We have also shared with all of our pharmacy departments that this is an unacceptable practice and should not be repeated. At Sam’s Club we always have the health and welfare of our customers and members in mind with everything we do and we deeply regret that this incident occurred.
Sams Club Giving Kids Candy In Pill Bottles
By June 24, 2009
The Sam’s Club in Salisbury, Maryland, is promoting its pharmacy by handing out pill bottles filled with candy to kids. I guess that’s better than filling Dots boxes with Vicodin. Or handing out gallon-sized jugs of Nerds. Update: Sam’s Club has ended the promotion and apologized for it.
Technically, There Is Nothing Wrong With This Display
By February 27, 2009
On the other hand, we think the CVS manager in this D.C. store might want to take a look around and see how other stores are doing it. (Thanks to Rob!)
Search For All Recalled Peanut Butter Products With This Widget
By February 13, 2009
Here’s a handy widget, courtesy of the FDA, that you can use to determine whether or not your Valentine’s Day goodies are a trap set by an angry lover.
"There Are Worms In My Goobers!"
By February 5, 2009
Out of an abundance of caution, Dollar General has ordered its stores to remove Goobers candy from its shelves and is programming its point-of-sale systems to block transactions of this product pending further investigation.”
M&M's Now Come In Custom Face Flavor
By February 4, 2009
You can now order M&M’s customized with faces and phrases of your choice. I forsee amusing stories in the future about what gets allowed and what gets rejected. [Mymms via Boing Boing]
M&M's Valentine's Day "Cupid's Mix" Is 10% Lighter Than Regular M&M Packs
By February 1, 2009
Do you want to lose weight for Valentine’s Day? Then M&M’s special Valentine’s Day Cupid’s Mix is just for you! Since they’re 10% lighter than M&M’s usual holiday pack, they’ll help you lose money too. More proof that M&M’s Cupid traded in his arrow for the Grocery Shrink Ray after the jump…
Even More Expiration Code Cheat Sheets
By January 2, 2009
Another Consumerist Hero, as tipster P gives us another “Expiration Code” Cheat Sheet. And what food stuff does this cover? Why, delicious delicious candy! Find them after the jump.
Why Are People Finding DayQuil Inside Smarties Candy?
By November 13, 2008
Well, this is a weird one. People in Canada are finding DayQuil capsules inside sealed boxes of Smarties candy. So far, seven small “Halloween sized” boxes of the candy have been found to contain the cold medicine.
Hershey Hikes Candy Prices 11 Percent
By August 18, 2008
Well, we’ve been saying it would be more honest to just raise prices instead of shrinking the product, and Hershey has taken us up on that. On Friday, only months after a 13% hike back in February, Hershey announced a price increase of 10-11% across the product line, citing higher costs for ingredients.
Almond Joy Is In Denial About Its Almond Usage
By July 28, 2008
We’ll admit that it would look a little sad to advertise a single lonely almond on the wrapper of the .6 oz Almond Joy. But printing “Coconut & Almonds” on the front, including an illustration of two almonds next to the text, and then referencing “almonds” in the ingredients list, looks a little misleading when you open the package and see one lonely nut lump on your candy. (Thanks to James!)
Snickers Makes Fun Of Effeminate Men By Shooting Them
By July 28, 2008
Using codes of masculinity to sell products to guys is nothing new, but it’s usually about beer, “hard lemonade” or deodorant. It’s also usually funny, and pokes fun at male insecurities while celebrating them. A new Snickers commercial, however, seems to just be about beating the crap out of sissies.
Former Candy Testers Sue Cadbury For Feeding Them Experimental Sweeteners
By July 9, 2008
Three former candy testers have filed lawsuits against Cadbury for feeding them some sort of experimental sweetener and other products that affected their ability to taste. They say they would like to know what the substances were.
VIDEO: Maggots Found Squirming In Box Of Goobers
By June 27, 2008
Chomp, chomp, chomp, smoosh! Blogger Savannah Red’s wife was enjoying a freshly opened box of Goobers when she bit into something not sweet or chocolatey, but squishy: a maggot.
These Gummi Lighthouse Candies Are Highly Inappropriate
By June 13, 2008
What exactly were these people thinking when they decided to make “gummi lighthouses?” First of all, who even knew there was a demand for such a thing. Second… well. You get the idea.
Avoid Eating Stale Candy By Learning The Secret Candy Codes
By April 9, 2008
Reader Leo writes in with some helpful information that will allow you to avoid stale candy:
I work at a small-volume store in the midwest, and the other day my supervisor asked us to check all of the candy in the checkout lanes to see if it had expired. M&M Mars and Hershey brand candy both had different, indecipherable codes on the back which tell the expiration date. After calling the 1-800 number and finding out what the codes meant, we discovered that most of our candy stock was expired by a year or more. We even found candy that went bad from 2004. I figured I should share the codes, so people won’t buy expired candy, because it’s out there.
Student Stripped Of Title, Suspended Over Contraband Candy Purchase
By March 12, 2008
As some schools districts whore themselves out to corporate sponsors in a desperate attempt to raise funds (hey, we sympathize with them, but it’s still whoring), others are enforcing a zero-tolerance policy against unwelcome intrusions. In New Haven, Connecticut, the school district banned candy sales in 2003 “as part of a districtwide school wellness policy,” and when an 8th grade honors student was caught buying a bag of Skittles from a classmate two weeks ago, he was stripped of his title as class Vice President and suspended for a day.
Pokemon Valentine's Day Lollipops Should Not Contain Razor Blades
By February 17, 2008
A 10-year-old elementary school student found a razor blade in the Pokemon lollipop he was about to hand to his sister. Dollar General, which sold the lollipop for $1, immediately recalled the remaining Pokemon Valentine Cards and Pops from its 8,300 stores, but they are concerned that “most of this candy has already been purchased.”
