Have you heard about Kraft Foods' new name? It's spinning off into two publicly traded companies. The one that sells Oscar Meyer and Miracle Whip is staying as Kraft; but the other arm that's responsible for Oreos, Trident Gum and Fig Newtons will now be known as Mondolez.
Gesundheit!
And that's not the first joke that it has inspired. It's supposed to be a
combination of the Latin words for “world” and “delicious”; but some
have pointed out that it sounds like it was inspired by Condoleezza Rice
or worse, a term for oral sex in Russian.
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The company reportedly solicited employee suggestions for this one, as
well as consulted with an outside branding firm. Yet it somehow recalls
the episode in The Simpsons when Homer's long-lost CEO half brother lets
Homer design a car that ultimately ruins the company. “Mondolez” is not
that bad…especially when it provides something to write
about on slow food news days like this one and, hopefully, a lively discussion on comment boards.
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Before becoming an award-winning restaurant critic for OC Weekly in 2007, Edwin Goei went by the alias “elmomonster” on his blog Monster Munching, in which he once wrote a whole review in haiku.