{"id":32179,"date":"2022-01-13T08:30:20","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T08:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=32179"},"modified":"2022-01-13T08:30:20","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T08:30:20","slug":"kfc-chinas-dimoo-blind-boxes-under-fire-as-toy-promotion-fuels-frenzy-of-wastefulness-overspending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=32179","title":{"rendered":"KFC China\u2019s Dimoo \u2018blind boxes\u2019 under fire as toy promotion fuels frenzy of wastefulness, overspending"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostA Chinese consumer rights group is taking KFC to task for its recent meal promotion, arguing that the popular fast-food chain\u2019s limited-edition toys resulted in excessive food waste and compulsive overspending by customers.The pointed criticism by the China Consumer Association came after KFC teamed up with Pop Mart, a Chinese toymaker known for its mystery boxes, i.e. \u201cblind boxes\u201d. Together, they offered collectable versions of large-eyed and round-faced Dimoo toys with certain KFC meals, in\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/economy\/china-economy\/article\/3163240\/kfc-chinas-dimoo-blind-boxes-under-fire-toy-promotion-fuels?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostA Chinese consumer rights group is taking KFC to task for its recent meal promotion, arguing that the popular fast-food chain\u2019s limited-edition toys resulted&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":32180,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32179"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32179\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/32180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}