A reply!
Yes, Del Monte has written me back! Here it is, the moment of truth, the help I've been begging for!
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January 18, 2008
Dear Paul,
Thank you for your e-mail about Del Monte Savory Sides.
We're sincerely sorry to disappoint you, but this product is no longer available. Unfortunately, due to changing market conditions and a lack of consumer demand, we made the difficult decision to discontinue making the product. Your opinion is very important to us and will be shared with our Management.
We regret we were unable to help in this instance. As a way of thanking you for your interest, we have sent a complimentary coupon for a Del Monte product.
Niki, Del Monte Foods Consumer Affairs
consumeraffairs@delmonte.com
Del Monte. Nourishing families. Enriching lives. Every Day.
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What the fuck? Those assholes and their fucking management-based decisions! Damn it all to hell! They did it, they did the one thing I specifically begged them not to do - they took my one good recipe away from me. "Enriching lives"? Bullshit! They have just diminished my existence by one whole food product! Oh, Niki, I genuinely hope you don't think this is over. You have just unleashed hell upon the Del Monte world! I shall have my revenge!
...after I retrieve my free product. I wonder what it's going to be!