>Japanese food and beverage maker Kagome Co. said Thursday it will begin selling some of its tomato ketchup products in simplified packaging due to a tightening supply of ink caused by the conflict in the Middle East.>The new packaging of Kagome Tomato Ketchup comes amid a shortage of raw materials used for white ink and will be transparent on the lower half, unlike the current design, which is fully covered with illustrations of tomatoes, with white background.>The company said on its website that finding a substitute for the white ink, which is the base color for printing the packages, is difficult "due to printing compatibility.">Products adopting the new packaging are the 500-gram, 300-gram and 180-gram tomato ketchup bottles. The company will begin introducing the redesigned packages sequentially from later this month.>The decision to simplify its packaging follows a similar move by Calbee Inc., which earlier this week announced plans to begin selling 14 of its potato chip products, including the Lightly Salted, Consomme Punch and Seaweed Salt flavors, in black-and-white packaging in response to a tighter supply of oil-derived naphtha.>Calbee also said Thursday it will raise prices on 25 snack products, including potato chips and its Jagarico potato snacks, sequentially from Sept. 1.>The company said the price increases will also apply to products with monochrome packaging, with potato chip prices expected to rise by 5 to 10 percent and Jagarico products 3 to 10 percent. https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20260514/p2g/00m/0bu/043000c
Really? Riveting.
its ok, Indian talent will help Japan recover
>>535123732Japs on suicide watch after being forced to look at their ketchup
>>535123793Your shithole have 2 times more indian than my country
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>>535123843There are 40,000 Indians in RussiaThere are 55,000 Indians in Jeetpan
>>535123732Meh. Before the internet foods would change their labels all the time and we thought it was to change their brand but now we know it was probably for financial reasons like this. Oh no, my slop has fewer tomatoes on the toxic plastic bottle I suck it out of.
>>535123732disgusting vile evil shit.Fuck that.Ruined my fucking day
>>535123732How did Japan make their flags before the middle east invented red ink?
>>535123938Read the last 2 paragraphs.Even after reducing ink on the package, they're still hiking prices.>Calbee also said Thursday it will raise prices on 25 snack products, including potato chips and its Jagarico potato snacks, sequentially from Sept. 1.>The company said the price increases will also apply to products with monochrome packaging, with potato chip prices expected to rise by 5 to 10 percent and Jagarico products 3 to 10 percent.
>>535123781end of the fucking world.take note.I note your sarcasm but this is the event that flipped the script.
>>535123959>How did Japan make their flags before the middle east invented red ink?the blood of the dastardly.
>>535123976Pay.The.Price.or have no rice.Fucking simple enough for you?
>>535123902Don't bother replying, there are no actual Japanese people on 4chan, just Americans posting from a military base or eikaiwa. I can count on one hand the amount of times I've seen a Japanese flag post or respond to anything in Japanese over the last decade
The naphtha shortage is real.Color inks for plastic bags are derived from naphtha.Almost all the naphtha consumed in Japan is imported from the Middle East.Both naphtha and crude oil imports have been disrupted since the USA and Israel began their attacks on Iran.
>>5351240475-10% price hike. That's way above inflation.
Take responsibility, America.
>>535124240sometimes a floatie needs to stay above the water.Now read that again.
>>535123732They voted for it.
