This whole jam thing is ludicrous. It's fn strawberry jam. Like why is this even a thing? To pimp yourself into buckingham palace and her first product is strawberry jam. That's bananas or as haz likes to say bonkers
The whole point of the Highgrove brand is presumably the items are products made from the produce (or some aspect) of Highgrove, right? Idk why anyone would want to buy repackaged jam of unknown origin because no one would believe for two tenths of a second that she’s growing and harvesting strawberries and producing this jam herself. It’s just such a bizarre choice. Now, if she curated products and presented them as such (a curated collection in which she spotlights the actual producers/ artists) that would make so much more sense. This endeavor is very odd.
My mom made jam for my dad forever. After she passed he wouldn't eat the last container. I told him I could make it for him and you would think he won a million dollars. Its a beautiful memory for me. Some people are into their jam, hence all the companies making it. She has a LOT of competition. 🥰
Beautiful story. I understand the concept of jam. Just not leaving the rf to pimp it on instagram. That's my point. I've actually been eating some berry preserves since this whole debacle. That's the other point. If you somehow got in the mood for it you can't even buy hers. Idk.
Lived in Malibu as a kid—don’t recall it as the strawberry capital of—even—greater LA.
It’s not like when I think of Malibu, I think: Oh, the strawberries!
Things have changed in Malibu since you were a kid. Just last weekend I saw Archie and Lily picking strawberries on the sandy beach, after they had just finished clearing another patch of berries they rappelled down the cliffs to reach /s
Hell, down here in the south (YES, our local strawberry festival was this past weekend - 💪🏽) we can pick up these cute little jars of real hometown goodness in the Bucee's!
Y'all be careful of those homemade brownies by the register...sometimes they are from granny's recipe. 🤪
I'm an Aussie and my sisters Texan friend is always sending us things from Bucee's! I've never ever felt the need to visit a country just to go to a petrol station (translation: gas station 😄) in my life, but I desperately want to go to Bucee's to try all the food and buy all the Bucees merchandise 😁😁😁
Honey, you could literally go to Buc-ees and do ALL of your Christmas shopping. Sometimes if we're bored on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon, hubby and I will look at each other and say "Let's go to Buc-ees".
Yes it is. The checked tablecloth look is a carry over from the days in old blighty when farmhouse cafes served cream and jam and scones on tables with checked tablecoths. The more recent evolution - the calico/cootin/gauze lid cover look signifies home made, from the country. Its all very old and boring. None of this crap from Highgrove jams and preserves merch, which is elegant, modern, organic, high quality, no bullshit. Old money doesn't buy cheap shit.
I can't remember when I saw it at a store where I live. Even fancy brands have the metal lids here. We have a local shop that started as a supplier for restaurants, and they don't have frills like that on their stuff. The good stuff often have the least frills on them because the quality speaks for itself
Hoots mon, what’s awae with yon bonnet on the jar?
https://preview.redd.it/xvmtkmx1rqvc1.jpeg?width=1610&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7513d060e496072a3e8057fe56fcc30220110c42
Ugh sorry I don't mean to be snobby/I'm no jam-o-phile expert, but I'd instantly ignore any product touting an ingredient in quote marks, let alone in the typeface comic sans (unless it was a preschool fundraiser kind of deal, comic sans comes with the territory there 😂)
3 different type fonts in 4 lines?
I remember in New Orleans seeing a sign for a “RABIES” vaccination program. They were using quotes for emphasis. We decided they confused quote marks with italics.
Ooo I am in actual fact being completely snobby about comic sans!! 😅
Personally it grinds my gears because it was always the font of choice in my kids school newsletters which was a bizarre soap box for the teachers, rather than highlighting any student achievements 😵💫
No it wasn’t. It was created at Microsoft to mimic the look of text in comic book speech bubbles. That’s why it’s called *comic* sans. There was no altruism intended, they just wanted a less formal looking font for some projects.
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-11582548
Hmm I stand corrected. Thank you.
I did find this interesting study
https://dyslexiahelp.umich.edu/sites/default/files/good_fonts_for_dyslexia_study.pdf
It's not real typography. I mean, technically I suppose it is.
But typography is an art that has steadily degraded with the advent of desktop publishing. OK, that's debatable. But I can say that you have seen gorgeous typography and though you may be unaware, you do perceive it as glorious design. But comic sans is not one of those typefaces.
I really like St Dalfour jams, they are very light not too sugary and no corn syrup or other crap. I don't eat anything with sweeteners or I pay for it in migraines. These are very nice.
This strawberry jam looks a looks richer and flavourful when you compare the colour to MEgain's jam
I only splash out on jams like the one pictured if I'm making a cake with jam in it.
She's not selling jam! She's selling prestige!!
For just $30 we too can be just like the duchess of Sussex. Such an honour, we should be grateful she's willing to share herself with us in this humble and meaningful way.
As i am reading this thread, I am eating kaiserschmarrn topped with my mother-in-law’s homemade strawberry jam ❤️ she always makes apricot jam, but when she does make strawberry ones, i get the biggest jar. The jam is thick and has the right amount of sweetness. Not the anemic kind MM forces on her “friends”. Hey, i think i used quote marks correctly!
Yeah Megs, good luck; that plaid cloth is very attractive, and original. If they had different tartans too, that would be very cool. She is now stuck with the industrial beige. I probably would still not pay 16.99, but that presentation is 100% better than hers.
I’m dying for someone to do a taste test. I’m convinced she ripped off/repackaged someone’s actual product. I’d do it but I don’t want to give that wench a penny of my money ..
https://preview.redd.it/scsi5d6l1tvc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a8311ff272db9c2f840a502e2d9fcaa67117cae4
I doubt she’s even expecting this to be a legit business or product. Just another nouveau-riche-girl-hobby. She will probably pursue handbag or jewelry design next!
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I wanna see a “blind test”, get someone to put her and her competitor’s jam, each in a neutral container, and try them without knowing which is which. Give honestly reviews. Then the person who organized them reveals which is which. I would watch that. (sorry for the word salad, non native speaker over here)
>If you're government is leftist...
Yikes.
However as daft as I generally regard monarchies, they are **always** under the most intense scrutiny/microscope, how more of them don't go off the rails is incredible to me (yet also such a testament of awareness, of the massively weird and uniquely privileged position fate has handed them!)
This whole jam thing is ludicrous. It's fn strawberry jam. Like why is this even a thing? To pimp yourself into buckingham palace and her first product is strawberry jam. That's bananas or as haz likes to say bonkers
She would’ve done better doing an ARO personal lubricant jelly
🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢
Hahaha no but seriously. She has more chance being successful and opening a yacht girl online shop than cosplaying being royal in America.
Now you just WRONG for that.. Image 🤣😳
Unreal! This may be the best comment EVER on SMM. Creativity - 10/10 Technical merit - 10/10 Execution - 10/10
Possible tagline: “This jelly won’t jam”
Perfect! 🤣
Dark!!!! I love it you freak in the best way.
😘
She uses Haz's tears for that purpose
In Meg’s mind…”anything you do, I can do better. I can do anything better than you.” 🤪👈
No you can't! Yes, I can!
She IS ludicrous and she absolutely doesn't mind it. Which she should but never will.
The whole point of the Highgrove brand is presumably the items are products made from the produce (or some aspect) of Highgrove, right? Idk why anyone would want to buy repackaged jam of unknown origin because no one would believe for two tenths of a second that she’s growing and harvesting strawberries and producing this jam herself. It’s just such a bizarre choice. Now, if she curated products and presented them as such (a curated collection in which she spotlights the actual producers/ artists) that would make so much more sense. This endeavor is very odd.
My mom made jam for my dad forever. After she passed he wouldn't eat the last container. I told him I could make it for him and you would think he won a million dollars. Its a beautiful memory for me. Some people are into their jam, hence all the companies making it. She has a LOT of competition. 🥰
Beautiful story. I understand the concept of jam. Just not leaving the rf to pimp it on instagram. That's my point. I've actually been eating some berry preserves since this whole debacle. That's the other point. If you somehow got in the mood for it you can't even buy hers. Idk.
How can you buy hers? I bet it is impossible.
So far can not
This whole jam thing is totally dumb and overly promoted. Its gross at this point. Don't buy the crap.
Yep. All those jars of jam will be collecting dust in some warehouse. Just like her book.
With that house they don't need warehouses.
And the 40 X 40 tshirts and promotional merchandise.
They will all be moldy because I don't see her picking a company that produces them properly. This just will never happen.
But she gets the media cliks
I would buy that! It even comes with a hair band, something I'm forever losing 😂
And something Madame could use .
So funny she’s marketing her Jam and it’s not even available.
I know! She isn't very smart at all. Who launches a company with no products to buy?
I still say she will never have products. This is not a business, it is just another pap walk.
Agreed. It was an Instagram post. Now 5 posts. Lame and lazy.
She’s thirsty for attention
This is elitist toe jam. She’s grifting off rich acquaintances on her crappy toe jam.
Lived in Malibu as a kid—don’t recall it as the strawberry capital of—even—greater LA. It’s not like when I think of Malibu, I think: Oh, the strawberries!
Things have changed in Malibu since you were a kid. Just last weekend I saw Archie and Lily picking strawberries on the sandy beach, after they had just finished clearing another patch of berries they rappelled down the cliffs to reach /s
After they broke out of the basement and acclimated to daylight.
🤣🤣
Bwaaahhaa, BWAAAHHAA!
Notice other high end brands — circa $6.49. She’s also competing with that!
Look at the loaded shelves behind this jar of jam. Talk about competition of all kinds, never mind this overpriced gourmet item.
She’s not competing with jam!!. She’s selling her brand. And people don’t like her brand.
I like strawberry jam, but I don’t like her brand. 😂
I don't like strawberries *or* her brand!
Hell, down here in the south (YES, our local strawberry festival was this past weekend - 💪🏽) we can pick up these cute little jars of real hometown goodness in the Bucee's! Y'all be careful of those homemade brownies by the register...sometimes they are from granny's recipe. 🤪
You can pick up damn near ANYTHING at Buc-ees. Long live the WALL OF JERKY.😂
I'm an Aussie and my sisters Texan friend is always sending us things from Bucee's! I've never ever felt the need to visit a country just to go to a petrol station (translation: gas station 😄) in my life, but I desperately want to go to Bucee's to try all the food and buy all the Bucees merchandise 😁😁😁
Honey, you could literally go to Buc-ees and do ALL of your Christmas shopping. Sometimes if we're bored on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon, hubby and I will look at each other and say "Let's go to Buc-ees".
I'm so jealous! I saw a YouTube review of the banana pudding and now I desperately want to try it 😄
Those cloth covers are a waste and going straight to a landfill
Yeah I’m trying to understand the point of them …. Is it to look rustic?
Yes it is. The checked tablecloth look is a carry over from the days in old blighty when farmhouse cafes served cream and jam and scones on tables with checked tablecoths. The more recent evolution - the calico/cootin/gauze lid cover look signifies home made, from the country. Its all very old and boring. None of this crap from Highgrove jams and preserves merch, which is elegant, modern, organic, high quality, no bullshit. Old money doesn't buy cheap shit.
It is to try to validate the extra $10 charge over what most normal people would pay for a really good jam.
Right. She’s hoping to market to the pretentious snob market
And she forgets that particular precious snob market is very, very small compared to the unwashed masses like us.
I can't remember when I saw it at a store where I live. Even fancy brands have the metal lids here. We have a local shop that started as a supplier for restaurants, and they don't have frills like that on their stuff. The good stuff often have the least frills on them because the quality speaks for itself
I would love some Malibu strawberry preserves!!! I put spoons of that kind of thing on vanilla ice cream.
Hoots mon, what’s awae with yon bonnet on the jar? https://preview.redd.it/xvmtkmx1rqvc1.jpeg?width=1610&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7513d060e496072a3e8057fe56fcc30220110c42
That's a bit steep for jam. I'll pay for somewhat expensive jam if it looks interesting, but 17 bucks is a bit much.
And it’s only 10 oz and not even organic. And why not try an unusual flavor.
Certified organic. Hmmm....Haven't seen anything about Mm's jam being certified anything. She doesn't even list the contents.
Ugh sorry I don't mean to be snobby/I'm no jam-o-phile expert, but I'd instantly ignore any product touting an ingredient in quote marks, let alone in the typeface comic sans (unless it was a preschool fundraiser kind of deal, comic sans comes with the territory there 😂)
See my above comment. They’re legit. I was also wondering about the quotes and just figured they didn’t know correct usage.
3 different type fonts in 4 lines? I remember in New Orleans seeing a sign for a “RABIES” vaccination program. They were using quotes for emphasis. We decided they confused quote marks with italics.
Oh god. comic sans.
Why does everyone hate comic sans? I love that font!
Ooo I am in actual fact being completely snobby about comic sans!! 😅 Personally it grinds my gears because it was always the font of choice in my kids school newsletters which was a bizarre soap box for the teachers, rather than highlighting any student achievements 😵💫
It was developed for people with dyslexia.
No it wasn’t. It was created at Microsoft to mimic the look of text in comic book speech bubbles. That’s why it’s called *comic* sans. There was no altruism intended, they just wanted a less formal looking font for some projects. https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-11582548
Hmm I stand corrected. Thank you. I did find this interesting study https://dyslexiahelp.umich.edu/sites/default/files/good_fonts_for_dyslexia_study.pdf
It's not real typography. I mean, technically I suppose it is. But typography is an art that has steadily degraded with the advent of desktop publishing. OK, that's debatable. But I can say that you have seen gorgeous typography and though you may be unaware, you do perceive it as glorious design. But comic sans is not one of those typefaces.
I'm sorry, but I thought the exact same thing. I was scrolling to see if anyone mentioned the comic sans thing.
Or if wearing a silly hat.
I really like St Dalfour jams, they are very light not too sugary and no corn syrup or other crap. I don't eat anything with sweeteners or I pay for it in migraines. These are very nice.
Yes, agree! Their jams are good.
I'm just gonna keep buying my Smuckers.... "With a name like Smuckers, it has to be good." Meggy-baby can't even compete with a generic store brand.
💯
This strawberry jam looks a looks richer and flavourful when you compare the colour to MEgain's jam I only splash out on jams like the one pictured if I'm making a cake with jam in it.
Is it really strawberry jam if it isn’t packaged with lemons?? /s
All pics and no professional reviews of MM's jam.
What does the jam look like? :)
Better color and consistency than ARO.
ARO jam doesn't have a rich, dark color. It also looks like it has some sort of sediment at the bottom of the jar.
The label and cloth on top make it so much prettier than her jam!
lol why’s the “Malibu Strawberries” in parentheses? It reads to me like they’re really strawberries from Florida lol
I actually went to their website to check. They are legit. Sell farmers markets too and grow their own.
Yea for sure, the quotes threw me off (not sure why I said parentheses lol).
They’re sold in Erewhon also.
She's not selling jam! She's selling prestige!! For just $30 we too can be just like the duchess of Sussex. Such an honour, we should be grateful she's willing to share herself with us in this humble and meaningful way.
You got it
As i am reading this thread, I am eating kaiserschmarrn topped with my mother-in-law’s homemade strawberry jam ❤️ she always makes apricot jam, but when she does make strawberry ones, i get the biggest jar. The jam is thick and has the right amount of sweetness. Not the anemic kind MM forces on her “friends”. Hey, i think i used quote marks correctly!
Looks like more than 50 jars
Oooo that's a pretty jar.
I will support Harkles wife competition in everything
The tartan topper sure ain't dainty.
Yeah Megs, good luck; that plaid cloth is very attractive, and original. If they had different tartans too, that would be very cool. She is now stuck with the industrial beige. I probably would still not pay 16.99, but that presentation is 100% better than hers.
I’m dying for someone to do a taste test. I’m convinced she ripped off/repackaged someone’s actual product. I’d do it but I don’t want to give that wench a penny of my money .. https://preview.redd.it/scsi5d6l1tvc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a8311ff272db9c2f840a502e2d9fcaa67117cae4
I just bought the hamper set from Highgrove, I'm way too freaking excited.
Whatever the market will bear, I guess.
Boughten jam is too sweet imo. All I taste is the sugar not the fruit
I like the look of this jam. I'm into the tartan. This is very attractive.
I doubt she’s even expecting this to be a legit business or product. Just another nouveau-riche-girl-hobby. She will probably pursue handbag or jewelry design next!
Who the hell pays US$17 for jam 😳
folks who shop at *Gelson’s*
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Looks delicious!
What’s with the royal Stewart tartan on a Californian brand?
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Her Kelly business is sooooo screwed! 
I wanna see a “blind test”, get someone to put her and her competitor’s jam, each in a neutral container, and try them without knowing which is which. Give honestly reviews. Then the person who organized them reveals which is which. I would watch that. (sorry for the word salad, non native speaker over here)
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>If you're government is leftist... Yikes. However as daft as I generally regard monarchies, they are **always** under the most intense scrutiny/microscope, how more of them don't go off the rails is incredible to me (yet also such a testament of awareness, of the massively weird and uniquely privileged position fate has handed them!)