Reply From ABC Advertiser

[The Deacon]

September 13, 2006

Dear Mr. Churchman,

Thank you for your note expressing your thoughts about advertising on ABC
network television. It is important to clarify that we do not determine
our media buying patterns based on interest group pressure, but rather on
whether the media placement opportunity will help us sell more of our
products. We regularly look at the mix of ads that will help us reach the
right audience for our products. While we did not happen to have any ads
scheduled to run during the particular show you cite, our future decisions
about placements will continue to be based on what we believe works best
for selling our products.
ConAgra Foods prides itself on bringing products to market that are
wholesome, nutritious, and tasty. Thank you again for your note.

Sincerely,
ConAgra Foods Consumer Affairs

My reply

Dear Sir,
Since the 'interest group' I represent is the American people I guess we'll just
have to start boycotting your products. American Airlines is an example you
might want to follow - they are seriously looking at BOTH pulling their
advertising from ABC as well as possible legal action for libel.

Hope you enjoy your loss of sales,

Daniel Churchman
Leesburg, GA

Probably won't do any good - but it made me feel better.

[Benhurst]

1. Well, fuck them. I'll gladly add ConAgra foods to my "no buy" list. NT

[Nikki Stone 1]

5. Con Agra's pretty big

What are all their subsidiaries?

[corkhead]

45. I know somebody who worked for them. If you saw how they make hotdogs,

you would be boycotting them already.

[ShortnFiery]

2. Kudos!

I know you must feel better as well as give us hope. :applause: :yourock:

[Nite Owl]

3. If it were a right wing

interest group doing the complaining they would be tripping over each other heading for the doors.

It really gets me when they call groups representing the American people interest groups like they do with labor unions. Doesn't anyone get what it is that they are saying when they do that, it's us they don't want to hear from but the business lobbies are just fine.

[ShortnFiery]

14. These large conglomerates spit in the faces of "The Chattering Classes"

They know that because there's no such think as "investigative journalism" in America, neither them or companies associated with them will EVER be held to task.

In Dear Leader's present 1984 AMERICA "Crap is KING!

The peasants (non-investor classes) are fed spin, lies and distractions approved by the Pentagon brass and Rove's office. And most important = us mere HUMANS rate on the level of 2/3rds of ANY Corporation. In essence, Corporations, especially those connected with The Military Industrial Complex RULES over all other interests. :grr: :(

[azurnoir]

4. Who are con-agra's subsidiaries? What brands to boycott

Many brands most listed on their home page
http://www.conagrafoods.com/index.jsp

[Benhurst]

21. Good, it's mostly highly-processed crap. I have used Swiss Miss

for a winter starter-upper; but it won't be hard finding a substitute.

[StraightDope]

43. Hershey's cocoa powder and a spoonful of sugar...

Add the above to hot milk. Same thing , just without all the additives. Tastes a hell of a lot better, too!

[Benhurst]

44. Thanks.

:hi:

[ShortnFiery]

6. BTW could you give us ConAgra's email address? n/t

[The Deacon]

16. I Just Linked To Their Homepage

And clicked on "Contact Us"

[Hugin]

7. I wonder if the 'con' is short for neoconservative?

Con Artist?

[oldtime dfl_er]

8. I love it

For a huge conglom like ConAgra to forfeit any sense of social responsibility - well, it's criminal. I'll write to them as well!

http://www.cafepress.com/scarebaby/1806045

[Warpy]

9. List of current product names is here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ConAgra_Foods,_Inc.

On edit: once again, I'm delighted to find out I'm already boycotting them.

[aquart]

20. Page not found. What happened?

[Warpy]

23. Too much traffic, I hope

I just tried it again, it worked for me.

[Totally Committed]

24. This list is from their own Homepage:

Act II

Banquet

Butterball

Chef BoyArDee

David

Egg Beaters

Healthy Choice

Hebrew National

Hunt's

Kid Cuisine

Marie Callender's

Orville Redenbacher

Pam

Peter Pan

Armour

Reddi-Wip

Rosarita

RoTel

Slim Jim

Snack Pak

Swiss Miss

Van Kamp's

Wolf Chili

http://www.conagrafoods.com/index.jsp


There's not one brand on that list I can't do without easily.

TC

[me b zola]

27. Thanks for the list

Giving up the brands on this list will be easier than it was to give up Grey's Anatomy. :evilgrin:

FUCONAGRA

[immoderate]

31. Chef BoyArDee?!?!? Say it's not so!!!

Just kidding.

--IMM

[jayfish]

29. Much Larger List Here.

link

Jay

[huskerlaw]

39. Wow!

I don't buy ANY of their products on a regular basis (if ever). Amazing, considering I can't cook, so I eat crap on a regular basis AND I was born and raised within an hour of their corporate headquarters.

I'm proud of me. Unfortunately, boycotting them won't do any good, since I never buy their shit anyway.

[dkofos]

10. What did you expect?

[cboy4]

11. What a snotty letter from Churchman . . . and a good response from you.

I don't believe for one second this company doesn't take "interest group pressure." into account.

Don't believe it at all.

[The Deacon]

13. Ummm...

I'm "Churchman" (hence the "The Deacon" sobriquet.)

[cboy4]

28. You know when someone is complimenting you . . . perhaps you should

try to be a little less sarcastic ( "sobriquet" :eyes: ) -- especially since you know I made an obvious error with your name.

Hmmmm?

[Xipe Totec]

12. Thanks for the Heads up

Good bye to Reddi-Wip, Rosarita, Ro-Tel, Swiss Miss, Slim Jim, Van Camps, Wesson, Wolf Brand Chili, ACT II popcorn, Banquet, Butterball, Cheff Boyardee, Hebrew National, Hunt's, Orville Reddenbacher, Pam, and Peter Pan.

These are all ConAgra products.

[The Deacon]

17. I Feel A Little "Fake"

I never liked any of their brands anyway...I'm a gourmet, so I eat very few prepared foods (and my son prefers Heinz, aka Mrs. Kerry, ketchup.)

[azurnoir]

18. Banquet too

my kids used to like their chicken nugget TV dinners but I noticed that our cats would eat the left over fries and corn but not touch the nuggets. The only other meat I've ever seen them refuse was rodent, just saying is all.:evilgrin:

[bliss_eternal]

15. What kind of foods do they make?

I won't buy anything from them if they're offered locally. I didn't like their response to you. Screw them.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

19. Just about everything

Here's their link, on the left you can "explore" their brands.

http://www.conagrafoods.com/index.jsp

[bliss_eternal]

22. Thanks so much for the link!

I took a quick peek. No more Orville Redenbacher (sp)and Act II popcorn in this house. No more PAM, Wesson or Healthy Choice ice cream. Those are the primary brands that we've purchased from time to time, but no more.

It's not about "special interest groups" Assholes! It's about All of us!

[Lone_Star_Dem]

25. The popcorns were the ones I'll miss too

I need to did out the old air-popper anyway. Not this gives me a reason to quit putting it off.

I have to agree, he was quite the jerk and it'll be a cold day on Venus before I buy one of their bands!

[jayfish]

30. Pop Secret: Home-style Is Da Bomb.

From what I can see it's not a ConAg food.

Jay

[Individualist]

38. Try Paul Newman's popcorn

It's better than Orville.

[cascadiance]

26. No more Coke and hot dog special at Costco...

I think they sell the Hebrew International dogs for the $1.50 combo special. Will have to get a slice of pizza and a smoothie instead.

Given that Costco is a blue company, I wonder if we could pressure them into putting a different brand of hot dog with their special instead. Might be worth a try! That might be a big hit for Conagra in sales if Costco were to switch to another brand for that special.

[Scout1071]

32. That is one seriously evil company.

Did you know that they make essentially every single french fry you have ever eaten in your whole life? Frozen potatoe products as well.

Seriously, they supply McD's, Wendy's, Sysco (which supplies every restaurant in the universe), etc, etc.

Here are some of their retail brands:

All of our brands:
ACT II Andy Capp's Angela Mia
Award Banquet Big Mama Sausage
Blue Bonnet Brown 'N Serve Butterball
Chef Boyardee County Line Crunch 'n Munch
Culturelle DAVID Seeds Dennison's
Eckrich Eckrich Ready Crisp Egg Beaters
Fernando's Firecracker Fleischmann's
Gebhardt Gilardi Foods Gilroy
Golden Cuisine Gulden's Healthy Choice
Hebrew National Hunt's Snack Pack
J. Hungerford Smith Jiffy Pop Kid Cuisine
Knott's Berry Farm La Choy Lamb Weston
Lamb Weston Inland Valley Libby's Lightlife
Longmont Luck's LunchMakers
Mama Rosa's Manwich Margherita
Marie Callender's Move Over Butter Orville Redenbacher's
PAM Parkay Patio
Pemmican Penrose Peter Pan
Ranch Style Reddi-wip Ro*Tel
Rosarita Slim Jim Squeeze 'N Go
Swiss Miss The Max Van Camp's
Wesson Wolf

[bvar22]

33. Here are the logos.

(I see some have already supplied the list while I was doing screen caps.)



Oh NO!
not Hebrew National, Peter Pan (Peanut Butter), and Marie Callender's. :cry:

OK, so I'm a bachelor.

[Pab Sungenis]

34. They did it this time.

See my response to their response to you here.

[BadgerKid]

41. We're people, not an "interest group"

Great sentence here:

And I resent implications that people like myself and Mr. Churchman are nothing more than an interest group to you. (emph. added)

Because it really points out how Big Business(TM) has taken on the attitude that consumers serve them, not the other way around. I applaud your boycott.

[WA98296]

35. Great Response letter!

[Suziq]

36. Oh No - not Hebrew National!

The only hot dogs I eat are Hebrew National. :-(

[City Lights]

37. Liars!

If the information listed below is accurate, they've pulled ads before due to pressure from interest groups.

ConAgra darkens "Always Sunny" on FX Network
According to ConAgra's Chris Kircher, "Just wanted to let you know that neither ConAgra Foods nor its brands has any plans to advertise on 'It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia' in the future."

http://onemilliondads.com/victories.asp

ConAgra Brand Chef Boyardee Pulls Ads from Dr. Laura

September 29, 2000

LOS ANGELES, FRIDAY, SEPT. 29, 2000 -- In a statement issued today, food brand Chef Boyardee (owned by food manufacturing giant ConAgra) informed the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) that it has withdrawn its ads from TV's Dr. Laura. "We understand the concerns of the members of GLAAD regarding the Dr. Laura television program and for that reason, the Chef Boyardee brand is pulling its ads from the Dr. Laura program," the statement reads.

http://www.glaad.org/media/archive_detail.php?id=74&PHPSESSID=f...

[yy4me]

40. Went to their site, clicked on brands, highlighted all,

Printed a nice,neat,easy to carry to the store list. I'm surprised at how many I USED to use. Think I'll check to see if there is a "contact us". Think they'd like to know how we will put the list to use?

[hippywife]

42. What a load!

ConAgra Foods prides itself on bringing products to market that are
wholesome, nutritious, and tasty.

Looking at the list of products they sell, it's all a load of processed crap!

[The Deacon]

46. New Link to K & R

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=2136128&mesg_id=2136128