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Today’s Snark Factor 3 in 3 takes a look at three very different reminders that common sense is apparently hanging on by a thread.
New York City is pushing ahead with a plan for a city-owned grocery store in Harlem with a reported $30 million price tag, because, naturally, the best way to make food more affordable is to have the government spend a fortune getting into the supermarket business. Meanwhile, Top Gun 3 is officially in development, which means Tom Cruise is once again preparing to sprint past the concept of aging and climb back into a fighter jet. And PepsiCo has now discovered that customers tend to come back when snack prices stop looking like luxury goods.
So today we’ve got government groceries, immortal Maverick, and the shocking revelation that people prefer cheaper chips.
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