Keurig CEO Not Happy With Tweet About Company Pulling Ads From Hannity
Source: TPM
Keurig made headlines this weekend when the coffeemaker company revealed on Twitter that it had pulled ads from Sean Hannitys Fox News program, prompting angry Hannity fans to destroy their Keurigs on camera.
However, it appears that the companys CEO is not too happy with the publicity.
In a letter to staff obtained by the Washington Post, Keurig CEO Bob Gamgort wrote that the social media team should not have broadcast the companys decision to temporarily yank advertising from Hannitys show. A spokesperson for Keurig told TPM that the company was not releasing the letter but confirmed that a note was sent to employees Monday morning.
Gamgort argued that it was unacceptable for the social media team to broadcast the companys decision on advertising strategy.
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(52,309 posts)louis-t
(23,297 posts)skip fox
(19,359 posts)Now seems like the time.
Lochloosa
(16,067 posts)LisaM
(27,827 posts)For that reason alone, I just don't use one.
http://business.financialpost.com/news/keurig-cleans-up-with-recyclable-coffee-pods-but-its-still-trash
I've also noticed, since the advent of pod coffee makers, the selection of coffee in my local grocery stores has gotten terrible. It used to be that I could choose from at least three, usually more, type of coffee that I could buy in bulk. Now it's down to one type at the stores I shop at most often, plus a lot of pre-packaged Starbucks and lots of pods.
Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)I am, quite frankly, tired of hearing that from people.
LisaM
(27,827 posts)It's like Amazon Prime, which also is creating enormous amounts of package waste that the landfills can't keep up with.
I think it's legitimate to bring these things up. No, I don't use Keurig or Amazon Prime (or Amazon at all, for that matter). I do try to keep a small footprint and I don't usually speak up about Keurig waste to my friends who have the coffeemakers, but all of a sudden Keurig is being deified and so I just wanted to mention it.
I don't really know why people can just use either a compostable filter or even a permanent filter, and make drip coffee if they must brew it only done one cup at a time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/17/business/energy-environment/keurigs-new-k-cup-coffee-is-recyclable-but-hardly-green.html
we can do it
(12,190 posts)Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)The Keurig allows me to make one or two cups of good coffee, after which I can throw the waste in the compost. Problem with that?
Geechie
(865 posts)All these machines (not just Keurig) breed bacteria & mold unless you clean them religiously. The best coffee is still made the old fashioned way: boiling water and pouring it over finely ground beans into a pot. I do my morning stretches while waiting for the water to boil.
There's that waste issue too all those pods have to go somewhere.
crazycatlady
(4,492 posts)They're a wire mesh basket that you put the ground beans in. THe grounds get put into the garden.
People use Keurigs out of convenience. They're great if you're in a hurry. I can get coffee in 90 seconds.
(I don't have a grinder-- I don't want one more gadget to keep clean).
sprinkleeninow
(20,254 posts)We moved last year and I'm still trying to 'get the lead out'!
In a pinch, there are some brands that offer coffee grounds in a tea type bag. They are very acceptable. I got a tad hooked on cold brewed 'Stok' and Starbucks.
Some a.m.'s I pour some in a cup and do a quick nuke so it's not ice cold then a splash of 1/2 & 1/2. But that's just me.
I used to buy Melitta drip makers for coffee mainly to serve to company. It made coffee everyone loved.
I did purchase a Chemex drip one but haven't put it to use yet. It's all glass. No absorbing strange tastes like plastic filter holders.
tammywammy
(26,582 posts)You need coarse ground coffee for it. And hot water. You can get a press for $20. You'll have better coffee and save a lot of money.
obamanut2012
(26,111 posts)Unless it's espresso.
tammywammy
(26,582 posts)People can tell I'm in whenthey hear the grinding. I use a JavaPresse grinder.
People think I'm fancy when they see the press.
we can do it
(12,190 posts)Maggiemayhem
(811 posts)He will probably sell more with the publicity
IronLionZion
(45,516 posts)I thought that was the point of pulling the ads. People expect liberal things from a Vermont company.
CurtEastPoint
(18,656 posts)IronLionZion
(45,516 posts)CurtEastPoint
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dembotoz
(16,826 posts)nykym
(3,063 posts)Marketing is a strange animal.
Also the guy that invented the pod wishes he never did.
LiberalLovinLug
(14,176 posts)Wait until it all cools down and then jump back in?
I'd like to see a REAL boycott on them when they do try and sneak back in.
truthisfreedom
(23,152 posts)I do believe we injest a lot of it because of these machines.
Corvo Bianco
(1,148 posts)Progressives all a-fawning at the opportunity to endorse Keurig after ad pull. And he is worried about what/who? The pedophiles?
Pedophiles don't drink coffee, they drink tears you doofus.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)for not advertising for a news show THAT IS SO WRAPPED UP IN PARTY TRIBALISM THEY OPENLY TRIED TO DEFEND PEDERASTY(!!)
mpcamb
(2,875 posts)That's the horse you rode in on.
Pull 'em up and accept what YOU supported.
mainer
(12,028 posts)So hed better think this through.
FakeNoose
(32,726 posts)Fox News is always talking to the hand. Pretty there will nobody listening except the other hand.
videohead5
(2,181 posts)As long as I can smash it over Hannity's head.
Le Gaucher
(1,547 posts)It was the right foot yesterday and it the left today.