On 8/28/2011 2:37 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> What is the marketing theory of putting pictures of happy animals on
> meat and dairy products?
>
> Example:
> http://img830.imageshack.us/img830/5...dsausageja.jpg
>
> Not only are they happy, but those pigs appear to be in love.
>
> Does that really make us buy more product, or is that to put our minds
> at ease? Seeing those two love pigs would tend to make people feel
> guilty, I would think.
>
> -sw


My guess is that it is to make people who are too lazy to read the
ingredients realize that the sausage is made of pork.

gloria p