The days they make Crunch Berrys is the one day of good smells here in the city of Five Smells (Cedar Rapids, IA home to the worlds largest cereal plant).
Posted on 03/09/2011 2:04:44 PM PST by mkleesma
The Soggies have finally won: Cap'n Crunch is quietly sailing into retirement.
Long derided by health experts for its high sugar content – a single serving contains 12 grams – the cereal is no longer being actively marketed by Quaker, DailyFinance reports. It appears parent company Pepsico is forcing the good Cap'n to walk the plank.
Cap'n Crunch was once the No. 1 breakfast cereal, but pressure from the White House and health activists is having an effect on how PepsiCo and other food companies peddle their products to kids. Sales of the cereal were down 6.8 percent in 2010.
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*They came for me Lucky Charms and I didn’t speak out...*
And always after them, they were!
“First they came for the Captain Crunch. I said nothing, because I did not eat much Captain Crunch. Then they came for the Sugar Smacks. I stayed quiet, because I did not have any in my cupboard...”
The heartless liberals will leave us with Wheaties and Puffed Rice. DAMN THEM ALL TO HELL!
I still (even this last Sunday!) eat all of the “regular” cereal in my bowl and then eat all of the crunchberries as “dessert”. Never changed from when I was a kid.
Quisp and Quake..........
He should have been a Somali pirate. Then he would have been safe.
I still go through Captain Crunch spells where nothing is better.
Food Nazis, is there anything worse than Food Nazis?
Yes, that stuff is especially good. If I didn't have a sensitivity to milk, I could eat two or three big bowls in one sitting.
You BEAT ME, darn it...dang. I thought I was being clever, too.
Just too wordy, I guess. That will make you come in second every single time.
Seriously! I ate half a box on Saturday after going for several months without. I will boycott General Mills forever if the get rid of Crunchberries or Peanut Butter Crunch!
The days they make Crunch Berrys is the one day of good smells here in the city of Five Smells (Cedar Rapids, IA home to the worlds largest cereal plant).
Mea Culpa, Mea Culpa, Mea Maxima Culpa.....
from the article:
Cap'n Crunch was once the No. 1 breakfast cereal, but pressure from the White House and health activists is having an effect on how PepsiCo and other food companies peddle their products to kids.
it's being discontinued NOT because of poor sales... but POLITICS. pure nanny state. and you people are ok with this?
you call yourselves freepers?!
LOL.
INDEED.
THX.
what's next?
Oh noes!
i’m holding out for quake.
Also available at Target Supers Stores.
Yum!
This was my favorite cereal. If the following response gets me reprimanded or banished, it’s worth it. BASTARDS!!!!
Noooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!
(sound of djf’s car peeling out and breaking the speed limit on his way to Safeway...)
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