Work No. 922; Shaken Down

WALKERS  SALT & SHAKE  potato crisps 6 packs pack ( £1.35 from Sainsburys )
Contents emptied from their shiny air-plumped matryoshka doll-like packaging and crushed.
One small potato?

Latest in our “Conning of the Consumer” series
Sequential triptych in Tumblr style presentation
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Shaken Down ( a vertical triptych )
Michael St.Mark 2017

Symbolic of the basis upon which the entire food retail sector operates and perpetually squeezes extra profit margins from the unaware consumer over time

Links to  Work No. 902; The Original Pringles
Links to Work No. 279 from 2007; Everything has its Place

*2025 Update. Salt & Shake – still a ‘bargain’ for the crisp addict, at £2.35 😉

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