KFC: Support Diabetes Research? Wowza!

[Crone]

A KFC franchise in Utah is asking customers to help fight diabetes -- by purchasing an 800-calorie Mega Jug of sugary soda to wash down their meals

The reaction: It's hard to imagine what KFC was thinking, says Joe Waters at Selfish Giving. Although after "the dreadful Double Down," it's no surprise these folks have "deep fried their reputation again." Give this franchise owner credit for wanting to do some good, says Jenn Savedge at Mother Nature Network. But why not tie the promotion to something healthier like, say, grilled chicken? Trying to link a drink with 56 spoonfuls of sugar to a health cause has to qualify as one of the biggest PR misfires ever

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[Green]

Who's dumb enough to buy one of these things in the first place? 56 spoonfuls of sugar? Hello!!

And what are they thinking? "Hey, let's spread diabetes and then claim we're trying to fix it." Yeah, right. Why not just poison people and then donate a buck to treat the poisoned victims?

Oh wait - that's what they're doing.

[chuck white]

In order to study diabetes, a suitable number of subjects with the condition are required.

I salute KFC and all the volunteers who bought one of those Mega Jugs