{"id":8831,"date":"2011-03-08T13:40:21","date_gmt":"2011-03-08T23:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=8831"},"modified":"2020-12-12T10:34:59","modified_gmt":"2020-12-12T20:34:59","slug":"news-sunchips-6-grain-medley-makes-me-wish-moores-law-applies-to-sunchips-like-it-does-with-computer-chips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2011\/03\/08\/news-sunchips-6-grain-medley-makes-me-wish-moores-law-applies-to-sunchips-like-it-does-with-computer-chips\/","title":{"rendered":"NEWS: SunChips 6 Grain Medley Makes Me Wish Moore&#8217;s Law Applies To SunChips Like It Does With Computer Chips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jreed\/379881272\/\" title=\"Target Springfield, VA by j.reed, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/157\/379881272_8d797fe36e.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Target Springfield, VA\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Every Saturday, at about 10 PM, I open up my web browser and direct it to the Target website.  I&#8217;m there to look at Target&#8217;s weekly ad because I don&#8217;t subscribe to the newspaper that has the Target circular stuffed into its Sunday edition. Yes, I am helping with the downfall of the local newspaper industry.  <\/p>\n<p>While virtually flipping through the pages of the latest Target ad, I noticed the SunChips 6 Grain Medley.  These SunChips come in two fancy pancy flavors &#8212; Onion &#038; Thyme and Parmesan &#038; Herb.  <\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re available in 9-ounce bag and are Target-exclusives, so you&#8217;re not going to find them at Kmart, but really, who goes to Kmart nowadays?  It&#8217;s a third-tier mom and pops store crusher, which combines the depressing aura of Walmart with the red of Target.<\/p>\n<p><small><\/p>\n<div xmlns:cc=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/ns#\" about=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/45383134@N00\/379881272\"><a rel=\"cc:attributionURL\" href=http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/45383134@N00\/379881272>Image via flickr user <\/a> \/ <a rel=\"license\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0\/deed.en\">CC BY SA 2.0<\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/small> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every Saturday, at about 10 PM, I open up my web browser and direct it to the Target website. I&#8217;m there to look at Target&#8217;s weekly ad because I don&#8217;t subscribe to the newspaper that has the Target circular stuffed into its Sunday edition. Yes, I am helping with the downfall of the local newspaper [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1333],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spotted-on-shelves"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11395,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2012\/02\/27\/review-sunchips-6-grain-medley-creamy-roasted-garlic\/","url_meta":{"origin":8831,"position":0},"title":"REVIEW: SunChips 6 Grain Medley Creamy Roasted Garlic","author":"Marvo","date":"February 27, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"I don't think I've ever gotten happiness from SunChips, or sunshine from them, if you will. 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