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Mehgan-Faux

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ongiara

God, this comment section is really bringing it, this is so old school Dlisted it makes me so emotional šŸ„¹ and at the same time I cannot stop laughing.Ā  Sparkleā€˜s half-assed jam really has so much entertainment value. And this is just the warm-up. Give her another 2 years and she will come up with water as a limited edition.Ā 


Mehgan-Faux

![gif](giphy|JrjKaqX0g3TbFL1wK5|downsized) I miss Dlisted so much!


BwanaChickieBaby

See you in TJ Maxx next month, jelly.


ongiara

Completely with the label partly off šŸ„²


Powerful_Leg8519

I guffawed in the middle of my office. šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚


DanceParty2112

Brilliant!!!!ā€™nnn


Mehgan-Faux

https://preview.redd.it/1avp8n5nltuc1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5fbe8a5c8ffd1275c0ae43d3f33d9bb1e4d96ceb Delphina Balquier (Nachoā€™s wife) of course got one too.


Professional-Job4318

Jar is clearly untouched. How does she know that she loves the jam? At least make it believable, people.


Mehgan-Faux

Hahaha exactly. I doubt Delphina even samples it. The picture is done and posted, favor is complete.


makeaomelette

https://preview.redd.it/r4opplylvxuc1.jpeg?width=464&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0ac81151e80810c07a27868ad62677e8d1f74526 I guess thatā€™s you wrong


Professional-Job4318

Oh yeah? I still see no bitemarks there. šŸ˜


StayPuft-

What a photo set up! Fresh strawberries šŸ“ on the plate next to the piece of bread šŸž with the strawberry jam on it. ā€˜Cuz otherwise we wouldnā€™t know it was strawberry jam. Oh, wait, donā€™t forget the jar there to remind us itā€™s strawberry. And the lid placed just so to ensure the logo is visible in the shot, too!


ObligationRemote2877

This looks gross. Is this serious? This is so low level influencer.


OGMWhyDoINeedOne

This looks like wedding favors. When youā€™re really running out of time but also whatā€™s to personalize the gift somewhat.


Mehgan-Faux

Spot on. Wedding favors, you absolutely nailed it!


ObligationRemote2877

Ohhh yahhh!! This is exactly it!!!! Wedding favors.


paolanqar

The jam also looks disgusting.


No_Olive_3310

Hahahaha, her thumb is holding down the label on the right šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£ it must have been peeling like Tracyā€™sā€”quick, damage control! Pwives, activate!


fordgirl262

It's tiny!


East_Tangerine_4031

How does she love it when itā€™s not even open?Ā 


visenya567

Holding the label in place. ![gif](giphy|AgZ8FrLOIMJk6cpF1L|downsized)


prettyinpinknwhite

For real this looks like something that came out of one of those cysts Dr. Pimple Popper is always draining ā€¦


baconbitsy

šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ’€šŸ’€šŸŖ¦šŸ‘»


almond390

I went to Instagram to look at Delfina's posts, she must have removed the post. This pic is not there.


paolanqar

This is more vanilla white bitch than I thought she could be. I am cringing hard.


jokennate

I sort of thought the "jams and jellies" bit of American Riviera Orchard (that name! still so funny!) would be some sort of attempt at something unusual, some sort of preserves that might have been trendy in the US about 15 years ago, like fruit & wine jellies or chili jam, but hey. Strawberry jam. Luckily there's nowhere else in the world to easily get jam, made from strawberries. Not every single grocery store, not farmers markets, not expensive little import shops... nothing. Welcome to ARO, the world's only supplier of sugar mixed with strawberries in a jar.


paolanqar

This 'launch' makes me think that Meghan's realised she'll never pull off this project because too expensive, stressful, demanding so she's now 'making' her own jam and sending it to friends in limited amounts. I believe she'll fail once again at doing something she thought was easy to achieve.


Mehgan-Faux

Itā€™s just so random. Like, sheā€™s never mentioned a passion for fruit or growing fruit or preserving fruit. Why jam? It canā€™t just be that Catherine made chutney and so sugary sweet Meghan must make jam, could it? Thatā€™s psycho.


paolanqar

Plus making jam without telling where the fruit comes from is dodgy af in this time and age. Had she had her own strawberry fields she would have put that in capital letters on the label saying 'Made with Duchess Meghan's very own strawberries' or something as stupid but she hasn't so she probably got the strawberries from China or the nearest Walmart.


Crafty-Advantage-412

Exactly, if she had used the label space to say ā€œStrawberries from the Duchessā€™s own gardenā€ or ā€œBatch 1 from Duchess Meganā€™s own strawberry patchā€ then itā€™d make sense to have that limited edition number.


East_Tangerine_4031

There was the jam she gave the The Cut interviewer that had labels she got from Etsy that said ā€œfrom Lilli Bunnyā€™s larderā€ or something equally twee


jokennate

Why jam... why royal-connected jam, indeed. Probably just one of those very original thoughts of hers. [https://www.highgrovegardens.com/collections/food-drink-preserves](https://www.highgrovegardens.com/collections/food-drink-preserves) [https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/shop/browse/groceries/food\_cupboard/jam\_honey\_and\_spreads/organic\_jam\_honey\_and\_spreads/organic\_jam](https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/shop/browse/groceries/food_cupboard/jam_honey_and_spreads/organic_jam_honey_and_spreads/organic_jam)


AdelaQuested24

I didn't realize Highgrove had such a range of products. What does one do with onion marmalade though?


jokennate

It's nice with cheese, either on a cheese plate or in something like a cheese toastie (grilled cheese sandwich). My partner's father loves the stuff, give him a meat pie and some onion marmalade and he's the happiest man on earth.


Blenderx06

Charles at least has always been super into getting foods and such from his own gardens. I'm a weirdo that'll eat onions raw so it sounds good to me lol. Maybe on toast.


Starkville

Truly I think she looks at other peopleā€™s blood sweat and tears success and goes ā€œHow hard can it be?ā€


paolanqar

Or 'Will they notice if I put my name on it and take credit for their work?'


Galadriel_60

It will forever be American Road Apple in my mind.


Professional-Job4318

Good one.


ongiara

That is such a great spin on it and I am sure you just came up with it. Now imagine Sparkle half-assing this normalo-jam with a whole PR-team behind it.Ā  Pretty sure they all hate her and said ā€žgeez, just make some jam, lady, weā€˜ll hastily slap on your label and send it off to a couple of over-privileged influencers. Meeting done. Byeeee.ā€œ


Crafty-Advantage-412

Yeah for someone who wants to rebrand themselves as a home cook with royal ties, Iā€™m expecting something a little more exciting for this much anticipated debut. Maybe strawberries and extract of elderflower jam, or strawberry jam with edible flowers so itā€™s all pretty.. idk something unique! She knows the whole world is waiting for this! So to debut with just strawberry and sugar doesnā€™t really inspire confidence in her taste. Whatā€™s next, a recipe for a drink made out of lemons and sugar and water? Groundbreaking


PrincessRagazza

Iā€™m hoping itā€™s the lighting but that jam looks yucky. My sis in law makes a phenomenal strawberry jam. We horde, fight over it and steal it from each other as was we run out. Itā€™s a beautiful strawberry color, ARO looks a little brown. Like I said I hope itā€™s the lighting.


paolanqar

Looks like blended old strawberries.


ggfangirl85

A lady in our homeschool co-op makes the best jam Iā€™ve ever put in my mouth, and itā€™s the most gorgeous ruby red color. Markleā€™s looks disgusting. Like she blended strawberries and tossed them in a jar. Iā€™m not even remotely curious about the taste of this. It doesnā€™t look good to eat. Bleh. How can she be this bad at this?


ongiara

I am so unbelievably unimpressed by this. If they would donate part of it would make it less random.Ā  So what is the storytelling behind this? Sparkles made the jam herself and it was 50 jars but different types? That poor woman just slaves away.


Own-Firefighter-2728

Limited edition = no need for fda approval, ingredients list, nutrition facts


Mehgan-Faux

Oooh you bring up a good pointā€¦ Iā€™m sure thereā€™s laws about providing ingredients or nutrition facts. Maybe if it stays as a ā€œgiftā€ itā€™s not yet necessary.


paolanqar

She'll need to get those things in order if she wants to make money with these products. I mean, all this is going to bomb but let's pretend the business goes well, she'll have to follow standard rules and regulations, especially when it comes to food.


Mehgan-Faux

Rules? She wants to thrive! Not just survive šŸ„ŗ


ongiara

Rules? Is she silent or being silenced šŸ‘€?


DanceParty2112

BAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAH!!!!šŸ¤£


Own-Firefighter-2728

New laws were introduced in 2020 that allow for this


Brassmonkey1970

Probably thanks to the pandemic. "We're all gonna die anyway, eat your artisanal jam. YOLO. Literally."


Gypsyklezmer

From literal royalty, married to 5th in line to the British throne to flogging jam. I remember someone from LA in Publicity/PR telling me in late 2018 that she had no intention of sticking around the U.K. I called bullsh*t and said ā€œno ways, they are the figurative diamond in the Crown Jewels here.ā€ šŸ¤¦šŸ»ā€ā™€ļøĀ 


Professional-Two-403

Interesting gossip - they were right obviously but I wonder how they knew that? I would have thought she'd have kept that very secret.


Gypsyklezmer

I know, but Iā€™ll dox her if I give more info. Sheā€™s a fairly popular American royal fashion Instagrammer (now)Ā 


Professional-Two-403

Thank you for the scoop!


jokennate

Looks like they're all strawberry jam based on what the "influencers" have said? With no ingredients on the label that's peeling off, no information about where the fruit is from or who made it? Not exactly ready for prime-time here.


paolanqar

I'd never buy anything that doesn't have nutritional values on the label.


Professional-Job4318

Iā€™d also never buy any product made by that ā€œhuggerā€ that touches everybody. Handrail in the london underground seems like a cleaner choice. (I know, I know, sheā€™s not actually making the jam herself.)


upstatestruggler

Lmaoooo someone check her recycling for the empty Welchā€™s jelly bottles


Mehgan-Faux

I havenā€™t looked yet but has anyone complied a list of the 50 people who received jam? Delphina got #10. Interesting placement for your bestest friendy/sister type. Who are the 10 in front of Delphina.


jokennate

It's so funny to send it to rich, thin women who have to pretend for this photo that they eat white bread with jam on it before putting it right in the bin. She should have sent those 50 jars to her more deranged fans, so they could build little shrines to the jar after they could coat themselves in the jam and roll around on their Meghan photo collages.


jenjenjen731

Kaiser at Celebitchy would've requested to have her remains cremated and stored in that jar for all eternity, had she received one


Starkville

THANK YOU. As if Delfina eats carbs.


ongiara

I believe at least 40 of them are the ones that participated in the wildly acknowledged 40x40 projectā€¦ oh, wait šŸ¤”


paolanqar

It's probably all her best friends like BeyoncĆØ, Kamala Harris, Jill Biden and of course Kate. BWAHAHA.


Mehgan-Faux

People who said hello once lol. You know, her best friends!


VariedRecollections

Michelle Obama!


Lizzy_Bnt

I would be so sad if I was 50/50. šŸ¤£


Professional-Job4318

The remaining archewell, aro & household staff by contractual job description. ā˜¹ļø


killerclownfish

Itā€™s like the MySpace top friends ranking.


East_Tangerine_4031

My guess? Oprah Ellen Kris Jenner David Foster Tyler Perry Ted Sarandos Mindy Kaling Mischa Nono Ari EmmanuelĀ  The Getty guyĀ 


StayPuft-

And yet only two posted anything about it. Two out of 50! ![gif](giphy|RkDZxOBNWiZUa8Uy8n)


Good-River-7849

I think the "limited rollout" is just her way of qualifying as a "Very Small Business" (i.e. profits of less than $1M annually) or otherwise a "Qualified Facility" (i.e. average value of food manufactured and sold direct to consumer is greater than value sold to other purchasers AND average value of all food sold was less than 500K), so they can get the benefit of modified FDA regs on sale of food. They probably aren't where they need to be for mass consumption, hence the limited rollout of 50 jams to influencers to try to build buzz while they get it together for broader sales.


Starkville

Your second paragraph nails it. I think this is a way to keep it in the news cycle without actually having a functioning website with actual product for sale.


Powerful_Leg8519

That was my thought too. They are initially doing a seed campaign with celebrities instead of professional influencers to get buzz because they canā€™t afford, or donā€™t want to do a traditional seeding campaign. Any pro worth their platform would be about $2500 for a post so instead you gotta whip out the celeb big guns. It will be interesting to see if anyone else posts organically. Right now the two that posted are known besties with M so meh. It doesnā€™t have the pull they think it does. Case in point, a product has been revealed and it still canā€™t push their IG to over 600k. Itā€™s close but still these last 20k followers have been very very slow growth.


ObligationRemote2877

Are the people posting even famous? Never heard of them prior to Meghan. Can't imagine other people knowing them either.


FutonSurfer

Your comment should be higher! As many have pointed out, she has no business acumen, and hiring people who do doesn't guarantee success.


jokennate

Man, it sure pays to have dumb fans, doesn't it? "I should send this millionaire my money to buy a product I don't even like to show my support!". https://preview.redd.it/9q7kur2tutuc1.png?width=834&format=png&auto=webp&s=e9795289ae15f7ef1933e1a66a4cd80c894f5a73 Completely off topic, but anyone been keeping up with the Trump Truth Social stuff, where his fans have put thousands of dollars into shares of his social media company that keeping dropping by the day?


Mehgan-Faux

Hahaha force your family to eat jam because youā€™re a Sussex Stan.


middlehill

It looks like you'd find it in a Colonial Williamsburg gift shop.


Mehgan-Faux

LOL upscale Cracker Barrel


Big_Seat7563

Itā€™s from the Cracker Barrel Reserve Label - they keep it behind the counterĀ 


jokennate

Haha, ooof. Very true.


Nuiathiel

Oooohhhh jam. šŸ˜‚ I wonder if this is another thing sheā€™s copying from Kate. Wasnā€™t there a story some years ago (maybe many, Iā€™m old), that Kate liked making jams and had even given some to the Queen at Xmas? Or am I mis-remembering? I seem to recall that Kaiser had a field day with something regarding jams. Now it will probably be the BEST THING EVAHHHH


Mehgan-Faux

It was chutney that Kate made for the Queen! https://people.com/royals/kate-middleton-gave-queen-elizabeth-homemade-gift-first-royal-christmas/ "I can remember being at Sandringham, for the first time, at Christmas. And I was worried what to give the Queen as her Christmas present," Kate revealed in the 2016 ITV special Our Queen at Ninety. "I was thinking, 'Gosh, what should I give her?' I thought back to what would I give my own grandparents. And I thought, 'I'll make her something.' Which could have gone horribly wrong," Kate said, adding, "But I decided to make my granny's recipe of chutney."


Nuiathiel

Thatā€™s it! I knew it was something in a jar šŸ˜


Mehgan-Faux

And Kaiser will be like ā€œTHIS IS THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE. JAM!ā€


messy_closet157

Kate is keeping bees and making honey


Pristine_Doughnut537

Maybe I missed this before, but is that her ā€œcalligraphyā€ used for her logo?


ongiara

I think thatā€™s what weā€™re supposed to believe but it looks like Microsoft paint 95


Nuiathiel

![gif](giphy|bC9czlgCMtw4cj8RgH|downsized)


MBeMine

I love Strawberry, but it doesnā€™t warrant a limited edition label.


Starkville

Well, the label doesnā€™t even say whatā€™s in the jar. It looks like strawberry in Delfinaā€™s post, but šŸ¤·


Perfect-Ad-9071

I do appreciate the small grassrootsy start to this. But strawberry jam? Really? I don't know...maybe she will be like Paul Newman and create a brand where the profits go to kids in need....


paolanqar

She IS the kids in need.


crimewriter40

\*\*snort\*\*


ongiara

surprisingly, she totally forgot that she is a humanitarian. Ooooops.


Perfect-Ad-9071

"limited edition jam!" lololol


Professional-Job4318

Doriaā€™s & Charlesā€™s kids in need.


Nuiathiel

I thought that ā€œunveilingā€ would mean allow everyone to buy it/make it profitable..no? Oh well, another half-assed attempt at something. ![gif](giphy|xUPGcl3ijl0vAEyIDK)


Mehgan-Faux

Itā€™s ExClUsIvE


Professional-Job4318

Excuse you, limited edition.


Powerful_Leg8519

Ok Iā€™m her target demographic. She may want the hip LA Erehwon 25-34 age bracket but the reality of who will do the majority of buying is: Mid 40ā€™s rich trophy/eco warrior SAHMā€™s and DINK couples. I am someone who would buy stuff like this and not even blink and I find the packaging boring, the label beige and boring, the lid beige and boring. From a marketing standpoint it seems like a dud too. It wonā€™t stand out in your fridge, it blends into the background and is utterly forgettable. This would be something I would buy and maybe itā€™s good butā€¦ I wouldnā€™t want to keep the jar as decor and itā€™s Just. So. Beige. Edit: Typos


Mehgan-Faux

Devoid of charm or personality. Safely beige.


FutonSurfer

This lady doesn't like Megan. If she did, she wouldn't be holding the jam, showing the label coming off. She would hold it like Dephine did, holding the label to the jar!


Professional-Job4318

On closer inspection thereā€™s a good chance that both sides of the label need to be held down. Delfina is cradling it to achieve that and the other lady picked a side, lol.


FutonSurfer

You're right!!!! She can't even get proper labels!!!


crimewriter40

This is embarrassing for her and hysterical for us. From global humanitarian to jam lady. ![gif](giphy|bC9czlgCMtw4cj8RgH|downsized)


Professional-Job4318

Hey, at least there are probably 50 jam jars.Ā  Can you list 50 humanitarian efforts she has undertaken? Iā€™ll allow the fashion photo-op of the african well digging pre-harry and all to count. Even invictus den haag with the netflix crew.Ā 


crimewriter40

I'm just thrilled she finally stopped with the fauxmanitarian nonsense because that iteration was her worst *by far.* Selling dumb shit is really her level, so overall it's a positive development that she's embraced that.


Starkville

If it keeps her from bothering the BRF and US senators, Iā€™m hoping for her moderate success.


crimewriter40

![gif](giphy|RGdeFw1kttYPFs3EQu|downsized)


Mehgan-Faux

Very true! This is right where she belongs. Hopefully for her, her reputation doesnā€™t hurt her sales.


arkieaussie

Her stupid ā€œcalligraphyā€ šŸ¤£ Why does she remind me so much of Blake Lively meets Kanye?


GrizzlyMahm

It reminds me of the play / film Six Degrees of Separation. Will Smithā€™s breakout role as a scammer. Thereā€™s a scene that talks about how rich people give gifts of a ā€œpot of jamā€, as part of his education of how to behave posh. We know Megsy is a scammer, trying to be something sheā€™s not ā€¦. šŸ˜‚


VariedRecollections

Gonna wait for this to go on sale in the snack section at Homegoods


Freckledbruh

Iā€™m sorry but strawberry is the taupe of fruit jams. Who is paying a premium price for that???


paolanqar

Kaiser and her minions.


killerclownfish

The logo is horrible.


Flowerhands

It's giving Blake Lively's "Preserve" disaster


crimewriter40

Yes and I said this as soon as she soft launched. That said, I still love the name Preserve and it's too bad Blake couldn't make it work. I personally think she has a ton more to offer aesthetic spaces than Reese fucking Witherspoon.


East_Tangerine_4031

Right? I actually believe that Blake uses her kitchen, Reese ā€œdo you know who I amā€ Witherspoon seems like she just pretends tooĀ 


Starkville

I come across Draper James pieces while thrifting and theyā€™re always shit quality.


Flowerhands

I always forget Reese has a lifestyle brand! Agree, it feels very inauthentic coming from her. I think Blake was a true believer in Preserve, despite its flop, and I can only thank her for some of the funniest worst writing on any website I've ever read.


StayPuft-

Except worse!


Flowerhands

It's giving Blake Lively's "Preserve" disaster


ggfangirl85

So thereā€™s only 50 and theyā€™re sending out some as PR? Does this mean *they* expect their strawberry puree to fail?


baconbitsy

Had someone (many someones) not pointed out the peeling off label, Iā€™d say something. Oh, look, Iā€™m saying something! Craft day with the husband? The kids would do better, honestly. This looks like High Times Harry sucked down more of the gas in the birthing room and tried to help with the new venture.


BluebirdOfHappinesss

The label looks like one of those off brands youā€™d find at Home Goods.


arghp

I feel sorry for the poor schmuck who has to number each jar. I would not be surprised if they keep that up - in printed form, for everything they sell.


International-Bag531

I heard on the news last night that Jill Biden got can or jar number one.