The Official Bacon Salt Blog

Help keep BaconPOP at Kroger stores

Dear Friends and Bacon Lovers -

We recently learned that next month Kroger will be discontinuing Original BaconPOP and Cheddar BaconPOP in several corporate banners including Baker’s, City Market, Dillions, Fry’s, King Soopers, Kroger, Ralph’s and Smith’s stores.  In communicating the decision to us, Kroger stated that though the sales of BaconPOP were strong, they were unsure if there was an ongoing customer demand for bacon flavored microwave popcorn.

 

Luckily for all of us, Kroger is a company that listens to its customers. According to Kroger.com, “Customer satisfaction is our top priority. We welcome your comments, questions and suggestions.” 

 

With that in mind, if you’d like Kroger to continue to stock BaconPOP, we humbly ask you to politely communicate with them and request that they continue stocking both Original BaconPOP and Cheddar BaconPOP in their stores.

 

To do this, please visit Kroger’s online Customer Comments page at https://customer.kroger.com/comments/comments.aspx/ , select “Product Comment/Inquiry/Suggestion/Request” as your Reason For Comment and kindly encourage them to continue stocking J&D's BaconPOP. It will take no more than 2 minutes of your time to do this.

 

Thanks again for your continued support of the bacon flavored microwave popcorn arts.

 

Yours in Bacon,

Justin & Dave

Bacontrepreneurs

 

J&D's Foods

www.jdfoods.net

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Happy April Fool's - Bacon Coffins are STILL REAL

For the last several years, we've played increasingly elaborate April Fool's jokes on select members of the media and the public at large. It started with baconlube (which became a real product), then BaconAir (bacon flavored oxygen inhalers - still not real) and BaconBaby baby formula (will never be real).

This year was no different, but we decided to play the joke a little differently than years past. Here's how it went down.

We started by announcing the launch of Bacon Coffins - for those that love bacon to death. In partnership with local TV station KIRO, we made a ridiculous video complete with a real Bacon Coffin and with Justin and Dave dressed in black suits and ties. 

We sent this video to thousands of members of the media with an over-the-top press release saying things like "Bacon Coffins are finished with a painted Bacon and Pork shading and accented with gold stationary handles. The interior has an adjustable bed and mattress, a bacon memorial tube and is completed in ivory crepe coffin linens.  Classy.  Bacon.  Coffin."

Many in the media believed this to be an elaborate hoax - we're looking at you, Huffington Post - which in a way it was. We launched this right before April Fool's day, which made it only natural to wonder, "Are they serious?" We got lots of press coverage, including the front page of the Financial Times in 26 countries, BusinessWeek, Fox News, Time and Bloomberg. Most of them, unfazed by our previous jokes at the media's expense, thought we were completely serious. Some, including CNBC and Geekosystem, wondered if we were kidding. Some of the best headlines were:

• Rest in Grease - Headline News
• Bacon Coffin lets Bacon Lovers Die and Go to Heaven - KING 5
• Rest in Pork - Spokane Spokesman-Review

But the real joke is... that Bacon Coffins are STILL REAL. We really are making and selling these - and that's our April Fool's joke, maybe the best April Fool's joke we've ever played.

Still don't believe us? Buy one for yourself at www.BaconCoffins.com. For the low, low price of $2,999.99, you can be buried forever in an eternal pork embrace.

Introducing the Bacon Coffin - for those who love bacon to death

We've covered a lot of ground with bacon here at J&D's - food, lip balm, even baconlube. We decided to take this one step further this year by introducing a new product, the Bacon Coffin - for people that love bacon to death. Now you can take your love of bacon with you into the afterlife.

Thanks to KIRO for being the first people to cover the story here.

To purchase a Bacon Coffin for you or a loved one, visit www.BaconCoffins.com. 

-- J&D

New item alert - Bacon Classic Gamer T-shirt

 

Beep Boop Beep Sizzle. Our newest arrival, the Bacon Classic Gamer T-shirt, may not get you a higher score on Frogger or Space Invaders, but it will definitely earn you style points. Limited supply - buy it here while it lasts!

Cyber-Bacon Monday!

We've got a great gift pack sale for all of you bacon lovers over at store.baconsalt.com. Our newest gift packs include new items like Bacon Croutons and Bacon Rub along with old favorites like lots of flavors of Bacon Salt, Baconnaise, Bacon Ranch, Bacon Gravy, Bacon Lip Balm and BaconPOP microwave popcorn. 

Be sure to stop by today! 

- J&D

We've officially gone too far

A couple of years ago, we played a little April Fool's joke on you and the rest of the bacon-loving world by introducing a mythical product called baconlube. Turns out that the joke was on us - to our surprise, a lot of you actually wanted us to make this as a real product. 

People harassed us via email, in public and in highly inappropriate ways (thanks for that).  The baconlube waiting list grew to thousands of people.  Expectations were built, and despite our intentions to keep this as a joke, we had to deliver.

Some but certainly not all of you will be happy to know that after 3 years of development and countless lives ruined, baconlube is REAL. J&D's baconlube is water-based, proudly Made in America and is the gold standard of meat flavored massage oils.  

We only made a very small quantity of this pork-flavored nectar - less than what was on the waiting list actually as we weren't quite convinced that you really wanted this - so it's available while supplies last.  You can buy baconlube at www.baconlube.com. 

Just Keep It Sizzlin' with baconlube. They'll be bacon for more.

Recipe of the Month: Bacon Ranch Piggy Bites

 

These are cute, easy to make and fun to eat!

Ingredients:

• 1 (1 pound) loaf frozen bread dough, thawed
• 2 teaspoons oil
• 1 cup Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
• 1 (.75 ounce) package J&D’s Bacon Ranch dressing & dip mix

Directions:

1. Roll bread dough into 1/2-inch-thick rectangle on lightly floured surface; brush with oil. Cut dough with sharp knife into 1x1-inch pieces.
2. Toss bread dough pieces, cheese and J&D’s Bacon Ranch dressing mix in large bowl. Place on ungreased cookie sheet; flatten with a rolling pin. Let rise until double in size.
3. Use a cookie cutter to make large circles (the pig's head), a smaller cookie cutter to make smaller circles (the snout), and a small triangle shaped cookie cutter to make the ears. Use peppercorns to make the eyes and rosemary to make the snouts. 
4. Bake at 350 degrees F oven for 20 to 30 minutes or until golden brown.

 

 

Bacon Croutons and the Bacon American Space Administration

Today, we officially launched our newest innovation: Bacon Croutons. They're crispy. They're bacony. And they make a really great salad or tasty snack - among many other incredible uses. 

After marveling at our achievement, we thought "What other frontier could we possibly conquer?" The obvious answer was space. If our mission is to boldly take bacon where it's never been before, then we've got to get galactic. Which is why we're happy to announce the upcoming launch of our first spacecraft, Space Bacon 1, and the formation of our own space program: BASA (Bacon American Space Administration). 

Note that this immediately got the interest of NASA's Space Operations Outreach Program Manager - possibly for competitive reasons, or possibly because she wants to be the first to eat Space Bacon Croutons. Stay tuned!

20 Minute Bacon Rubbed Salmon - http://www.jdfoods.net/recipe/683/20%20Minute%20Bacon%20Rubbed%20Salmon

New products alert!

OK, by now you've (hopefully) figured out that BaconAir was an April Fool's joke. We are sorry to members of the media (yes, you, TIME magazine), our customers and family members that we may have tricked. Just remember, it's all in fun! 

We have good news though, just in time for barbecue season and Father's Day. We have two new products that we just launched.... and we promise that this time they are 100% real!

J&D’s Foods is pleased to announce two new products - Ketchup Salt™ and Bacon Rub!  Yes, we’re launching ketchup flavored salt and bacon flavored dry rub at the same time, on the same day, just in time for summer.

With Ketchup Salt, we started out with one idea: To make America’s Seasoning.  Our first thought - Bald Eagle Salt.  But we couldn’t catch one so we settled on Ketchup Salt.  There is only one country daring enough to make Ketchup Salt.  So you’re welcome America, you’re welcome.  

Is Ketchup Salt kind of weird?  Absolutely.  But isn't it also kind of weird that Thomas Edison made light from a metal filament, or that Alexander Graham-Bell sent his voice over a piece of wire?  Is it weird that we dared to dream of a seasoning that would give us bold ketchup taste while keeping our fries crispy and our eggs smoking hot?  Sure, it might be weird, but it's also innovative, forward-thinking, and dare we say patriotic? Is Ketchup Salt weird? Maybe, but isn't it also weird that the Kindergarten Cop was the governor of California.

Bacon Rub solves the age old problem of wanting everything to have that "Wrapped in Bacon Taste."  Ribs, chicken, steak, fish, shrimp, burgers, lamb, buffalo (both water and land), possum and pork tenderloin – use Bacon Rub to add the sweet, smoky, deliciousness of bacon to anything you put on the grill.  Bacon Rub is All Natural, Kosher, vegetarian and has only 50 mg of sodium.  

All of J&D’s Foods products are available at http://store.baconsalt.com, and needless to say that they both make great Father's Day gifts for anyone that likes to barbecue or eat things with ketchup (which is everyone right?). Happy summer and Happy Father's Day shopping!