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"Oh my god! They want how much for that piece of chocolate?!?!"I'm not sure how many of us have actually stood indignantly in a grocery store aisle screaming the above statement since a Hershey bar is usually under a dollar, but if you have, you might be justified.
According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, the US Justice Department is looking into possible price fixing in the chocolate industry. The Justice Department's anti-trust division has contacted Mars (makers of M&Ms and, duh, Mars Bars), Nestle, and Cadbury. Representatives from both Mars and Nestle said they will cooperate with the investigation, though a Cadbury spokeswoman had no comment.
Damn! And I love those Cadbury Creme Eggs at Easter, too!
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1-03-2008 @3:55AM heather said... what gets me p**ssed off is the price of cereal and cd/dvds!!!!! supposedly they were investigating these a few years back but just go to any store still $$$ priced!
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1-03-2008 @3:56AM James said... Just to make you all feel bad - when I was a kid Minimum wage was $1.35 per hour - Cokes were .10 - Candy Bars .05 - Gallon of 94 Octane Regular Gas .19 - Today to have the same buying power I had as a Snot-nosed Gas Pump Monkey you would have to make $28.00 per hour as Minimum Wage - Blaim Both Parties for that crapola - Dem's and Rep's alike have sold us down the river.
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1-03-2008 @4:05AM Gary said... I dont even buy some to the chocolate anymore..They have changed the ingredients in some of them..Nestle think is one....The chocolate is terrible. Using cheaper ingreds. Dont taste the same. Thats been in the papers and news.
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1-03-2008 @4:41AM M Radford said... I don't buy that rodent hair infected canady the likes of Mars etc. Only buy hand made kind from a local maker of candy. Some companies just get too big for their own good!!!
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1-03-2008 @4:55AM Paul said... Sarah Gims,
Have you actually SEEN a Mars bar? I understand the Mars Candy company hasn't made them for years. Duh? Check your facts.
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1-03-2008 @5:27AM jennifer said... 19. Actually Hershey's no longer makes Mars bars and hasn't made them in years. They were my favorite at one time--and I was the ultimate chocoholic--but as an adult I developed a horrible reaction to chocolate. I haven't eaten so much as a single M&M in over 18 years.
Melinda - Hershey's was not the company that made Mars bars - that was M&M/Mars (now Masterfoods). They are still produced in Europe and also distributed in the US as Snickers Almond - same product with more marketing power in the Snickers brand name.
PS - DOVE is THE BEST quality commercial chocolate you can get for a decent price. Heat a cup of skim milk and drop 3 Dove DARK Promises in it - makes an AWESOME cup of hot cocoa!!! :o)
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1-03-2008 @5:46AM Debsdunn said... Amen UNION MAN!
This country has sold us out. Anybody have a Mule a horse,cow and chickens, and the good since to live off the land anymore? Heck I don't (Where's that Farmers Almanc,oh yeah against the neighborhood rules
can't put in a garden, too down in the back and knees to put one in anyway. Hey Folks what's next, I'm a Baby Boomer, and I never thought the USA would just roll over and take this, Dust off that Voter's Registration. Stand Up and say "I DON'T LIKE THIS CRAP AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANY MORE" BOYCOT THE COMPANY'S WHO SOLD US OUT...BUY USA MADE IN AMERICA, IF YOU CAN'T FIND IT, DON'T BUY IT FROM MADE IN (YOU GUESS IT A FOREIGN COUNTRY) TAKE BACK OUR COUNTRY. LET'S PROTEST TOGETHER, SHOW THE NUMBERS
TELL THEM WE ARE SICK OF BEING USED.
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1-03-2008 @5:54AM engtch said...
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1-03-2008 @6:01AM colleen2kids said... Personally I would rather pay the higher price for one (1) single Cadbury Milk Chocolate bar or a Dove Bar than buy a regular Hershey Milk chocoalte bar at 3/1.00 which is usually the sale price at the local convienance store. Of the high priced chocolates, Godiva sucks, but anything by Harry & David... OMG... it is so worth the price.
Just one chocolate junkie's opinion.
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1-03-2008 @7:19AM al schrader said... Actually, those supermarket bars are the econo
chocolate. Chocolate is made from cocoa bean or fruit.
Like all commodities, it comes in grades.
Supermarket grades tend to be on the lower, econo end of the scale.
The finest bars come from Germany. Expect to pay several dollars for one.
Any of them in the "gold foil" sell for 5 dollars or more.
The German exporters only ship during the cool months- October through March.
Unless you have tried one of the gold foil bars, you haven't tasted the real thing.
Chef Alfred
alfredschrader@aol.com
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1-03-2008 @7:54AM ccip24 said... candy r u serious investigate the oil companies like the other person stated but guess they are all afraid to go for them so they go for candy companies
wow im really impressed that paying 25 -40 cents more for a candy bar you want to investigate but having the oil companies change thier prices every other day is ok huh come people GIVE ME A BREAK
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1-03-2008 @11:31AM eyeamtym said... stay away from the candy bars, slobs
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1-03-2008 @1:17PM Cece said... I'm just glad to hear that someone besides myself complaints about the price of food, gas, etc.
I too am a diabetic I love chocolate. Can't live without it. I have a perfect A1c. According to my doctor, she wishes she had more patients like me.
An occasion bar never hurts if your in control.
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1-03-2008 @4:48PM Cynthia said... The Rite Aid seems to always have one of the makers on sale. I certainly don't mind paying $.33 a bar! Cadbury no response? That may be because Hershey has the rights to make Cadbury over here.
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1-04-2008 @4:15PM Pamela said... Hey #19...Hersheys never made the MARS bar. M&M MARS has always made it and #9.... it does take more than .05 to make a SNICKERS bar. The peanuts alone are expensive.
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1-04-2008 @4:20PM Harry Asmen said... I BUY CHOCOLATE FROM OTHER COUNTRYS AT WHOLE FOODS.YOU CAN TASTE THE DIFFERENCE .
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1-04-2008 @4:25PM Pamela said... I recently saw on the news chocolate makers are taking the cocoa butter out of the chocolate except for M&M MARS. M&M MARS refuses to take it out. I will only buy from this company because they are keeping it real. And for those that did not know M&M MARS owns DOVE.
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1-04-2008 @4:28PM chocoholic said... Are you kidding me? Hersheys make a mars bar...mars is made by the M & M mars company and always has been named after the mars family.
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1-04-2008 @4:47PM jwm said... The article says "The Justice Department's anti-trust division has contacted Mars (makers of M&Ms and, duh, Mars Bars), Nestle, and Cadbury." The American version of the Mars Bar was discontinued in 2002, and has been replaced with the similar (but not identical) Snickers Almond. Duh!
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1-04-2008 @4:55PM terri said... when i was a kid hersheys chocolate was the best. for years now the taste hasnt been normal. guess i just found out why. im addicted to chocolate. i have it everyday. hope i can cut down after reading all this negative information.
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