the grass is always greener...

...on the other side of the planet. Spotted by our Gav on his travels, in Christchurch, New Zealand. Looks familiar...

Meanwhile, Steve saw this one in Italy. A whole vehicle made out of leaves and twigs. Definitely something to aim for.

slight copy

Check out these new Brazilian yoghurts. Notice any similarities?

And they've really done their homework. They even ripped off the design of the boxes that our smoothies come in. Ouch.

the highest form of flattery?

I've had this promotional leaflet on my desk for a while, so I thought I would share. It's from Thailand, produced by a company called Real Simple who started making smoothies a little while ago. Of course, what strikes me is that their bottles and packaging look quite similar to ours.

We can never quite figure out how to feel about this. Is it a good thing that we're influencing other people? Or should we get really angry that we're being ripped off? It's happened a few times before, so we've definitely got used to it, but every time it happens you can't help but get a bit annoyed.

Anyway, if you have any thoughts on how we should deal with imitation, post a comment - would be nice to have a proper discussion about it.