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Hmm I wonder if in the case of ketchup/condiments this will initially be less successful than we think.

Your going to have to get consumers to learn to not accidentally dump half the bottle out when turning it over and shaking it like you would with today's ketchup. This sounds easy but think of all the elderly folks eating at their favorite local diner.

I think the challenge may actually be in making it less slippery. If you can control that then over the next 5 years you could gradually up the slipperyness to make the learning transition more gradual for consumers.



I don't know. But Heinz found that mothers were rationing ketchup when they get near the end of the bottle. The solution? They made bigger bottles.

Apparently ketchup selling is a very subtle business.


Not sure if you watched the mayo video as well, but I think if all the bottles were squeeze-type, it would solve this problem pretty well.


Without the slippery coating though you end up with either that slamming motion or a toothpaste tube effect


Leave that to marketing :) "Heinz Quick-Flow Bottle" or similarly ludicrous name...




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