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Cap'n Crunch sails into obscurity (Nanny-Statism has killed my favorite cereal!)
Today.com ^
| 03/09/2011
| Ryan MacClanathan
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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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: capncrunch; foodpolice; healthnazis; nanny; state
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To: Joe 6-pack
*They came for me Lucky Charms and I didnt speak out...*
And always after them, they were!
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posted on
03/09/2011 2:17:29 PM PST
by
PATRIOT1876
(The only crimes that are 100% preventable are crimes committed by illegal aliens)
To: mkleesma
“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!
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posted on
03/09/2011 2:18:28 PM PST
by
rlmorel
(How to relate to Liberals? Take a Conservative, remove all responsibility...logic...)
To: dfwgator
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.
To: Anitius Severinus Boethius
I loved Crunchberries. I didn't care much for the main cereal, but I would pick every single crunchberry from the box if I got half a chance.
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posted on
03/09/2011 2:18:54 PM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(Washington is finally rid of the Kennedies. Free at last, thank God almighty we are free at last.)
To: null and void
Quisp and Quake..........
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posted on
03/09/2011 2:18:58 PM PST
by
blackdog
To: mkleesma
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?
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posted on
03/09/2011 2:20:14 PM PST
by
IrishCatholic
(No local Communist or Socialist Party Chapter? Join the Democrats, it's the same thing!)
To: smokingfrog
Especially the peanut butter Captain Crunch. 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.
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posted on
03/09/2011 2:20:24 PM PST
by
Mr Ramsbotham
(Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
To: PATRIOT1876
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.
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posted on
03/09/2011 2:20:48 PM PST
by
rlmorel
(How to relate to Liberals? Take a Conservative, remove all responsibility...logic...)
To: Anitius Severinus Boethius
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!
To: mkleesma
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).
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posted on
03/09/2011 2:22:28 PM PST
by
conservonator
((...)Kant spill or type...)
To: dfwgator
Mea Culpa, Mea Culpa, Mea Maxima Culpa.....
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posted on
03/09/2011 2:22:40 PM PST
by
Emperor Palpatine
(Tosca, mi fai dimenticare Iddio!!!)
To: mkleesma; All
i read thru the comments so far.. and i'm left wondering... wtf is wrong with you people? is this DU or FR?
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?!
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posted on
03/09/2011 2:23:17 PM PST
by
sten
(fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
To: mkleesma
So does that make them "Cereal Killers".
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posted on
03/09/2011 2:24:28 PM PST
by
dfwgator
To: null and void
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posted on
03/09/2011 2:25:08 PM PST
by
Quix
(Times are a changin' INSURE you have believed in your heart & confessed Jesus as Lord Come NtheFlesh)
To: sten
these are just 2 of the items the lefties have forced out for their own political purposes:
what's next?
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posted on
03/09/2011 2:26:04 PM PST
by
sten
(fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
To: Big Giant Head; Big Giant Air Head; listenhillary
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posted on
03/09/2011 2:26:10 PM PST
by
Marie Antoinette
(Proud Clinton-hater since 1998.)
To: Disambiguator
i’m holding out for quake.
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posted on
03/09/2011 2:26:34 PM PST
by
Cyber Liberty
(You CAN get blood from a stone, if you throw it hard enough.)
To: blackdog
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posted on
03/09/2011 2:27:08 PM PST
by
Leo Farnsworth
(I'm not really Leo Farnsworth.)
To: mkleesma
This was my favorite cereal. If the following response gets me reprimanded or banished, it’s worth it. BASTARDS!!!!
To: mkleesma
Noooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!
(sound of djf’s car peeling out and breaking the speed limit on his way to Safeway...)
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posted on
03/09/2011 2:29:39 PM PST
by
djf
(Dems and liberals: Let's redefine "marriage". We already redefined "natural born citizen".)
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