a strong value alternative to long fancy alternative

English translation: a hidden attack of/comparison to Simplot brands

23:39 Mar 15, 2004
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Marketing - Food & Drink / french fries
English term or phrase: a strong value alternative to long fancy alternative
Benefits:
- Deliver real potato taste
- Excellent serving yields and less oil absorption
- Sized to suit your needs
- Resulting in a healthier potato
- a strong value alternative to long fancy alternative

These are benefits of french fries. Do not quite catch the meaning of the last statement. Would you please kindly paraphrase it for me. Thanks in advance.
Zhoudan
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Selected answer:a hidden attack of/comparison to Simplot brands
Explanation:
is what this amounts to. Simplot Foods has 3 varieties all called Long Fancies, i.e. Grand Valley Long Fancies, Marine Long Fancies and Pride Long Fancies. As the name implies, these fries are rather long. YOu can see more of it under the references below
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swisstell
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Thanks a lot.
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a hidden attack of/comparison to Simplot brands


Explanation:
is what this amounts to. Simplot Foods has 3 varieties all called Long Fancies, i.e. Grand Valley Long Fancies, Marine Long Fancies and Pride Long Fancies. As the name implies, these fries are rather long. YOu can see more of it under the references below


    type in "French fries long and fancy" in Google
    Reference: http://www.simplotfoods.com
swisstell
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Thanks a lot.

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agree  Hacene
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comparision with competition


Explanation:
The 'long' adjective might refer to the length of the fries that the competition offers, and the word 'fancy' implies that, either the competition price is higher, or that the competition offering is more popular.

So, the french fries being praised about must be shorter, and are either less pricey, or (at the moment) "less" fancied/popular ...

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Explanation:
This is quite a puzzle, Zhoudan. What gives me pause is the phrase "resulting in a healthier potato." Could this be about potato seedlings used to grow potatoes for french fries?
"A strong value alternative to long fancy alternative" - to me this means that whatever the product is that's being offered provides greater value than the "long fancy" alternative. Again, if this is about potato seedlings, "long fancy" could be a potato variety. So, the text you've got tells me that it's not about the benefits of certain french fries, but about the benefits of a certain potato variety. But I could be way off.


Kim Metzger
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agree  Vicky Papaprodromou
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