Silverton" > wrote in message
> ...
>> A few weeks ago I wrote here saying I liked Thomas' "English Muffins"
>> but wished they were larger. Well, Thomas has just come out with
>> "sandwich sized" muffins that are just what I wanted. I wonder if
>> someone at the Thomas bakery reads this news group?

> smart ones yes
> dumb ones no

I would think that many companies would have someone on staff whose
duties would include looking for mentions online.

nancy

On 2/15/2013 9:07 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
> On 2/15/2013 8:43 PM, Dimitri wrote:
>>
>> "James Silverton" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> A few weeks ago I wrote here saying I liked Thomas' "English Muffins"
>>> but wished they were larger. Well, Thomas has just come out with
>>> "sandwich sized" muffins that are just what I wanted. I wonder if
>>> someone at the Thomas bakery reads this news group?
>
>> smart ones yes
>> dumb ones no
>
> I would think that many companies would have someone on staff whose
> duties would include looking for mentions online.
>
> nancy
>
But how many of them would know about Usenet?

Jill

On 2/15/2013 9:10 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 2/15/2013 9:07 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
>> On 2/15/2013 8:43 PM, Dimitri wrote:
>>>
>>> "James Silverton" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> A few weeks ago I wrote here saying I liked Thomas' "English Muffins"
>>>> but wished they were larger. Well, Thomas has just come out with
>>>> "sandwich sized" muffins that are just what I wanted. I wonder if
>>>> someone at the Thomas bakery reads this news group?
>>
>>> smart ones yes
>>> dumb ones no
>>
>> I would think that many companies would have someone on staff whose
>> duties would include looking for mentions online.

> But how many of them would know about Usenet?

Google long turned up hits on usenet, and we all know the group is
picked up by any number of websites. Sometimes that's the only way
I've found recipes I posted over time.

nancy

jmcquown > wrote:
> On 2/15/2013 9:07 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
>> On 2/15/2013 8:43 PM, Dimitri wrote:
>>>
>>> "James Silverton" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> A few weeks ago I wrote here saying I liked Thomas' "English Muffins"
>>>> but wished they were larger. Well, Thomas has just come out with
>>>> "sandwich sized" muffins that are just what I wanted. I wonder if
>>>> someone at the Thomas bakery reads this news group?
>>
>>> smart ones yes
>>> dumb ones no
>>
>> I would think that many companies would have someone on staff whose
>> duties would include looking for mentions online.
>>
>> nancy
>>
> But how many of them would know about Usenet?
>
> Jill

They would search google most likely. Google usenet archives.

Sure, I've seen instances of reps and stuff addressing things, searching
for comments on their products. I get companies trying to get me to put
them on one of my web pages.

Greg

James Silverton > wrote:
> A few weeks ago I wrote here saying I liked Thomas' "English Muffins" but
> wished they were larger. Well, Thomas has just come out with "sandwich
> sized" muffins that are just what I wanted. I wonder if someone at the
> Thomas bakery reads this news group?


And you have to put that in the subject line, most likely.

Greg

gregz > wrote:
> James Silverton > wrote:
>> A few weeks ago I wrote here saying I liked Thomas' "English Muffins" but
>> wished they were larger. Well, Thomas has just come out with "sandwich
>> sized" muffins that are just what I wanted. I wonder if someone at the
>> Thomas bakery reads this news group?
>
>
> And you have to put that in the subject line, most likely.
>
> Greg

I put that subject line in discussions search.

https://groups.google.com/forum/m/?f...ng/7enpBHY4Hg4

Greg

Ok based on whut you nut heads said on the same topic..I trusted too much as usual. My Tubby Toast was highly inferior when we move over to Thomas Muffins. I am getting upset since being led very far astray. It just aint fair. We used to be Oroweat types but give it up over the wood pulp scenario. My arrythmias is going out of control yet again. We have free legal.

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 2/15/2013 9:07 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
>> On 2/15/2013 8:43 PM, Dimitri wrote:
>>>
>>> "James Silverton" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> A few weeks ago I wrote here saying I liked Thomas' "English Muffins"
>>>> but wished they were larger. Well, Thomas has just come out with
>>>> "sandwich sized" muffins that are just what I wanted. I wonder if
>>>> someone at the Thomas bakery reads this news group?
>>
>>> smart ones yes
>>> dumb ones no
>>
>> I would think that many companies would have someone on staff whose
>> duties would include looking for mentions online.
>>
>> nancy
>>
> But how many of them would know about Usenet?
>
> Jill

all they need to do is setup a Google alert.

Dimitri

On 2/15/2013 4:19 PM, Chemo wrote:
> On Feb 15, 1:16 pm, James Silverton >
> wrote:
>> A few weeks ago I wrote here saying I liked Thomas' "English Muffins"
>> but wished they were larger. Well, Thomas has just come out with
>> "sandwich sized" muffins that are just what I wanted. I wonder if
>> someone at the Thomas bakery reads this news group?
>>
>> --
>> Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)
>>
>> Extraneous "not" in Reply To.
>
> I saw those sometime back...at least a couple months ago. I doubt the
> mfg'ers read this group.
>
I think I've seen commercials on TV for them longer ago than that.

On 2/15/2013 10:07 PM, gregz wrote:

> Sure, I've seen instances of reps and stuff addressing things, searching
> for comments on their products. I get companies trying to get me to put
> them on one of my web pages.

Many years ago I used to be a member of a newsgroup for feline health. I
found it because I had a very sick cat, the vet couldn't find what was
wrong with him, and I was desperate. There was a rep from Hill's
Science Diet that constantly plugged their foods for every little
problem. Even if it was good pet food it would have turned me off, but
I already knew it was garbage.

Cheryl wrote:
>
> Many years ago I used to be a member of a newsgroup for feline health. I
> found it because I had a very sick cat, the vet couldn't find what was
> wrong with him, and I was desperate. There was a rep from Hill's
> Science Diet that constantly plugged their foods for every little
> problem. Even if it was good pet food it would have turned me off, but
> I already knew it was garbage.

My cat (lived to almost 20 years) wouldn't eat Science Diet. He only like
grocery store cat food. Meow Mix was his favorite dry food. As for the
meat food (that he got once a day), he only liked seafood varieties.

Gary

On Fri, 15 Feb 2013 15:48:40 -0800 (PST), Chemo
> wrote:
>
>On Feb 15, 3:08*pm, wrote:
....
>> If I ever found out that a manufacturer did something based on the opinions in this cesspool I'd never buy anything of theirs again. Hell, I won't even go near a certain brand of chocolate because that faggot JOHN KUTHE flogs it on here. The last thing I want to think about when eating is a man who drinks another man's ***.
>
>You want him...fess up *** boy.

He must. He's thinking about me even when I'm not there! I've told him
repeatedly that I don't swing that way, yet...

Not much worse than a sexual predator.

John Kuthe...

It's a small world and people love to gossip about everything and
anything. I remember a group I was on once had an employee of Kraft in
the group. Do I think a CEO is home at night surfing? Of course not, but
his elderly mother might be or his secretary or his mistress... :-)

~10 years ago I was in a diabetes group and my online name was Ahhah. I
remember someone replied to me once about my ahhh moment. I had never in
all my surfing run across another Ahh name and we all like to create
unique online names so I thought it was quite catchy when I created it.

Guess what? Today I am seeing Ahhah and Ahhh on every TV and Print
advertisement imaginable-saw it on Oprah's magazine cover the other day.
Coincidence or did someone from my group all those years ago have a
connection to an advertising company? I think I should get royalty
checks :-)

On Fri, 15 Feb 2013 21:10:17 -0500, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 2/15/2013 9:07 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
>> On 2/15/2013 8:43 PM, Dimitri wrote:
>>>
>>> "James Silverton" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> A few weeks ago I wrote here saying I liked Thomas' "English Muffins"
>>>> but wished they were larger. Well, Thomas has just come out with
>>>> "sandwich sized" muffins that are just what I wanted. I wonder if
>>>> someone at the Thomas bakery reads this news group?
>>
>>> smart ones yes
>>> dumb ones no
>>
>> I would think that many companies would have someone on staff whose
>> duties would include looking for mentions online.
>>
>> nancy
>>
>But how many of them would know about Usenet?
>
>Jill

Most food companys that have a web site know very well about usenet. I
phone many food companys to ask questions and make comments, most want
to send coupons, as soon as they take my name they know exactly who I
am... most readily admit to reading our posts regularly. I suspect
some post here.

On Fri, 15 Feb 2013 21:29:31 -0800, The Other Guy
> wrote:

>On Fri, 15 Feb 2013 21:10:28 -0800, "Dimitri" >
>wrote:
>
>
>>> But how many of them would know about Usenet?
>>>
>>> Jill
>>
>>all they need to do is setup a Google alert.
>
>One mention of something wanted by a customer
>is NOT likely to cause a change in a product.

You'd be surprised at how many suggestions are implemented, just not
right away, they first need to have legal do their research.

On 2013-02-16 06:18:34 +0000, Cheryl said:

> On 2/15/2013 4:19 PM, Chemo wrote:
>> On Feb 15, 1:16 pm, James Silverton >
>> wrote:
>>> A few weeks ago I wrote here saying I liked Thomas' "English Muffins"
>>> but wished they were larger. Well, Thomas has just come out with
>>> "sandwich sized" muffins that are just what I wanted. I wonder if
>>> someone at the Thomas bakery reads this news group?
>>
>> I saw those sometime back...at least a couple months ago. I doubt the
>> mfg'ers read this group.
>>
> I think I've seen commercials on TV for them longer ago than that.

We got them a few years ago. They were in the stores, then they weren't.

I think companies monitor all kinds of media, but put little emphasison
on what a handful of people say. If on the other hand thousands of
people were carping on social media about a new formulation of, say,
spices in a product, I think they would respond quite rapidly.

Grumpy wrote:

> > A few weeks ago I wrote here saying I liked Thomas' "English Muffins"
> > but wished they were larger. Well, Thomas has just come out with
> > "sandwich sized" muffins that are just what I wanted. I wonder if
> > someone at the Thomas bakery reads this news group?

> Or it could be that they've been producing them for over 2.5 years and
> you're just now realizing it.

Something's eating sqwishy...

On Sat, 16 Feb 2013 12:31:22 -0500, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

> I know of a couple of automotive groups that are watched.
> One automaker has invited me (and a couple of thousand others) to
> participate via a web site on a regular basis. They often have short
> surveys about options you'd like to see, colors, differences in trim
> levels of different models, etc.

How many women are in that group?


--
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

I would bet that most mfrs have someone constantly searching the 'net for any mention of their product. Probably get some of their best suggestions from Ye Publicke.

In article >,
says...
>
> I would bet that most mfrs have someone constantly searching the 'net for any mention of their product. Probably get some of their best suggestions from Ye Publicke.

In uk.rec.gardening, we often get supposed "discussion" contributions
from manufacturers or sellers which rapidly turn into a blatant
recommendation to buy their wonderful garden product/services etc.



Janet UK

On 2/16/2013 10:15 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Feb 2013 21:29:31 -0800, The Other Guy
> > wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 15 Feb 2013 21:10:28 -0800, "Dimitri" >
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>> But how many of them would know about Usenet?
>>>>
>>>> Jill
>>>
>>> all they need to do is setup a Google alert.
>>
>> One mention of something wanted by a customer
>> is NOT likely to cause a change in a product.
>
> You'd be surprised at how many suggestions are implemented, just not
> right away, they first need to have legal do their research.
>
I participate in market research once in a while. Only once was I given
money to buy from a selection of (brand name) frozen food entrees then
complete a survey. Fairly painless but not something I'd normally purchase.

Other times I've been sent cat litter for Persia to test. Sometimes
I've tested cosmetic type things. Manufacturers do market research like
this all the time. That's partially how the determine whether to set up
a new production line.

Jill

On Sat, 16 Feb 2013 10:28:20 -0800, sf > wrote:

>On Sat, 16 Feb 2013 12:31:22 -0500, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>
>> I know of a couple of automotive groups that are watched.
>> One automaker has invited me (and a couple of thousand others) to
>> participate via a web site on a regular basis. They often have short
>> surveys about options you'd like to see, colors, differences in trim
>> levels of different models, etc.
>
>How many women are in that group?

Quite a few from what I can tell, but I have no way of knowing actual
numbers. I see participation from women and from gender neutral names
as we see here. Women are now a large portion of the car buyers, in
the 50% range..

On Sat, 16 Feb 2013 14:08:57 -0500, jmcquown >
wrote:

> On 2/16/2013 10:15 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> > On Fri, 15 Feb 2013 21:29:31 -0800, The Other Guy
> > > wrote:
> >
> >> On Fri, 15 Feb 2013 21:10:28 -0800, "Dimitri" >
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>> But how many of them would know about Usenet?
> >>>>
> >>>> Jill
> >>>
> >>> all they need to do is setup a Google alert.
> >>
> >> One mention of something wanted by a customer
> >> is NOT likely to cause a change in a product.
> >
> > You'd be surprised at how many suggestions are implemented, just not
> > right away, they first need to have legal do their research.
> >
> I participate in market research once in a while. Only once was I given
> money to buy from a selection of (brand name) frozen food entrees then
> complete a survey. Fairly painless but not something I'd normally purchase.
>
> Other times I've been sent cat litter for Persia to test. Sometimes
> I've tested cosmetic type things. Manufacturers do market research like
> this all the time. That's partially how the determine whether to set up
> a new production line.
>
Yes. I used to participate in focus groups, but they paid me cash and
they were pretty boring so I eventually stopped doing it. Hubby liked
the car focus groups he participated in, but he was interested in the
brand they discussed and they paid men 2-3 times more than they paid
women for women for our focus groups. Most of them were for brands
I'd never heard of, although one was Ore-Ida. The most interesting
one I did was about mattresses, but there were a lot of them and we
weren't given enough time to test them all plus fill out the forms for
each one.


--
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

On Sat, 16 Feb 2013 10:48:50 -0800 (PST), Kalmia
> wrote:

> I would bet that most mfrs have someone constantly searching the 'net for any mention of their product. Probably get some of their best suggestions from Ye Publicke.

You mean search with a Google Alert?

--
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

On Sat, 16 Feb 2013 14:41:34 -0500, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

> On Sat, 16 Feb 2013 10:28:20 -0800, sf > wrote:
>
> >On Sat, 16 Feb 2013 12:31:22 -0500, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
> >
> >> I know of a couple of automotive groups that are watched.
> >> One automaker has invited me (and a couple of thousand others) to
> >> participate via a web site on a regular basis. They often have short
> >> surveys about options you'd like to see, colors, differences in trim
> >> levels of different models, etc.
> >
> >How many women are in that group?
>
> Quite a few from what I can tell, but I have no way of knowing actual
> numbers. I see participation from women and from gender neutral names
> as we see here. Women are now a large portion of the car buyers, in
> the 50% range..

Glad to hear they are being invited. The focus groups hubby
participated in were mostly, if not entirely, male.

--
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

On 2013-02-16 19:08:57 +0000, jmcquown said:

> Other times I've been sent cat litter for Persia to test. Sometimes
> I've tested cosmetic type things. Manufacturers do market research
> like this all the time. That's partially how the determine whether to
> set up a new production line.

I spent a working careere in market research. A lot of the time we
tested products to find out if a new formulation (read "cheaper") would
be detected by users. Frequently swapping a different variety or
source of palm oil in snack products, and for pantyhose, the
thread-count per inch. That kind of stuff.

I only dealt with cosmetics peripherally, but one I was related to was,
again, testing a slightly less expensive formulation.

On Sat, 16 Feb 2013 10:08:59 -0500, Brooklyn1 wrote:

> as soon as they take my name they know exactly who I am...

Of course they do - you just gave them your name.

On 2/17/2013 12:54 AM, Usenet Support Personnel wrote:
> On Sat, 16 Feb 2013 10:08:59 -0500, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>
>> as soon as they take my name they know exactly who I am...
>
> Of course they do - you just gave them your name.
>

ROFL!

--
Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does.

Janet Wilder wrote:
>Usenet Support Personnel wrote:
>> Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>
>>> as soon as they take my name they know exactly who I am...
>>
>> Of course they do - you just gave them your name.
>
>ROFL!

Two low IQ internet newbies... I don't give my name on the phone as
Brooklyn1... only those who follow RFC regularly would know that
Sheldon Martin posts as Brooklyn1.

Shelley dodges and weaves.

> only those who follow RFC regularly would know that
> Sheldon Martin posts as Brooklyn1.

What have you done with Sheldon Katz? Did you cook him up into some lovely
meat pies?

Chemo wrote:
> On Feb 15, 1:16 pm, James Silverton >
> wrote:
>> A few weeks ago I wrote here saying I liked Thomas' "English Muffins"
>> but wished they were larger. Well, Thomas has just come out with
>> "sandwich sized" muffins that are just what I wanted. I wonder if
>> someone at the Thomas bakery reads this news group?
>>
>> --
>> Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)
>>
>> Extraneous "not" in Reply To.
>
> I saw those sometime back...at least a couple months ago. I doubt the
> mfg'ers read this group.

Hmmm. I wonder whether NG discussions are covered by google
alerts. If so, perhaps we should have a "suggestions to
manufacturers" thread. Similarly, there could be a thread with
comments about... cookbooks. I say that because I have just been
going through a cookbook that is so poorly edited that I am going
through the whole thing again and taking notes, so all of the
relevant information will be findable.