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This article is an interview with somebody who has no idea what the problem is. He just waffles on about the fact he made a documentary about the factory nine y
by the_biot 4y ago
This article is an interview with somebody who has no idea what the problem is. He just waffles on about the fact he made a documentary about the factory nine years ago.
- yunohn 4y agoAgreed, this is very low effort hearsay and speculation. Info directly from the company: https://www.washingtonpost.com/food/2022/06/09/sriracha-shortage-huy-fong-foods/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/food/2022/06/09/sriracha-shor...
- bryans 4y agoThe only information provided by the company was that there is a chili shortage and that production will resume at some point, with new orders being fulfilled after September. This post attempts to explain a little about the company's supply chain and consumer demand, by interviewing someone who has somewhat intimate knowledge of it. So, it is actually high effort speculation, which is all they could do given the available information.
- yunohn 4y ago> by interviewing someone who has somewhat intimate knowledge of it Dude is literally a documentary maker. There is no special knowledge, and their response phrasing is highly speculative.
- parkingrift 4y agoIt’s not as if they found some random documentary maker. This person spent a ton of time with Huy Foods to make a documentary specifically about Sriracha. There isn’t a burgeoning field of Sriracha experts to talk with. I legitimately doubt there are other readily accessible people who have as much as knowledge as this documentary dude.
- yunohn 4y agoSure, this might be the best they could do on short notice. Doesn’t change the fact that I find it low effort - I had the same conclusions about Sriracha from just cursory google research. Let’s agree to disagree.
- HanaShiratori 4y agoIt's a tiny ass article from a small (? don't know this website) news platform / blog. They bothered to do some research on that topic + find & interview someone who might provide some insights - or at least has proven knowledge about that topic. How is that considered *low* effort? I understand criticism of authors where they literally copy paste some random tweet, but critizising this as *low* effort sounds a little unjustified to me.
- yunohn 4y agoAgreed that it’s better than a copy paste tweet. It’s just that I didn’t learn much from the documentary guy /because/ none of what he said was insider-equivalent. It was just common sense, and maybe that’s all this niche blog was going for. Fair enough.
- interestica 4y agoWere you expecting insider information? I saw the title ("What's going on at Sriracha?") as leading to a general overview -- not everyone even knows there's any kind of shortage or problem at the company. And not everyone realizes some of the supply process that could lead to a shortage.
- yunohn 4y agoI’m not sure if we read the same interview. The documentary guy also just hand waves towards chili pepper shortages, which is what the original company email also clearly says. There is no real additional information, just filler. I’m not convinced that the average person would find it hard to understand that a shortage of the input ingredient would cause an output crisis.
- yellowapple 4y agoAnd of course, this hearsay and speculation is going to encourage panic-buying, thus becoming a self-fulfilling prophesy.
- 0des 4y agoA bottle of kroger brand sri will get you by in a pinch, but you have to add a little baking soda, cook it up a bit to bring it back. Cost you about 2 dollars.
- konfusinomicon 4y agobe it hearsay and speculation or not, I'm already planning my morning trip to the store to buy several bottles. I just can't risk it!! there is no substitute for what I believe is the sauce of the gods