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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Fractux on February 26, 2005, 06:34:01 am

Title: Roadkill candy... Yum
Post by: Fractux on February 26, 2005, 06:34:01 am

I saw this and just burst out laughing... man they must have had fun coming up with this idea.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4300029.stm

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'Roadkill' sweets grind to a halt

Kraft headquarters
Kraft said it wanted to be sensitive to consumer concerns
US food giant Kraft has decided to halt production of sweets shaped like roadkill - animals run over by cars.

Animal rights activists criticised the product, fruit-flavoured Trolli Roadkill Gummi candy, saying it encouraged acts of cruelty.

New Jersey's Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (NJSPCA) had threatened petitions, boycotts and letter campaigns to stop the product.

Kraft is in the process of selling the Trolli brand to a rival company.

Chewing gum maker Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co is acquiring it, along with the Altoids and Life Savers, in a $1.48bn deal.

Trolli products are known for their quirkiness, and Roadkill - which came out last summer - includes sweets shaped like flattened snakes, chickens and squirrels with track marks on their bodies.

"This is not sending the right message to kids," NJSPCA spokesman Matthew Stanton told Reuters news agency.

Kraft said it would stop production as soon as possible and sell off remaining inventory.

"We understand how this product could be misinterpreted, and we respect that point of view," Trolli Brand Manager Jim Low said in a statement.

Title: Roadkill candy... Yum
Post by: Turnsky on February 26, 2005, 07:37:14 am

mmmm... roadkill....it tastes









minty...


:p

Title: Roadkill candy... Yum
Post by: vyper on February 26, 2005, 08:07:26 am

Aww c'mon this is just silly - they're just sweets.

Title: Roadkill candy... Yum
Post by: Sapphire on February 26, 2005, 08:42:53 am

Don't ya know?  94.75% of all children (and adults) who consume gummi roadkill candy have an insane desire to beat, maim, mutilate, run over, and generally mistreat animals one hour later.  Its a scientific fact.

:rolleyes:

Title: Roadkill candy... Yum
Post by: vyper on February 26, 2005, 09:02:09 am

I have the insane desire to beat, maim, mutilate, run over and generally mistreat the human beings that come up with these protests. ;)

Title: Roadkill candy... Yum
Post by: Mongoose on February 27, 2005, 12:54:10 pm

This is just crazy :p

Title: Roadkill candy... Yum
Post by: Tiara on February 27, 2005, 01:11:07 pm

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Originally posted by Turnsky
mmmm... roadkill....it tastes









minty...


:p

Chicken damnit! Everything tastes like chicken!

How does a chicken cross the road? Well, it doesn't.