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(Facesaving item just this second remembered from same documentary: WISPA narrowly avoided being marketed as ROMBO)[…]

Fantastic though his mishearing is, the word Mark’s looking for is “countline”. But what does “countline” mean? (It refers to pretty much all bar-type or tube-type chocolate and sweets) I’ve vaguely assumed the &#8[…]

Re: Alan’s shape query: years ago I saw a documentary about the marketing campaign for Yorkie, during which they announced that it belonged to (as I heard it) the “cantiline bar” category. Googling now I can only find this engineeri[…]

Kit Kat Kubes are not shaped like cubes. In fact they are no shape at all*!. A kicking-cuh Kube turns out to be a shortened piece of single-finger, regliar KitKat, a fact you can’t tell until you buy the opaque and overpriced pack. If they had […]

APPLE CRISPS 2! Or more accurately: Apple flavoured crisps.
The M&S crisp range has recently undergone an overhaul and in doing so has broken the cardinal rule of crisp packet design: different flavour = different coloured packet. I’d not[…]

APPLE CRISPS! These I believe have long been the staple of health food shops, but yesterday one of our supplies gave me a pack for potentially stocking in our shop. They are odd no mistake. Less, erm, crisp than a potato crisp, yes definately giving […]

This morning: sign spotted in local greasy:
KNIVES AND FORKS ARE NOT TONICS! PLEASE DO NOT TAKE THEM AFTER YOUR MEAL!
Also – cup of tea in being 35 English Pence shocker! I have got too used to standing in Starbucks getting confused after order[…]

CHEAP FOOD I LOVE #4: Marmite On Toast
Three fairly inexpensive foodstuffs – bread, butter, marmite – come together with superhuman effect when heat is applied, like the kids in G-Force turned into that bird thing except I can remember ex[…]

CRISP PACKET COPY 2: Walkers Sensations Seasonal Edition: Honey Roasted Ham
‘WALKERS SENSATIONS are a new taste experience ‘ crunchier potato crisps bursting with irresistible flavours.
‘HONEY ROASTED HAM recreates the warm, season[…]

Proven By Snack Research: my mum was right!! Further study reveals that flavoured crisps were invented by the manufacturers of the crisps with the BEST NAME EVER, and that the little blue paper-twist of salt dates back to 1923 (before google, only a […]