Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 🎆🎇🍻 Tuesday, 31 December, 2024

• BlueSquid0741@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The implication is that it’s dodgy, no-name brand fireworks, like the stuff you used to buy from Franklins.

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  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Was it really that bad? I recognise the packaging but I’m a bit young to fully remember the food

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    • BlueSquid0741@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Probably not. But it’s not a literal “These fireworks are from Franklins” it’s just the implication. Franklins was a budget shopping centre in comparison to Woolies or Coles.

      Where those guys would sell the name brand stuff, the draw of going to Franklins was for cheaper no-name brand (Franklins brand!)

      Like Black & Gold or Savings. You knew you were eating the knock-off Tim Tams.

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      • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I know! Fireworks definitely weren’t sold there. It’s simply shorthand for ‘bargain bin crap’.

        I just do remember the packaging of the No Frills brand food but not what it tasted like. If it was bad

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    • Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      No, it wasn’t in most cases, nor was Jewel if you recall that. Our family would go to Jewel first for cheap stuff like canned toms and beans, then to other places for stuff the difference was apparent in.

      Jewel catfood is possibly the origin of my aversion to most fish

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      • RustyRaven@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I think most of the aversion was just stigma - shopping at the cheap stores meant you were poor. The products were pretty much the same as any home brand product.

        Jewel and Franklins were basically Aldi, except Aldi has copied the look of more expensive packaging and somehow convinced everyone that shopping at the cheap store is something to be proud of rather than being shameful. A combination of clever marketing and societal change.

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  • Baku@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Aren’t the vast majority of fireworks used here dodgy no name branded stuff? We don’t really have a particularly flourishing fireworks market, considering they’re heavily regulated compared to other parts of the world. Except the NT I guess, they probably have a better market since fireworks are legal to set off on territory day

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