March 14, 2024· 49 min

Why We're Now Living in The Golden Age of Snack Food

Ryan Harlan

Orality

Model

50%

Speaker Breakdown

HostTracy Alloway(2,590 words)

M:94%

HostJoe Weisenthal(2,178 words)

M:94%

GuestRyan Harlan(4,410 words)

M:29%

Oral Indicators

Agonistic22%

absolutely, definitely, basically

Engagement74%

you, our, your

Memory Aids100%

listen, like, so

Repetition100%

like (153x), it's (81x), they (72x)

Parallelism98%

And I'm Tracy Alloway...., But This could go anywhere...., But the thing about them, and ...

Sound Patterns74%

74 question(s), alliteration: "markets move", alliteration: "barclays brief"

Formulaic Phrases6%

you know what, i mean, so to speak

Literate Indicators

Hedging4%

could, maybe, probably

Passive Voice5%

are cycled, be detected, be stopped

Abstract Nouns15%

investment, information, volatility

Subordination8%

because, although, while

Sentence Length37%

Avg: 14.3 words/sentence

Word Complexity47%

investment, analyze, anticipate

Academic Markers0%

Impersonal Style26%

740 personal pronouns found

Descriptive Style80%

monthly, carefully, probably

Description

Want some Doritos? For years, you might have only been able to get one or two snack chip flavors. But right now on Amazon, you can find numerous varieties, from barbecue to nacho cheese, spicy sweet chili, or Late Night Loaded Taco. And this is really just scratching the surface. There are now dozens of flavors of Blue Diamond almonds, including blueberry, smokehouse, toasted coconut, sriracha, habanero BBQ, and wasabi and soy. So how did this happen? It turns out that some of it is a tech story. Thanks to breakthroughs in automation at both the plant and warehouse level, companies are able to create and ship more varieties than ever before. On this episode, we speak with Ryan Harlan, the director of business development at the E Tech Group, about the rapid changes in the industry over the last decade and how that turned into so many more consumer offerings. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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