Instead of "don't buy Ole Carolina bacon," it's "don't buy the bacon with the orange and black packaging." When they see this packaging in the store, they know not to buy it, same as if OP had shared the brand name with us. Jfc...
Lmao no they’re not. Not even close. One is affordable and the other is specifically designed to exploit poor peoples’ limited access to grocery stores.
Once got a packet of bacon that looked great, front and back. When I opened it I realized they had split the stack and shoved some useless all fat pieces in the middle before packaging it up.
Back in the day, people would rip that lower part back to see what the bacon actually looked like. You would see all of those bacon packages torn open in the grocery store.
Back in the day, there were "windows" that opened in the back of the packaging. It's just that some people didn't care to be careful enough NOT to destroy the package.
Idk the exact circumstances but spirit is owned by the spencer’s company, so im sure the other 10 months of the year they use their own storage facilities instead of shelling a bunch on renting them
i worked for them a couple times, all the store furniture is stored in very old run down semi trailers all year. im sure leftover product is the same situation. my job was to pack everything in the trailer after inventory was gone.
It was my fall flat attempt at subtle humor. The fact that scratching it out did absolutely nothing to achieve that goal was supposed to add to the idiocracy of posting pictures of a package of bacon on Reddit to begin with. Don’t worry..keeping my day job.
It says on the bottom left to look at the back of the package for a representative of the slices in the package. Show the back of package, or else we can’t know if they’re a rip off or not.
Transparent Windows: Regulations require bacon packages, especially stack-packed, to have a clear window showing at least 70% of the slice's length to reveal a "representative slice".
Examples of Bacon Display (Packaging Design)
Shingle Pack: Features a "rear window" to show more fat, often considered a "clever sleight of hand".
Stack Pack: Shows slices arranged flat, providing a clear view without the rear window.
Idk what you did to make it look like that lol. I get this brand all the time and its not the best, but its legitimate bacon. It looks like you just cut small pieces off
Do people think that they made this box specifically for this cut of bacon or that they cut the bacon specifically for the box? Why would it matter what the brand is? Clearly this is just an unlucky, fatty cut of bacon. Bacon is always fatty. Yeah, this is extreme, but to assume this is the norm for the brand or done to intentionally trick the consumer is silly. There are other brands with more transparent packaging if thats what you're worried about.
That's why I always buy bacon from brands that use fully see-through packaging. And before anyone is like "yeah but it costs twice as much", that's exactly the point I'm making. Buy ten of them when it's buy-one-get-one-free and throw them in the freezer.
Hemplers bacon is the only way to go. But you have to bake it. Almost none lost to fat rendering out, not overly salty, nice meaty texture. It's the best bacon.
I once bought a couple boxes of this brand bc it was on sale and bacon is bacon but when I opened it there was a massive cyst through the whole stack. I buy expensive bacon now
Good thing you hid the brand so more people can get tricked!
The brand is Ole Carolina
OP doesn't want the Ole Carolina boys knocking on his door for snitching.
We have the Ole Carolino, they have the Ole Carolina!
Coming To America anyone?
Quiet. I'm eating a Big Mick.
Its not those guys from McDonald's again is it?!
Whatd you call me?
They have the golden arches, we have the golden arcs.
They use a sesame seed bun. My buns have no seeds.
Can confirm, this bacon sucks.
100% - it's from my hometown and I have been burned by it my whole life
Refuse to learn a lesson, or masochistic?
I just hate money, & bacon.
Yes
Or gwaltny
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who is downvoting my comparison of another super shitty bacon? It’s the same fucking result and it tears apart trying to get a slice.
Jokes on you, I keep kosher
Lock him up!
Yea no way people would be able to identify it by the rest of the packaging! /s
yeah because everyone has every bacon package memorized.
LMAO that's not what I meant, you dumbass.
Instead of "don't buy Ole Carolina bacon," it's "don't buy the bacon with the orange and black packaging." When they see this packaging in the store, they know not to buy it, same as if OP had shared the brand name with us. Jfc...
no one here likes you
Oh no. Some dumbass weirdos on Reddit don’t like me! You people are actually stupider than bots.
Just doing my part.
Literally the opposite of helping, this is not doing your part.
Informing the consumer is not helpful? It is informing and entertaining!
How are they informed if you hid the label?
Doing your part for what exactly
For being an idiot
Damage controll for the company
The point was there’s literally zero reason to cover the brand, and all the reasons to not cover it… Jesus
Your reading comprehension skills aren’t that great, huh?
Cut her some slack. She didn't have a good breakfast!
Ngl I actually think it might be a bot. The responses don’t quite make sense lol
I don't think so. Post and comment history look legit. She's just weirdly hung up on not shaming the company.
Maybe. It’s the calling informing people “entertaining” that’s throwing me off. Very weird choice of words there. But maybe op is just weird af lol
Doing your part with what? Making sure that people fall for the same scam because they can't see which brand to avoid?
https://preview.redd.it/l8l58px0hl6g1.jpeg?width=512&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a888e98d607267beee238ca9d0b798fa4cf4f5cb
Ole Carolina
Lmao the smallest of windows to see the bacon is sending me
There are 2 other windows on the back. This is entirely OP's fault.
Like eyehole size or booty hole size?
Bigger than the one on the front, and side-by-side to show the entire strip of bacon.
ahh gotcha. bout 2.5 booty holes
How big is your booty hole??
at rest or mid poop? (full domain expansion)
This that dollar tree bacon brother
You know, I think it is. My roommate bought it.
Does your roommate shop at Aldi? That’s where I’ve seen it.
Their roommate is secretly Ye
Aldi and dollar tree are basically the same
Don’t disgrace Aldi like that!!! Take that downvote!!! Aldi offers quality goods at better prices!!
I think it’s more insulting to dollar general
Lmao no they’re not. Not even close. One is affordable and the other is specifically designed to exploit poor peoples’ limited access to grocery stores.
Oooooooook
OP is hiding the brand name because it’s “Oops, All Fat!” Classic.
Once got a packet of bacon that looked great, front and back. When I opened it I realized they had split the stack and shoved some useless all fat pieces in the middle before packaging it up.
Kinda like how meat plants will pump ground beef full of water to make it heavier so they can charge a higher price.
Pump it full of water too. The amount of fuckery going on at every level for food manufacturing/processing/packaging is astounding
I despise the bacon packaging companies have been using for the past few years. All to hide an inferior product. I just stopped buying it.
The ones that stick to more clear packaging are 1.5-2x more expensive. Terrible.
Aren't you also getting 1.5-2x more actual bacon in the clear packaging, at least?
Some people want to have their expensive bacon and all the money it costs.
Although food is horrifically expensive atm.
Its delicious tho, and worth it knowing you're buying from a company that doesn't use
prisonslave laborBack in the day, people would rip that lower part back to see what the bacon actually looked like. You would see all of those bacon packages torn open in the grocery store.
Back in the day, there were "windows" that opened in the back of the packaging. It's just that some people didn't care to be careful enough NOT to destroy the package.
TO BE FAIR, those garbage perforations usually tear when you try to open them anyway.
It looks like that bacon got purchased at a Spirit Halloween store.
Blows my mind that a company can exist for a single holiday and not go out of business.
Idk the exact circumstances but spirit is owned by the spencer’s company, so im sure the other 10 months of the year they use their own storage facilities instead of shelling a bunch on renting them
i worked for them a couple times, all the store furniture is stored in very old run down semi trailers all year. im sure leftover product is the same situation. my job was to pack everything in the trailer after inventory was gone.
With OP blocking the label and the color scheme could be Spirit Halloween or Reese's
Yeah you're being dramatic on the last picture
Yeah I had some I baked in the oven to have with some baked beans and it honestly just seems extremely exaggerated.
Lmao right? 😂
looks like one strip once all the fat is rendered out, which is still kinda sad imo
Op is not very bright, no wonder they bought shit bacon lmao
OP did not buy the bacon. Maybe OP isn’t the stupid one here. Be nice, stupid.
OP is the stupid one because OP still can't grasp that hiding the label so as to protect the company is fucking stupid
OP to stupid to figure why he is stupid.. more at 11
Then at 11:30 - guy uses wrong “too” when calling someone else stupid
Ole Carolina from Lidl. I buy it when making bacon bits.
Jesus wept, that ingredients list. “May also contain” Their bacon’s as fucked up as their mental boss lol.
Oh yeah, one box to cover ALL their varieties.
Why did you hide the brand name? Such a mouth breather move
Why would you censor the brand?
It was my fall flat attempt at subtle humor. The fact that scratching it out did absolutely nothing to achieve that goal was supposed to add to the idiocracy of posting pictures of a package of bacon on Reddit to begin with. Don’t worry..keeping my day job.
Was you defending covering it up also supposed to add to the idiocracy?
Just porking around. Oink, oink.
is the subtle humor in the room with us
also hold these downvotes for us bozo
Trying to hide the brand name is insanity. Who is OP trying to protect?
It’s all fat haha
At least it was on sale!
Love it when you buy the item at a discount and still get ripped off
Mmm, bacon grease at a premium!
Makes delicious refried beans and eggs at least.
Remember if you try to save on cheaper bacon its always 12 ounces versus a little more money for 16 ounces.
That's generally how shopping works, if you pay a little more you get a little more
And if you buy expensive bacon, this rule of thumb still applies.
It says on the bottom left to look at the back of the package for a representative of the slices in the package. Show the back of package, or else we can’t know if they’re a rip off or not.
OP knew what they were getting. They literally bought it just so they could post.
People hiding brands on reddit posts never ceases to amaze me. Fucking brilliant.
Bring on the public shame!
Take it back
5.99 at Trader Joes. Stop shopping at big box stores unless you need butcher parts (neck joints, hocks etc)
Why would block the brand name lol
Why are you hiding the brand name
So you came on here to complain and then you block out the name of the company? Why?
fake as fuck. that last picture is not the entire package cooked and you know it.
Haha, lowkey wishing my roommate bought that dollar tree bacon instead.
My Aldi store carries this brand. Its always very very fatty
I just got confirmation that this is not Dollar Tree bacon.
I would tell you where it is from, but I don’t want to out the largest grocery chain in Texas.
why not lmfao
How's that boot taste 🤡
Don’t want to hurt the giant mega-corporation? Really out here doing your part and informing consumers, great job.
Here-Everything's-Bacon
it's HEB.
op might just work for the police/tv news as they're not good at providing criminals' names and faces
Name and shame!
I never trust bacon in a box. Most of the brands just put labeling on the plastic packaging itself so you can see what you're getting.
These packages have flaps on the back that you can lift to look more at the product.
Yeahhhhh I don’t think you’re being genuine. That is not the outcome of a whole pack…
It's that bacon (mostly fat) from the Dollar store. But, yeah. It does look exaggerated.
That sucks... but bet those tiny pieces taste so damn good
looks like dollar store brand or some cheap company
Thought this was some Reese’s Bacon at first.
You paranoid about the brand?
Key Regulations for Bacon Packaging (Federal)
Transparent Windows: Regulations require bacon packages, especially stack-packed, to have a clear window showing at least 70% of the slice's length to reveal a "representative slice".
Examples of Bacon Display (Packaging Design)
Shingle Pack: Features a "rear window" to show more fat, often considered a "clever sleight of hand".
Stack Pack: Shows slices arranged flat, providing a clear view without the rear window.
Did your silly ass think they were going to sue you for this LOL
Is everyone here complaining because they don't like bacon fat? After you cook your bacon, toast your bread in that pan and let it soak up the fat.
Damn dude. How long did you cook it?!?
i thought this was reese's branded bacon 😂😂😂
That's the fault of the person cooking the bacon
Idk what you did to make it look like that lol. I get this brand all the time and its not the best, but its legitimate bacon. It looks like you just cut small pieces off
A dangerous amount of ingredients after the line "may also contain.."
Haha I randomly bought some Wendys brand bacon a while back and it was half grease after I got done cooking it. Not this bad though.
Spirit Halloween brand bacon?
Lol, why am I not even surprised? Bacon companies be catfishing us harder than Tinder profiles 😂
😂
It's not often that the contents look any different.
Dollar General special!
so most of it was just fat?
Yo you should try beef bacon if you haven't yet. It is soooo much better.
Yeah there’s a reason that brand is usually on the bottom shelf. Made the same mistake myself.
Damn that's like a Tinder profile pic.
No, no, you’re supposed to cook it under the grill, not the shrink ray. Amateur mistake
I fell for this a year or so ago. Got what I deserved.
Oh no.
You get what you pay for when it comes to bacon.
Do people think that they made this box specifically for this cut of bacon or that they cut the bacon specifically for the box? Why would it matter what the brand is? Clearly this is just an unlucky, fatty cut of bacon. Bacon is always fatty. Yeah, this is extreme, but to assume this is the norm for the brand or done to intentionally trick the consumer is silly. There are other brands with more transparent packaging if thats what you're worried about.
Whoa that's some bs
That's why I always buy bacon from brands that use fully see-through packaging. And before anyone is like "yeah but it costs twice as much", that's exactly the point I'm making. Buy ten of them when it's buy-one-get-one-free and throw them in the freezer.
What did you do, microwave it?
Reese’s bacon?
That's why they put the weight on products
You’re going to get downvoted but you’re right
That's reddit
It was really cold in that last picture, alright!!?
Hemplers bacon is the only way to go. But you have to bake it. Almost none lost to fat rendering out, not overly salty, nice meaty texture. It's the best bacon.
I’m mad for you
I once bought a couple boxes of this brand bc it was on sale and bacon is bacon but when I opened it there was a massive cyst through the whole stack. I buy expensive bacon now
What are you complaining about? Have you never bought bacon before?
Always check the weight. This is 12oz. Someone else posted an older pic of the same box with 16oz.
Their packaging looks like it’s from the 70s or 80s and comes off as unappetizing.
It really does!
A post like this, and you hide the brand?!?!?!
It's always been like that with bacon that comes in these orange packs. They used to say irregularly sliced too
Boxed bacon is hiding this very thing.
It does say 12oz but this also goes into the fact that many people can’t tell which is why people always underestimate their calorie intake
Bacon’s been doing this for decades.
This is so dumb lol
That's a giant plate!
Never buy cheap bacon. Its not worth it.
Ok I love me some fat bacon but even that is too much lol
Cutting out bacon for my health was difficult, but it's made a lot easier by seeing how expensive and also less good many meat products have become
Spinach in bacon form
You would have more if you didnt deep fry it.
I would not buy bacon that comes covered like that, I'd expect exactly what you got haha
Welcome to America jackass
WOW, fukc that.
"see back to view representative slice"
one printed out at the bottom left
OLE Carolina, HEB
I’ve been ranting about bad bacon to my wife for a while now.
Lol. When your bacon is more water than bacon.
Bacon is bacon. Eat it and be happy😀
Definitely need to lookup local butchers in your area. Buy fresh. These supermarket packs are gross.
Stuff ain’t good for you anyway
Why did you take a picture of the bacon still in the box? I can't tell if it was entirely opened (and thus placed back in the box for the photo?).
Haha, that's the ultimate troll move—dollar bacon for the win!
Haha, that's the sneakiest troll bacon I've ever seen—genius move!
Is it still one pound of bacon though? Sucks it’s not the length you thought it was.
Do you not see the problem in the meat to fat ratio?
I see a problem in their cooking. Never had bacon that looks like that that doesn't remain in a full slice
Really? Then either you have no experience at all or you've always undercooked it.
Fat melts long before the meat is cooked