Posted on 02/15/2012 5:50:09 PM PST by John W
Ready to say goodbye to a sliver of your Snickers? And how about a slightly slimmer Mars bar? By the end of 2013, chocolate-maker Mars says all of its chocolate bars will be under or right at the 250-calorie mark.
With all the fixation on our civilization's expanding waistlines, it's not that there are bad foods, just big foods. That means you won't be seeing lower-calorie chocolate or caramel just less of it.
And the company says it wants to be an industry leader, helping its customers enjoy "responsible snacking." It sort of reminds me of beer manufacturers' campaigns for responsible drinking.
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You could write their ads! :-)
Sign for it? Pfft! I want to see your photo I’d!
Just another symptom of our cultural denigration; now I know how Europeans feel.
The reality is that all the ingredients of a candy bar are increasing in price. So, by shrinking the size of the candy bar, Mars can sell you less for the same price...
...and make you think that they are doing so for your own benefit.
(Like P.T. Barnum said, “There’s a sucker born every minute.”)
Ordered one over the weekend.
http://www.cafepress.com/+i_am_not_a_number_dark_tshirt,508145961
Hershey Foods Corporation acquired Luden’s brands from the Dietrich Corporation, a successor to Food Industries of Philadelphia, in 1986.[6] For many years, the bar included two whole almonds on top of the bar but these were taken out in the 1990s.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5th_Avenue_(candy)
Butterfinger- Curtis Candy Co
Their first confectionery item was Kandy Kake, later refashioned in 1921 as the log-shaped Baby Ruth. Their second confectionery item was the chocolate-covered peanut butter crunch Butterfinger. In 1931 Curtiss marketed the brand by sponsoring famous air racer, John H. Livingston, in the Baby Ruth Aerobatic Team flying the air-racer Howard “Mike” at airshows, and sponsoring Livingston’s Monocoupe racer in the 1934 MacRobertson Air Race.[1] [2]
In 1964, Standard Brands purchased Curtiss Candy Company. Standard Brands merged with Nabisco in 1981. In 1990, RJR Nabisco sold the Curtiss brands to Nestlé.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtiss_Candy_Company
In 1986, Hershey’s began a brief foray into cough drops when it acquired the Luden’s cough drops brand. But by 2001, the brand had been sold to Pharmacia,[22] and Luden’s eventually became a product of Prestige Brands.[23] Hershey’s kept Luden’s 5th Avenue bar.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hersheys
Interesting analysis of candy:
http://www.waynesthisandthat.com/candybars
Ah, more “fun size” candy. What a gyp! When I was a kid, candy bars were the size of blackboard erasers. Now they are like credit cards.
I noticed recently that a piece of facial tissue is going toward the “fun size,” too.
I don’t feel like buying anything anymore!
Funny how hard it is for some people/companies/government to be honest these days.
Just admit that costs are rising and be done with it.
Funny how hard it is for some people/companies/government to be honest these days.
Just admit that costs are rising and be done with it.
My favorite candy bar!
And still readily available here in the People’s Republic of NY.
Regards,
LOL Good for you.
The best candy bar ever made, 5th Avenue, is rarely to be found here in the People’s Republic of Corpus Christi, Tx.
During the Nixon price controls, the cheese slice on the Filet-O-Fish became so thin you could see through it. It has never recovered.
That’s why I not longer buy the the packages of mini bars that came 8-10 in a sleeve. Used to be a nice two-bite snack. It’s now barely one bite.
I’ll go back to the regular size. 6 for about $3.60.
My dad always told me stories about how Hershey bars used to be "huge" when he was a kid. I thought he was just making up old-timey tales, but he was right. I had no idea that Bazooka gum was anything but scored in the middle. I know it's thinner nowadays, but I remember my dad taking out his old trusty pocketknife and splitting it with me so we could both enjoy a nice chew.
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