Posted on 03/05/2023 3:43:54 PM PST by BenLurkin
Toblerone is to remove the Matterhorn mountain peak from its packaging when some of the chocolate's production is moved from Switzerland to Slovakia.
US firm Mondelez said the image of the 4,478m (14,692 ft) mountain will be replaced by a more generic summit.
Strict rules have applied about "Swissness" since 2017.
They state that national symbols are not allowed to be used to promote milk-based products that are not made exclusively in Switzerland. For other raw foodstuffs the threshold is at least 80%.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
LOL!
It’s what they are doing for business instead of making things like they used to.
Kraft (now Mondelez) took a high quality, high priced Swiss brand, mass-marketed it, cheapened it and lowered the quality.
A classmate and friend is one of the heirs to the Toblerone fortune. You’d never know and he doesn’t tell. Old money.
My favorite place to vacation. Love Zakopane (Polish Side) And the Tatstranka mountains on the Slovak side. Every time I go I put on ten pounds living in the kartzma. Almost bought a house there but the Russians snatch up every piece of real estate.
Maybe we should adopt that mindset in the USA....
Typical paleface behavior. Remove the Indian, Keep the Land!
Got rid of the Indians. Keep the land.
We have a Lindt outlet warehouse in nearby Carlisle, PA. Oooooh, those Lindor Balls! And they have dozens of flavors of them.
bkmk
Iirc the company avoided some leftist issues a whe back. By saying NO.
About a dozen years ago I was able to get lots of Toblerone for FREE via coupons. That was in the glory years of couponing. Great chocolate. My wife was really excited when I was bringing home that Toblerone.
Yeah like the adulterated olive oil and wines. At least you knew what region they were treating them in...
I was wondering when this issue was going to be addressed. It’s caused me some sleepless nights.
To be woke is to be exasperatingly literal-minded.
I know! Those balls are SO good. That’s what Costco was giving away. I was shocked to see such a good product given away as a free sample. I think I got three of them.
What a reckless pleasure, to grab a basket and go up and down the aisles, selecting flavors to try; in addition to the several favorites, of which we grab a handful of each. And then after getting them home, the willpower required to limit ourself to 2 or 3 each day; lest we overdo it and spoil the pleasure. Not to mention our clothing no longer fitting us comfortably.
Wasn’t the whole point of Toblerone to be sort of shaped like the Matterhorn in triangular portions?
What "fine things" do they no longer make?
Have you ever been to Switzerland?
Did you know there are strong resemblances between their Constitution and ours? Some have said. "Switzerland and the USA: sister republics."
With the mess going on between Ukraine and Russia, the Swiss government is renovating some of its 347,000 bunkers.
Did you know their tunnels and bridges are mined?
The Swiss are proud and independent.
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