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Mars [Obama] puts Snickers bars on a diet
CNN ^
| February 16th, 2012
| Jacque Wilson
Posted on 02/17/2012 6:18:57 AM PST by iowamark
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To: 2ndamendmentpa
Agree - candy, coffee, ice cream - all the sizes started shrinking long ago. A long time ago. From Mad Magazine in the 1960s:
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posted on
02/17/2012 6:47:03 AM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(You only have three billion heartbeats in a lifetime.How many does the government claim as its own?)
To: AU72
It's like dried pasta going from 16oz to 12oz per package.It's gotten to the point recipes need to be rewritten.
You can pretty much toss any recipe that calls for 1 can, 1 pkg. etc.
Bet the new Mars candy bar will come in the same size wrapper.
When you shake it, it'll rattle.
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posted on
02/17/2012 6:49:02 AM PST
by
Vinnie
To: iowamark
Just wait until Moochelle gets her meathooks into the Armenians at the "Grand Candy Factory" who crafted this chocolate bar. It won't be a pretty sight...
To: Tao Yin
"This is a red hearing."
If only it were so. We definitely need to restore HUAC! They could start in the White House.
To: iowamark
Mars will most likely stop producing its king-sized candy bars all together since the large Snickers bar weighs in at 510 calories.Simple solution would be to change the serving size to 6. Truth be told, it's not about calories but Mars is using this as a "feel good" angle to reduce the size and raise the price just like other companies have done with smaller sized toilet paper rolls, etc.
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posted on
02/17/2012 7:05:36 AM PST
by
bgill
(Romney & Obama are both ineligible. A non-NBC GOP prez shuts down all ?s on Obama's admin)
To: reagan_fanatic
And whos to stop anybody from simply buying two bars to make up for the smaller one? Please don't tip off the Fed's on this! Once they get wise to your plan, candy bars will have to be registered. And there will be a strict one-a-day maximum purchase rule.
And there will be a BCSI (Bureau of Candy, Soda, and Ice Cream) to enforce the tangled mess of candy-related rules. Naturally, the BCSI agents will be armed and have arrest powers.
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posted on
02/17/2012 7:05:56 AM PST
by
Leaning Right
(Why am I carrying this lantern? you ask. I am looking for the next Reagan.)
To: iowamark
Here’s an idea Mars—close your company. That way you’re not producing “poison” any more. Maybe Mooshell will hire all your employees.
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posted on
02/17/2012 7:07:10 AM PST
by
WKUHilltopper
(And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
To: iowamark
Packages of food that we buy are the same price, but the quantity inside is less than it used to be.
Obamasized.
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posted on
02/17/2012 7:07:24 AM PST
by
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posted on
02/17/2012 7:07:24 AM PST
by
deoetdoctrinae
(Gun-free zones are playgrounds for felons)
To: reagan_fanatic
Yeah, I mean that is a big “DUH” right there. Most people with any brain already buy two little ones rather than the king size, since the unit price usually works out to be cheaper. King size is just a marketing gimmick to sell 1.8 times the product for 2 times the price.
To: reagan_fanatic
Interesting with the smaller bars. You do tend to eat more. Buy a bag....eat a bag. It’s all about volume.
To: Tao Yin
Its the same as many other products that have shrunk over the past few years: less produce, same price. Obamasized
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posted on
02/17/2012 7:09:11 AM PST
by
frithguild
(Withdraw from the 1967 Treaty on Outer Space. It bans private property and profits.)
To: InterceptPoint
They replaced the Mercury dime with the Roosevelt dime and removed the fasces, the ancient Roman symbol of unity, just because it had been used by Mussolini. Then in 1965 Lyndon Johnson took away the silver content and replaced it with the “Great Society Alloy” (cupronickel).
Anyway, candy bars have been shrinking for decades but this is the first time it’s being done for PC reasons.
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posted on
02/17/2012 7:11:05 AM PST
by
elcid1970
("Deport all Muslims. Nuke Mecca now. Death to Islam means freedom for all mankind.")
To: iowamark
This is getting as bad as the climate fiasco. Govenment.....just go away. Stay out of my kitchen, my bedroom, my car, my children’s head....GO AWAY!!!
To: iowamark
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posted on
02/17/2012 7:18:12 AM PST
by
FrankR
(You are only enslaved to the extent of the entitlements you receive.)
To: reagan_fanatic
“bars on a diet, reagan_fanatic wrote:
And whos to stop anybody from simply buying two bars to make up for the smaller one?”
Sounds like a deliberate kickback to Mars to boost sales for that very reason.
How much $$ did Mars give to the Hussein campaign?
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posted on
02/17/2012 7:22:17 AM PST
by
treetopsandroofs
(Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
To: iowamark
Mars is angling for a waiver from Soetoro care.
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posted on
02/17/2012 7:22:40 AM PST
by
VRWC For Truth
(Throw the bums out who vote yes on the bailout)
To: iowamark
Life is too short to eat waxy American chocolate. Try Perugina and you will never go back.
To: iowamark
Was looking for a way to kick my M&M habit. With this as incentive, it’s done!
To: iowamark
Good PR for Mars Candy Co. and AND greater profits for them...
What’s not to like?
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posted on
02/17/2012 7:43:50 AM PST
by
WayneS
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