M&M Mars to stop making King Size Snickers bars

[TheMightyFavog]

http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20120217/GPG0101/120217104/Say-goodbye-king-sized-Snickers-bars?odyssey=mod|defcon|text|FRONTPAGE

NEW YORK — Snickers bars may soon satisfy you a bit less.

Mars Inc., the makers of popular candy brands including M&M’s and Twix, will stop making chocolate products that exceed 250 calories by the end of next year.

That means king-sized versions of the company’s chocolate bars will disappear from candy aisles. The privately-held company also makes Milky Way, 3Musketeers, Bounty and Kudos bars.

Mars may not have to make radical changes to reach its goal, however; a standard Snickers bar currently has 280 calories. A package of Twix and a bag of peanut M&M’s each clock in at 250 calories.

[DJ13]

1. will stop making chocolate products that exceed 250 calories by the end of next year.

I love how these companies are (ab)using "health concerns" to justify reducing the quantity of product in their packaging.

Its a candy bar, not a health food.

[antigone382]

2. I would prefer it if they switched to fair-trade chocolate...

Whatever the calorie content, it's hard to feel "guilt-free" when you know you're consuming the likely products of exploitation and child slavery.

[dipsydoodle]

3. Manufacturers don't normally have problems

reducing the weight of products whilst charging the same price.

Toilet roll makers use a different tack - they make them narrower.

[VWolf]

9. They sure do

Then they offer "Large" rolls which are the same size that "Regular" rolls used to be.
A few months later, they reduce the size of "Large", but offer "Jumbo".
Then "Jumbo" becomes "Mega".
Now "Mega" is the same size as "Regular" used to be.
And "Regular" amounts to a single square.

"Sorry, I haven't got a square to spare!"

[quinnox]

4. ...

But seriously, they were always way too big to eat anyway. And I love snickers bars.

[hughee99]

5. It's about time!

Now some people will be able to burn off extra calories by having to open several smaller candy wrappers instead of just one large one.

[ScreamingMeemie]

6. The thing we sell the most of here, in Convenience Storeland, is King sized Snickers...

Gonna be a lot of angry customers when that happens.

[dembotoz]

7. perhaps when figuring cost per ounce they discovered that the big bars were a good deal

and you can't have that......

[azurnoir]

8. Never bought the king sized bars anyway, didn't let my kids do it either

the regular sized ones have always been available but making them smaller for profits sake is probable reason

[VWolf]

10. All for the best. I could never eat more than 3 or 4 of them at once anyway. n/t

[nadinbrzezinski]

11. Good

[TheWraith]

12. Well, that's sad, but I always opted for the regular sized ones anyway.

They're a much better deal, actually.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

13. whaddayawannabet the NEW smaller size

will cost the same as the OLD larger size? i'll bet you a King Sized Snickers...if I can find one.

sP

[Dreamer Tatum]

15. you're aware, of course, that they already make the "new" smaller size, and have for decades?

nt

[ProdigalJunkMail]

16. ok...the new MAX size price

is the same as the OLD larger size price ...

FFS...you could have figured that out...or maybe not...

sP

[jmowreader]

19. Those are the "old" smaller size

Since the old smaller size has 30 calories too many (280 rather than 250), the new smaller size will have to be smaller still to meet their stated goal.

[d_r]

14. they'll just charge the same

for the regular that they used to charge for the king-size

[Odin2005]

17. They will pay the same amount of course.

Clever excuse.

[kemah]

18. Now they are fluffing the Hershey bar with air.

They are saving 1 gram of chocolate per bar. It adds up.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

20. actually, 3 times more than that

.11 oz diff in the old hershey bar and the new 'aerated' one. .11oz is slight more than 3 grams...

sP