Beloved Consumers

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The Era of Processed Foods: A Message from General Mills
Our Beloved Consumers of Canada,
An alarming fad has come to our attention. More and more consumers are worried about their health and the environment. We want to make sure that this cannot continue.
Of course, we are concerned about your health. Our fat-free, gluten-free, calorie-reduced and sugarless options should satisfy your desires as consumers.
However, we want you to gauge good health from your good looks and slender body as opposed to living a long, disease-free life. How you understand good health impacts the Food Industry greatly.
If you get experts to row the boat against carbs, our buddies from the processed meats industry can offer you a low carbohydrate alternative.
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After all, you are really paying the price of convenience.
Making extra-large fries or soda is no biggie for the Food Industry because know that rational consumers like you will be very willing to pay a little extra to get cardiovascular diseases and diabetes.
And if by any chance if you do get cardiovascular diseases, which you most certainly will, the other consumers will be happy to pitch in by contributing their taxes to the health industry so that you can continue to acts a loyal consumer to our brand.
And when you die, we will continue to maximize our profits by enticing young minds to buy our colourful cereals and candy bars. We will continue to place your child’s favourite Disney character on the front of our Cheerios boxes and also bribe them with a toy so that they can pester you to consent to their illnesses. By giving your child a fascinating toy worth just half a penny, we will get a lifetime worth of expenditure of a loyal consumer.
We believe that destructing Mother Earth by building factories that contribute to global warming is a great way to ensure that organic foods cannot harm our profit making initiative.

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