Show notes
Which is better, fries or tots? What happens when teenagers burn their meat? And where did tater tots even come from? Join salty designers Jesse & John as they get crispy on some super spuds, including the brand-new McDonald's packaging & Ore-Ida's potato innovations. And what does that name even mean? It's all here, so grab some ketchup & dig in!00:26 Stopping by McD’s for free sh*t02:06 Out with the old, in with the new03:28 Sidebar: road trippin’ & side-taskin’06:54 Simple, iconic new packaging08:23 Used packaging for sale for real!09:22 Localized pain: translate this10:51 Lockdown learning with Duolingo13:35 The inventor of the tater tot14:35 Potato history w/the crazy Grigg bro’s16:25 Re-enacting the birth of the tater tot18:05 It’s not great if you have to explain it20:30 Ore-Ida packaging: cleanup!22:31 Jesse's secret love of tractors23:57 Spud demographics & “safe” design26:30 The big Ore-Ida cleanup!Thanks for listening to Cleanup on Aisle 9! Please subscribe and share with your friends, and leave a review so we can reach more awesome listeners like you.
