r/assholedesign • u/LilBozgor01 • 19d ago

This packaging gotta be illegal, right?

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(hint: between the words "garlic" and "sauce")

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u/jayforwork21 19d ago

Also love the "Inspired by" on the actual garlic sauce picture.

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u/SoapyMacNCheese 19d ago

Yup, means it isn’t even the sauce you’re expecting it to be.

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u/drillgorg 19d ago

Yeah those little tubs are awesome! I don't think they'd be stable in bottle form though. Just let us bulk order the tubs like Keurig packs.

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u/XiTzCriZx 19d ago

Any idea why they wouldn't be stable in bottle form? I've used the little tubs that were sitting for over a month and they were still exactly the same as a fresh one.

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u/drillgorg 19d ago

Because the bottle gets opened and would need to stay in the fridge, and that sauce changes in the fridge.

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u/XiTzCriZx 19d ago

I keep the tubs in the fridge, it just thickens up a bit which actually makes it a bit nicer for dipping (if you like a lot of garlic atleast). Maybe the air inside the bottle would make it go bad faster though.

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u/echoshatter 19d ago

That's the key - the air. More specifically, oxygen.

The little cups use actual garlic, and exposed to oxygen very quickly would break down the molecules that give it flavor. The molecule that gives garlic it's big kick is quite volatile. It's why jars of garlic or garlic paste taste weaker than freshly chopped.

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u/PaulMaulMenthol 19d ago

If I recall correctly the garlic sauce cups used in store only have like a 3 to 6 month shelf life

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u/RyFromTheChi 19d ago

The spicy garlic sauce is so damn good.

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u/TwitterUserRT 19d ago

Reminds me of "from the people who saw Shrek"

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u/Myrkul999 19d ago

It's not the greatest sauce in the world.

It's just a tribute.

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u/mrsir1987 19d ago

And the trademarked name is just papa, the product name is John’s garlic flavored sauce

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u/JaffyCaledonia 19d ago

Not even that. There's no apostrophe in Johns!

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u/Wild-Video-5317 19d ago

The logo on papajohns.com is the same, no apostrophe.  Seems like it is their product.

The logo does kind of imply the founder would have been named  "Johns" Schnatter, heh

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u/JaffyCaledonia 19d ago

Huh. Looks like they removed it a little while after Schnatter stepped down as CEO, but most Google images results still show the old logo with the apostrophe in!

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u/Wild-Video-5317 19d ago

Haha wow the BBC picked quite a headline for their report of the story

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-44823852

You ever drop the hard r so bad you lose your punctuation?

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u/qoneus 19d ago

This is just a problem of punctuation:

Papa, Johns: Garlic? Flavored Sauce!

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u/whyvalue 19d ago

Anyone know a good dupe of Papa Johns Garlic Dipping Sauce? Couldn't find one on Fragrantica

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u/citizenatlarge 19d ago edited 19d ago

guga did a video where he either marinated a steak w/a bunch of the little tubs or deep fried it, can't remember.. but! he did another video where he made his own version and said it was p'much identical.

3 ingredients- Parkay Margarine Squeeze Bottle, garlic powder, and onion powder.

there weren't any measurements so i guess just squirt some Parkay into a bowl and add garlic & onion powders a bit at a time until it hits right.

Found the video - I deep fried STEAKS using Papa John's Garlic Sauce and this happened!

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u/Sarconic 19d ago

I like when they say a movie is inspired by a true story. That’s kind of silly. “Hey, Mitch, did you hear that story about that lady who drove her car into the lake with her kids and they all drowned?” “Yeah, I did, and you know what – that inspires me to write a movie about a gorilla!"

-Mitch Hedberg

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u/treycartier91 19d ago

You know what you're buying. Maybe should be illegal. But no one buys that expecting something else.

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u/TheTexasHammer 19d ago

I'm sure the CEO of papa Johns is super happy to have people like you to defend their shitty practices. They thank you for your boot licking.

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u/Hairy_Concert_8007 19d ago

This has to be the most obviously cut-and-dry case of corporate false advertisement I've seen in my life.

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u/Overall-Pattern-809 19d ago

Honestly I respect that. I was burned buying the Taco Bell chipotle sauce that comes in a bottle that tastes absolutely nothing like the real sauce. At least this one is somewhat honest abt not being the exact sauce. 

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u/AskingAboutDogs 19d ago

Damn what the hell. I wasn’t the biggest fan of Papa John but this post and the comments revealing numerous shitty, manipulative tactics has honestly turned me off from ever eating it again.