wrinkledoo comments on Michelin Man's New Business Plan: Give Stars to Faraway Restaurants to Force Tire Sales

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[–] wrinkledoo@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Well it just so happened that the reviewers were people who knew fine dining, and the awards DID drive business to restaurants.

So it could have been a joke from the start, but accidentally became a prestigious award, that happens to be becoming a joke.

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[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

It’s also not unusual for companies to branch out into weird things like this for one-off promotional stuff. The Guinness Book of World Records was not originally intended to impress grade schoolers in the library

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[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Fine dining like making mashed potatoes out of 50 % butter...

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[–] DillDough@lemmy.zip 1 point 2 days ago