You may remember my previous post regarding a kiosk for the selection of individually colored M&M's. Well what should I find in a party store on an end-cap? Behold - individually packaged mono-color M&M's.
So what's my hang-up with this? It is this: these are not Starburst candies or Skittles people... M&M's all taste the same! Skittles are even made by the same company as M&M's, but you don't see kiosks so that you can get 4 lbs. of Banana Berry if you so chose. We live in a world where they have eliminated purple Swedish Fish, but you can get M&M's in four shades of blue... Madness. Madness.
Golly gee- I see you are quite the fan of the good ol' melt in your mouth not in your hand candy
ReplyDeleteI have expounded on my thoughts since first posting. Hopefully me feelings are clear. If I could talk directly to the M&M's I would say this:
ReplyDelete"Look buddy, I know you have that patented candy shell that keeps my fingers chocolate free (now my fingers are red and blue) - but don't you think you've beat that into the ground? I mean - you don't want to be a one-trick candy, do you?"
He would probably reply:
"But look at all the colors I come in!"
(sigh)
So, I have done an analysis from my pictures. These individually wrapped packages are $4.99 for 7 ounces - equivalent to $11.41 / lb! At Wegmans you can mix and match any volume for $7.99 a lb... Hell, my office vending machine is $1.25 for an individual pack (3.14 oz.) - that's $6.37 / lbs.!
ReplyDeleteWhat's the message? That this is a brilliant mark-up strategy? Or is it just that I dwell on things way too much? Isn't that why you read this blog? ;)
Well.... Let me just say for all of us who come to read this blog-
ReplyDeleteThanks ever so much for clearing that up!
I just thought you were a huge fan of an M&M, now I know you secretly are protesting them. Or should i say semi publicly....
Now we all know! Damn the racest M&M!!!