Weetabix sends Twitter into a meltdown over baked beans recipe tip
By James Herring on Saturday, February 13, 2021
The good people of Weetabix trolled Twitter with the suggestion you might like to try adding beans to your cereal and, well, just look at what happened.
Why should bread have all the fun, when there’s Weetabix? Serving up @HeinzUK Beanz on bix for breakfast with a twist. #ItHasToBeHeinz #HaveYouHadYourWeetabix pic.twitter.com/R0xq4Plbd0
— Weetabix (@weetabix) February 9, 2021
And if they were after a reaction – of course they were after a reaction – then they definitely got one.
Here’s a flavour of some of our favourite replies from a whole bunch of names you will be familiar with.
1.
Babe are u ok? You’ve hardly touched your Weetabix and beans!
— @LidlGB (@LidlGB) February 9, 2021
2.
Us: Pineapple on pizza is the most controversial food ever.
Weetabix: Hold my spoon.
— Domino’s Pizza UK (@Dominos_UK) February 9, 2021
3.
*removes glasses*
*puts on blindfold*— Specsavers (@Specsavers) February 9, 2021
4.
Even though this is criminal, please don’t ring us to report it.
— West Yorkshire Police (@WestYorksPolice) February 9, 2021
5.
Alexa how do I delete someone else’s tweet
— KFC UK & Ireland (@KFC_UKI) February 9, 2021
6.
@KFC_UKI seeing as all rules are out the window… fancy a gravy-filled doughnut?
— Krispy Kreme UK (@krispykremeUK) February 9, 2021
7.
Due to a @weetabix adding beans to their cereal, all services will be delayed while we figure out what is happening….
— National Rail (@nationalrailenq) February 9, 2021
8.
This is not Which? recommended 😲🙃
— Which? (@WhichUK) February 9, 2021
9.
We found…
No intelligence 🕵️♀️
— GCHQ (@GCHQ) February 9, 2021
10.
You okay hun? DM’s are open if you need to talk 💖
— Nando’s (@NandosUK) February 9, 2021
11.
Let’s set aside our differences to prosecute this under the Geneva Convention.
— KFC UK & Ireland (@KFC_UKI) February 9, 2021
12.
“Illegal combination in the bagging area”
— Tesco (@Tesco) February 9, 2021
13.
Well since you ask… pic.twitter.com/AFNX11sfqj
— Marmite (@marmite) February 9, 2021
14.
Even we wouldn’t do this. We’re not monsters.
— innocent drinks (@innocent) February 9, 2021
15.
“Hello, police? There’s been a murder.”
— Yorkshire Tea (@YorkshireTea) February 9, 2021
16.
That doesn’t fly with us…
— virginatlantic (@VirginAtlantic) February 9, 2021
17.
We can’t advise anyone to try this…
— CitizensAdvice (@CitizensAdvice) February 9, 2021
But the best response came from the NHS.
That tweet should come with a health warning
— NHS (@NHSuk) February 9, 2021
Simply delicious.
When the official NHS account roasts your page in the middle of a pandemic it’s time to deactivate
— J (@wolfofpeckham) February 9, 2021
But not worthy, surely, of a debate in the House of Commons? Think again, after the issue was raised by Conservative MP Philip Hollobone.
And Jacob Rees-Mogg was only too happy to join in, obviously. What larks!
Weetabix with baked beans: a debate “more divisive than Brexit”?
Commons leader Jacob Rees-Mogg calls the combo “utterly disgusting” instead preferring “nanny’s homemade marmalade on toast” https://t.co/tKukXyb0Ol pic.twitter.com/hikUhtTYuE
— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) February 11, 2021
Agency: Frank PR
