![[SA] Cheer Block Cheese 1KG (Tasty or Colby) $9.95 (Was $16.50) @ Drakes Supermarkets](https://files.ozbargain.com.au/n/78/790578.jpg?h=d03c04e2)
Best price for a 1KG block for a while. Coles/Woolworths/ALDI increased the homebrand cheese price (cheddar) from $10/$9.79 to $11/$10.79 a few months back. Tasty and colby homebrand varieties are $14 at Coles/Woolworths (thanks bargainhunter).
[SA] Cheer Block Cheese 1KG (Tasty or Colby) $9.95 (Was $16.50) @ Drakes Supermarkets
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You think that's bad, wait until you see what the so-called "Complete" boxed edition of TinTin contains!
polidigal corregness gawnnn maaaaad
Too right bruh. Too many neggers on this forum!
We need to cut down this wokenss bsI think the Coon rebranding is pretty lame and stupid but you know - this one might be a bit much man.
Can you elaborate? I don't know anything about this.
Just set an alert for "TinTin" on OzBargain, and when the next boxset deal is posted, wait about 0.0002 seconds and check the comments section, should be about a dozen comments on the injustice and how wrong it all is and "take that i'm not buying this, go woke and go broke".
@CrowReally: Oh TIN TIN I'm like "what the heck did Tim Tams do now?"
Yeah I know Tin Tin removed some old episodes and stuff, I particularly don't like censorship in media, movies, tv, comics, anything - media is art.
I wouldn't have bought it anyhow though, luckily. Nope, never edit media.
@CrowReally: Herge told it like it is. European imperialism helped the world advance. Would you rather have chinese or japanese imperialism instead?
Also, I felt Herge told the homoerotic tensions between Tintin and Captain Haddock well. Well ahead of his generation there.
Would you rather
I don't recall stating a preference for them being one way or the other. But even if I had, it's possible to criticise aspects of European imperialism without 'rathering' the Chinese or Japanese did it instead.
Otherwise it's small brain stuff, like saying "If you like it so much why don't you go live there".
@CrowReally: Man, even Howard came out and said what people wanted to hear. I'm not sure why this is so topical.
@CptnObvious: I don't fully follow your point, but consider the possibility that what Howard came out and said was only what some people wanted to hear, and not all people.
@CptnObvious: I mean, yeah, that's usually how things work when there's a difference of opinion.
"Pizza on pineapple is great, and you're either with us or against us"
Just another way or saying "some people think this and some people think differently".
@CptnObvious: "Why, these opinions aren't polar enough, and certainly not what I've personally approved of! You're either with us or against us (nevermind who I think 'us' is)".
Thanks, Person Who Decides
@CptnObvious: You give off great "Knowing what's best for society" vibes.
I implicitly trust your unsupported assertions.
COON
Lol
Yeah, unfortunately SA only, as per title.
Still good price for Colby. Home brands went up by over 50% to $14 in last 9 months.
https://pricehipster.com/?q=Coles%20Australian%20Colby%20Che…
Good point about Colby. Only cheddar is available for $10.79/$11 at supermarkets home brand, not even the tasty variety which is also $14.
Coles Cheddar going up to $15 this week.
And of course, no Drakes supermarket near Brisbane, all in shit places very far away.
"Cheer" - what we they thinking?
Not a lot, apparently.What's wrong with it?
The brand name is Coon and Coon is not an insult in Australia - importing an insult from overseas isn't the cheese brands problem.
For all we know "potato" might be offensive somewhere too…….
Coon is not an insult in Australia
I think the name change was pointless pandering to get media attention, but I’m not sure what part of Australia you’ve been in that it isn’t an insult.
@freefall101: I'm not aware of this term being used when I was younger. It seems 'imported' from the US.
@hamwhisperer: Not sure I follow the "but it's imported" logic. Does that mean the n-word slur, also imported from the US of A, is okay to use here?
@CrowReally: No, but if we had the word here for a very long time meaning something entirely different, before we even heard of the word, this doesn't make that product racist, in the slightest.
@hamwhisperer: I don't think anyone was saying the actual product itself was racist, just that it had a name that was a racist term.
Also, the "meaning for a very long time before" is the same as the "acksually the swatstika existed before the Nazis used it for their logos" stuff. Not really an argument for whether the word/symbol now is being used in a different way, which needs to be addressed.
@hamwhisperer: It has been a slur in Australia for a very long time.
Guessing you went to a nice school, or you are young (Not that common of a slur now).
@freefall101: He missed the critical qualifier - as far as I am aware….
It has long been a derogatory word in Australia, although thankfully its usage has fallen away markedly. The cheese name likely offended very few, but changing it shouldn't offend anyone other than navel-gazing extremists who whinge about wokeness but ironically are looking to be offended.
Yes it is. Coon is a very derogatory term for an Aboriginal person, and is insulting. It was an Australian Aboriginal that fought to have the name changed for 20+ years.
In this case however, I don't support that it should have been changed as it has nothing to do with Aboriginals. The guy's last name was Coon. He was an American founder of Coon cheese and even created a new method of making it called the Cooning process.
@RangaWal: I completely believe a large corporate would do this, but there's no sources in that article. I think it is based off Kraft not proving to Hagan that Coon actually existed, not that they're required to.
My recollection is that a Canadian company bought out Coon a few years ago, and unilaterally changed the name. Which, from their perspective, makes total sense - even if the name isn't offensive in Australia, it is in Canada. The media there would absolutely flay the parent company if they owned a company with a North American slur and didn't change the name.
All that said, I thought it was a ridiculous decision, and found the local claims that it was offensive to be absolutely over the top. It's clearly named after the family, and there's no connection whatsoever to historic misdeeds - you had to take it entirely out of context in order to find it upsetting.
…But keep in mind that the same product may have different names in different countries.
For example, Streets is well known for ice cream here… yet go to Europe and the same brand has a completely different name such as Ola
https://i.redd.it/pqiek4gds5r51.png
Lots of other examples, including modern ones like Menulog.
Since it's not imported, but made here, no reason to change the brand here and in fact extra cost to do so.
That would make sense if the Australian name didn't have negative connotations in Canada, but in this case it's an offensive slur over there which doesn't get mitigated by the long history with the family surname here.
Based on the current political environment, I imagine someone in Canada would run through the company (Saputo) prospectus and see 'Coon Cheese' as a subsidiary they own in Australia. They wouldn't know that the name refers to the family, and would leap to the conclusion that it's being used to denigrate black or indigenous people. That would result in a social media firestorm and the risk of Saputo having all its products boycotted by an ill informed mob. If I remember the timeframe correctly, this would be right in the middle of the George Floyd/BLM protests.
Saputo could try to explain the situation, but by that point the leadership will have been smeared as irredeemably racist and in need of being fired, so nobody would actually listen to the (entirely reasonable) context they'd provide. Much easier to just change the name completely - no risk of offense, no problem. A bunch of Aussies will be unhappy, but who cares what the guys on the desert island full of deadly animals think, right?
I say all this not because I supported the name change - I vehemently disagree - but because there is a rational reason why Saputo would do this. I'd like it if they didn't, but it's probably done out of self preservation rather than a deep commitment to radical progressive ideological beliefs.
Cheers
I refuse to buy ever since they changed the name.
Exactly, drive them out of business
I'm doing the same thing to Coca-Cola (homebrand cola for me only now thanks #woke-a-cola-no-thank-you)
Ill start buying double then.
I think it's all related to the takeover by saputo. The Canadians wanted a more generic name.
Haven’t spent a single cent on any of their products since the rename. Hopefully they go the way of bud light
Well, if both you AND Bumblegrum are boycotting it, there ya go. It's a matter of when, not if.
I don't feel sorry for them, they had their chance.
They did.
They've since completely failed as a company due to consumer boycotting, had to close three factories, made most of their workforce jobless and the company went from making 30mil a year while named Coon to losing $54mil a year as "Cheer".
Oh wow, I did not know that.
The link isn't working btw, I think you linked me to bookmarks instead of a thread/comment
@cheekymonkey97: OzBargain's comment linking seems to be broken at the moment.
Scroll down the comments a bit and you'll find the comment I made that includes a link to the news coverage of the corporate disaster they quickly became.
Obviously putting Australians out of a job because of a decision by their Canadian employer is a huge victory. Sums up the movement nicely.
I stopped buying it because it tastes like crap now….don't give a damn about the name change
What is Drake doing in Aus ?
He heard about the booties
Whats the expiry date on these?
I have bad experience with short expiry dates on food from foodland in the past.
I had an unopened double cream container that was explodingly rancid after only 2 days past expiry date.
At Drakes or Foodland? Drakes removed Foodland from branding years ago.
Expiry date should be pretty far out, considering this item will be selling quickly. You will have to check your local store or ring them to ask to save a trip.
You are quite right, Foodland and Drakes are no longer together. used to see Drakes Foodland a lot at the stores I would come across.
It was at one of the Foodland stores, not Drakes.
I've had a bad run on near expired food the last 2 months, the grocery stores are screwing me.
Kimchi normally has 4 week+ expiry at Costco, mine had 10 days left and it's 1.4KG
Not happy.Then milk somewhere with 1 days left and then something else.
Best Before 7 Jan 2024 on the Tasty I just purchased FYI.
Yes, yes you're all so brave and amazing for not buying a cheese.
Thanks, where's my award?
Freedom warriors marching forth, to .. i dunno block roads with trucks and shit like that.
I'm against extremist leftism but this really doesn't seem like the thing to get upset about.
I'm not upset, I just won't be buying any of their products.
No one's upset, they just moved on to buy cheese from a different company that doesn't behave like woke Cheer executives do.
Own the libs by
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not buying cheese
Go woke. Go broke.
Oh comeon. I'm against extremist leftism but they just didn't want to have the same name as a racial slur, there's nothing wrong with that.
It's a racial slur in the US of A, not Australia.
You keep saying this but you're incorrect. See my post above.
It's never been a racial slur in Australia.
That's only an American & Canadian term.
They literally have gone broke now because of it, too.
Due to consumer boycotting, they had to close three factories, made most of their workforce jobless and the company went from making 30mil a year while named Coon to losing $54mil a year as "Cheer".
Ah the supermarket that became cool with boomers for mocking thieves for years, then lost a huge wage theft lawsuit,
But honestly deal is good considering what sliced cheese is like 7.5 for 500g?
Coon used to be a premium brand and they were always the more expensive cheese. Now they are just priced similarly to the generic homebrand cheeses.
Yeah agree, only buying because it's now 10% cheaper than homebrand (or 30% if you compare it to Tasty or Colby equivalent).
No they are not, $16.50 is nowhere near the cheap 1kg cheese blocks which are $8-11…
More like $11+ now. Cheese is damn expensive now.
Coon was fantastic quality until they got bought and had their ingredients and productions methods changed. Admittedly though, the name change has proven to be their ultimate downfall. I can't see them existing for much longer.
Product discounting like this at either Drake or Foodland is usually always a sign that it's about to get the Costco "star of death" treatment.
Isn't it wild what causes people to actually boycott things.
You hear about these huge corporations like nestle screwing people over and causing people to literally die and then a company decides to change the name of a brand that they own through the power of capitalism and people decide this is the final straw.
It really makes me lose faith in humanity.
pretty ordinary tasting now. I won't even touch it for this price. I don't care if it is called Coon or Cheer….it now tastes bland
queer news ey? I don't know what point you think you are making…
this one, for starters - "In 2021, after the change to the new name, Cheer increased that market share to 9%. The brand reached even more consumers in 2022 with a 9.2% market share."
It was just PR propaganda.
They've since completely failed as a company due to consumer boycotting, had to close three factories, made most of their workforce jobless and the company went from making $30mil a year profit while named Coon to losing $54mil a year as "Cheer".
and if you don't like qnews, there's this one - https://www.news.com.au/finance/business/retail/cheer-cheese…
Yes it could be legit but wouldn't be surprised if this was mostly PR exercise influencing the public image based on the product discounting at the time driving the sales higher.
Haven't seen anywhere later market share stats.It was just marketing PR propaganda.
They've since completely failed as a company due to consumer boycotting, had to close three factories, made most of their workforce jobless and the company went from making $30mil a year while named Coon to losing $54mil a year as "Cheer".
Here's the "How it's Going Now" update in 2023:
Begin playing the Curb Your Enthusiasm Music……………………
https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/food/eat/dairy-behind-chee…
Dairy behind Cheer cheese to close factory and sack up to 75 workers
The dairy behind one of Australia’s most beloved cheeses has made a huge announcement about the product’s future.
The Canadian dairy behind Cheers cheese will close one of its Australian factories and sack up to 75 workers after major financial losses. The company will also reduce the capacity of its bulk powders production facility in Leongatha, southeast of Melbourne and the cheese packaging facility at Mil-Lel in South Australia.
Saputo Australia reported a $54.4m annual loss for the 12 months to March 31 – a stark difference to the $30.6m net profit back in 2021.
The major news comes after the company has already closed two milk dryers at its Maffra factory and shut down its individual wrapped cheese slice factory in Cobram on the Murray River. The company changed its name from Coon to Cheer in 2020 after years of public pressure to move away from an accidental connotation to the racist slur against people of colour.
Doo da de doo dee doo, dee doop de doooo………………….
Stopped buying Coon cheese when they changed the name to Cheer.
So did everyone else.
They've since completely failed as a company due to consumer boycotting, had to close three factories, made most of their workforce jobless and the company went from making $30mil a year while named Coon to losing $54mil a year as "Cheer".
What is the difference between Tasty and cheddar? Why is tasty called tasty? Isn't that a matter of opinion?
Tasty has a bit richer/stronger flavour than cheddar. Cheddar is a milder/creamier flavour. If you look at Coles they say cheddar is 'strength' 2 and tasty is 'strength' 3. I believe tasty is a bit more aged.
Then it's just "aged cheddar". It's not a separate type of cheese.
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