If you address these questions to the manufacturer, thay will probably send you an entire case of candy free. Worked for us when we questioned why some Almond Joys had no almonds...
:-)
1. The apostrophe is possessive. They started out as Mars & Murrie’s finest shell coated chocolates.
2. The weight is an average of 48 packs (one retail box) 1.62965704 ounces each, which happens to be 46.2 grams.
3. M&M manufactures them in the following quantity percentages...
Blue 24%
Brown 13%
Green 16%
Orange 20%
Red 13%
Yellow 14%
If you’re not hitting the averages, you just need to keep trying. After all, practice makes perfect.
DA - Here goes, and you are probably not going to like it. I spent 20+ years in the food industry. Although I can’t say with certainty on this particular case, here is what I have seen and done. Most consumers don’t look at the weight of a small product like a pack of M&M’s - or even a big product like soap powder. They just assume it contains the same amount if the package size is the same. If I shave a fraction off ( in this case, say 2 M&M’s from a 2 oz package) I come up with the 1.63 ounces. I am only required to change the weight - not the package size. Most consumers don’t look at the weight or count and realize they used to get more M&M’s for the same money. This helps a manufacturer in many ways, besides just extra profit. It helps give the perception that we haven’t raised our prices, although in reality we have - you are getting less M&M’s for the same money. I don’t know if that is the case with the M&M’s. I do know this: If you can shave even a fraction of a penny off the cost of item that sells millions and millions of units, you can make a tremendous amount of money.-—JM
Here's how you do it
Take two random M&M's and squeeze them together on the flat sides until one shows signs of cracks. Keep the winner. Now grab two more and repeat until you have only winners. Repeat until the pool is down to 2 M&M's. The winner is the dominant one.
Write your results down and mail them along with the dominant M&M to Mars Candy so that they can breed from the strongest ones.
In return they will send you a package of M&M's and a nice thank you letter.
I've done this over a dozen times and have received a similar letter and package of candy.
I figure I'm doing their research for them I deserve a bit of something back.
Here's how you do it
Take two random M&M's and squeeze them together on the flat sides until one shows signs of cracks. Keep the winner. Now grab two more and repeat until you have only winners. Repeat until the pool is down to 2 M&M's. The winner is the dominant one.
Write your results down and mail them along with the dominant M&M to Mars Candy so that they can breed from the strongest ones.
In return they will send you a package of M&M's and a nice thank you letter.
I've done this over a dozen times and have received a similar letter and package of candy.
I figure I'm doing their research for them I deserve a bit of something back.
But would anyone devote the time?
Why do some have a W printed on them instead?
It’s Obama’s fault.
For an organic version with healthful colors that are not poison:
http://thecog.org/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=7_718&products_id=1000072
While I am at it, those cup of soups tick me off too. I counted ONE shrimp in my cup of soup.