Yeah, didn't the "le epic bacon" thing happen in response to a huge slump in bacon sales? I could have sworn reading somewhere that the whole thing was basically an astroturfed social media marketing campaign by the pork industry. Or maybe I'm just being conspiratorial.

[–] BelieveRevolt@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It was astroturfed. https://www.salon.com/2023/01/31/heres-how-we-fell-in-and-out-of-love-with-bacon/

[–] ZWQbpkzl@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The article shows the pork industry pushing restaurants to slap bacon on everything, not engaging in viral marketing. Le Epic Bacon being a organic consequence of the inorganic baconator.

[–] huf@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago

IIRC colbert did a massive ad for baconnaise on his show (it was disguised as a funny segment). so there was all kinds of push for the bacon shit.