Comments on: Public Interest Group Holds Off On Lawsuit Against Soft Drink Makers http://growersandgrocers.net/2006/01/22/public_interest_group_holds_off_on_lawsu/ From farm to table, and all the stops along the way. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:48:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Derrick Schneider http://growersandgrocers.net/2006/01/22/public_interest_group_holds_off_on_lawsu/#comment-93 Sun, 22 Jan 2006 22:45:17 +0000 http://growersandgrocers.net/2006/01/22/public_interest_group_holds_off_on_lawsu/#comment-93 ExtraMSG,<br /> <br /> I'm sad to say your argument sounds completely plausible as well. Politics is hard to follow sometimes with all the agendas and mixed motives.<br /> <br /> For the record, the assumption about the soft drink marketing practices comes from the AdAge article, though books like Fast Food Nation put forth a lot of evidence to support the claim. ExtraMSG,

I’m sad to say your argument sounds completely plausible as well. Politics is hard to follow sometimes with all the agendas and mixed motives.

For the record, the assumption about the soft drink marketing practices comes from the AdAge article, though books like Fast Food Nation put forth a lot of evidence to support the claim.

]]> by: ExtraMSG http://growersandgrocers.net/2006/01/22/public_interest_group_holds_off_on_lawsu/#comment-92 Sun, 22 Jan 2006 21:15:26 +0000 http://growersandgrocers.net/2006/01/22/public_interest_group_holds_off_on_lawsu/#comment-92 What they're doing is blackmailing the softdrink industry. "Pay up or we'll make you pay." They're probably threatening the industry with a lawsuit unless they make some concessions. Essentially, it's plea bargain negotiations.<br /> <br /> Of course, they want to play that game because it's expensive to sue an industry with deep pockets. If they bring them to court, they might just lose.<br /> <br /> But then I also don't assume, as you did that they have "unfair and deceptive marketing practices." What they’re doing is blackmailing the softdrink industry. “Pay up or we’ll make you pay.” They’re probably threatening the industry with a lawsuit unless they make some concessions. Essentially, it’s plea bargain negotiations.

Of course, they want to play that game because it’s expensive to sue an industry with deep pockets. If they bring them to court, they might just lose.

But then I also don’t assume, as you did that they have “unfair and deceptive marketing practices.”

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