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Woland
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Posted: May 10, 2012 2:20pm
The Journal reports:
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| Vegemite, Australia's best-known condiment, is leaving a bad taste in little mouths.
Beloved for generations Down Under, it has been derided elsewhere: Formula One race-car driver Mark Webber travels with it in his kit and actor Russell Crowe eats it with tomato. President Barack Obama once described Vegemite as "horrible."
Vegemite's maker is struggling to recruit young Aussies to eat the thick brown salty spread that their parents have always adored.
In a quest for reinvention, Kraft Foods KFT +0.74%—which acquired the Vegemite brand in 1926—has tried blending the stuff with cream cheese to create a concoction briefly known as "iSnack 2.0," and has played with quirky advertising campaigns to enliven the historic stuff.
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GlenD
Inner circle
LosAngeles, Ca
1145 Posts
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Posted: May 10, 2012 6:15pm
Eh. I hear twinkies are going into the history books. Is that true? Now there's reason to be concerned!
Glen
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balducci
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Canada
378 Posts
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Posted: May 10, 2012 6:33pm
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On 2012-05-10 18:15, GlenD wrote:
Eh. I hear twinkies are going into the history books. Is that true? Now there's reason to be concerned!
Glen
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Because of the bankruptcy? I think it unlikely that twinkies would vanish. That product line would probably be sold off to another company, in a worst case scenario.
http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/news/2012/05/09/hostess-warns-it-might-liquidate.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/09/us-hostess-bids-idUSBRE8481JH20120509
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landmark
Inner circle
By now they've deleted all but
2868 Posts
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Posted: May 10, 2012 7:37pm
At last, an opinion of Obama's that I respect!
(Mrs. Landmark is Australian BTW, so I'm allowed to dis Vegemite).
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LobowolfXXX
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La Famiglia
1597 Posts
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Posted: May 10, 2012 7:37pm
If you can't make money selling Twinkies, you're not trying.
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Steve_Mollett
Inner circle
Eh, so I've made
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Posted: May 10, 2012 8:28pm
Hmmm...Vegemite-filled Twinkies..."New, Hostage YUCKIES, the food kidnappers feed their victims!!!"
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S2000magician
Inner circle
Yorba Linda, CA
3597 Posts
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Posted: May 10, 2012 8:51pm
Speaking of which . . . .
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