Comments on: flying biscuit sells out http://www.propellerskies.com/2006/05/flying-biscuit-sells-out/ Taking the internet out into the street and kicking it in the brains since twenty cero to tha four Tue, 22 May 2012 03:51:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Smoove D http://www.propellerskies.com/2006/05/flying-biscuit-sells-out/#comment-6653 Smoove D Sun, 21 May 2006 22:19:33 +0000 /?p=533#comment-6653 True, but at least disbelief could be suspended and the hippie ambiance worked. It was no R. Thomas and Sons, but one could pretend. Once Raving Brands puts a Flying Biscuit across from every Starbucks, they will have ruined the theming that makes the brand powerful in the first place. True, but at least disbelief could be suspended and the hippie ambiance worked. It was no R. Thomas and Sons, but one could pretend. Once Raving Brands puts a Flying Biscuit across from every Starbucks, they will have ruined the theming that makes the brand powerful in the first place.

]]> By: Cap'n Ken http://www.propellerskies.com/2006/05/flying-biscuit-sells-out/#comment-6646 Cap'n Ken Sun, 21 May 2006 15:01:01 +0000 /?p=533#comment-6646 The hippie myth ended with the opening in Midtown. I doubt there was some drum-circle conversation like "Dude, you know what would be really cool? Let's open a second shop in a pre-fab Midtown condo development. Those yuppies moving intown really need to stop eating pork." The FB (huge biscuits only for me, thanks. I'll stuff them with pork at home) was doomed for sellout once they realized all those people in the McLendon shop weren't hippies, but really affluent people who'd moved intown. And, really, it's a hell of a concept and a hell of a brand name. And I'm all for getting rich. It'll be interesting to see if Raving sticks to the hippie menu when they open in Alpharetta. Somehow I doubt it. The hippie myth ended with the opening in Midtown. I doubt there was some drum-circle conversation like “Dude, you know what would be really cool? Let’s open a second shop in a pre-fab Midtown condo development. Those yuppies moving intown really need to stop eating pork.”

The FB (huge biscuits only for me, thanks. I’ll stuff them with pork at home) was doomed for sellout once they realized all those people in the McLendon shop weren’t hippies, but really affluent people who’d moved intown.

And, really, it’s a hell of a concept and a hell of a brand name. And I’m all for getting rich.

It’ll be interesting to see if Raving sticks to the hippie menu when they open in Alpharetta. Somehow I doubt it.

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