Truth in Advertising: Thoughtless Food Series, Part II

As you may know, I’m into healthy eating. I tend toward salads and lean protein, and I’m downright un-American in my avoidance of high-fructose corn syrup.

So you can imagine my joy when I found out that Rite Aid is seeing mayor Bloomberg's suggested soda ban and raising him a pointless display of words by offering a full line of Fat, Sodium, Gluten, and even Wheat free treats. 

But there's more to this story. (Hint: the payoff is in the Caramel Creams)

Cause and Effect

Riding the F train home from work one day, I came across this brilliant pairing of advertisements, nestled side-by-side (you can see the subway art that carries across both photos).

One says we should eat less and even suggests calling the government to get help. 

The other says: "Food on Demand." 

Yes, you are seeing correctly, that is  someone on receiving pizza via catapult.

And people wonder why we lead the world in obesity. 

My favorite part of the pizza ad is the fact that it is advertising using your cell phone to order food, because it's always been so hard to order take-out via a phone . . .