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Well it finally appears that Mars is maybe taking a u-turn in their branding of Snickers and Starbust, it appears that Marathon will reappear as will Opal Fruits, although Opal Fruits will only be a three month experiment, if proved successful it will be carried on.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/a ... ge_id=1770

I've always been brought up with Snickers being Snickers rather than Marathon, but I never really saw the point of changing Opal Fruits to Starburst.

That reminds me: did Kelloggs not make a big hooha a few years back about foil packing their cornflakes? I got some the other day and it was just the old normal plastic bag in the box.

Sput wrote:That reminds me: did Kelloggs not make a big hooha a few years back about foil packing their cornflakes? I got some the other day and it was just the old normal plastic bag in the box.

Did you check the 'Best Before Date' ? It was probably 1998 :roll:

There also had a big yahoo over coco pops and Choco Krispies

StuartPlymouth wrote:

Sput wrote:That reminds me: did Kelloggs not make a big hooha a few years back about foil packing their cornflakes? I got some the other day and it was just the old normal plastic bag in the box.

Did you check the 'Best Before Date' ? It was probably 1998 :roll:

Prickly poof.

For those prone to outbreaks of Daily Mail hate, here's an alternate link BrandRepublic. Also, isn't this another attempt by those who were born in the late 70's to mid 80s to get back things of their childhood back into the mainstream? Damn nostalgia junkies, that there is what caused the London 2012 logo yknow.

Nini wrote: isn't this another attempt by those who were born in the late 70's to mid 80s to get back things of their childhood back into the mainstream? Damn nostalgia junkies, that there is what caused the London 2012 logo yknow.

No. It's an attempt by the marketing people to GET those who were born in the late 70s to mid 80s to buy things that remind them of their childhood by changing the name back.

Sput wrote:No. It's an attempt by the marketing people to GET those who were born in the late 70s to mid 80s to buy things that remind them of their childhood by changing the name back.

Indeed so, but the novelty wares off after a while, you probably stop buying the product for the reason you stopped buying it in the first place. Since Wispa came back I bought it only once and frankly I remembered how mediocre they were, hardly the best chocolate bar ever.

nwtv2003 wrote:Wispa...mediocre...hardly the best

Philistine.

Sput wrote:That reminds me: did Kelloggs not make a big hooha a few years back about foil packing their cornflakes? I got some the other day and it was just the old normal plastic bag in the box.

No, you're quite right. It was obviously noted that foil is of little use in keeping something fresh once it has been opened. Foil bags didn't last long.

Also, Cadbury's large chocolate bars were in foil wrappers until recently but have now gone to a metallic looking plastic wrapper.

Gavin Scott wrote:It was obviously noted that foil is of little use in keeping something fresh once it has been opened. Foil bags didn't last long.

Also, Cadbury's large chocolate bars were in foil wrappers until recently but have now gone to a metallic looking plastic wrapper.

Don't the almost infinitely complex K-Lock boxes still exist? Haven't brought any cornflakes in some time and last time I did I never got to do it right. Replacing the tried and true method of paper around foil for foil-lined plastic packaging never rubbed me the right way.

Alexia wrote:

nwtv2003 wrote:Wispa...mediocre...hardly the best

Philistine.

Figured both were pretty equal in banality really.

Besides, everyone with an ounce of sense knew the Aero was the superior choice in the bubbly choc department.