Was the manufacturer of Barnum’s Animals Crackers just clowning around when they named this product? One day my animal instincts got the better of me, so I contacted Nabisco to find out… Dear Animals Crackers Bakers: What’s the story about Barnum’s Animals Crackers? You call them crackers, but they look a lot more like cookies. [...]

The catchy theme song on the Kellogg’s Special K Granola Bars commercial is “Heart Skips a Beat” by Lenka. I questioned them about that choice… Dear Kellogg’s Granola Bar Tenders: After watching the latest television commercial for Special K Granola Bars, I’m scared to buy them. The song playing throughout the commercial is all about [...]

How powerful are Mentos Chewy Mints? Powerful enough to help move a “Rocket Car”! After learning that, I contacted the confectionery group behind the brand, Perfetti Van Melle, to find out how… Dear Makers of Mentos: Two guys are in the news for creating “a single-seat rocket car powered by 54 bottles of Coke Zero [...]

When a product ends up in the news, the reports don’t always answer the kind of questions that come to my mind. That’s why I contacted Ocean Spray after hearing about their recent recall of Craisins… Dear Ocean Sprayers: I just heard about your recall of certain lots of Craisins because they were apparently contaminated [...]

After reading something about sugar free candy that’s sweet and another thing that’s not so sweet, I asked The Hershey Company for more details… Hello Hershey, Home of Hershey’s in Hershey, Pennsylvania: I recently quit sugar. Did it cold turkey, too. That’s how I eliminated it from my diet — by eating lots of cold [...]

There probably aren’t too many people alive who didn’t grow up with PEZ. I wrote PEZ Candy in 1997 to see if what was in my head might put some ideas in their heads that could be turned into PEZ dispenser heads… Dear Director of Dispensers: Pez is unbelievable! Not only do you get a [...]

My story started with M&M’s THEN (1997). After that came M&M’s NOW (2011). But some unfinished M&M business still remained, which is why I sent Mars this letter IN BETWEEN (2009)… Dear m&m Product Developers: I last wrote to you back on April 12, 1997. I inquired as to whether you “had any plans to [...]

Part 1 of this series about M&M’s Chocolate Candies featured a letter and response from 1997 — M&M’s THEN. In 2011, I emailed Mars to stay current on M&M’s NOW… Greetings People from Mars: The information I have regarding M&M’s is old. Unfortunately, information is like candy. If you leave it lying around for a [...]

In 1997, I sent this letter to Mars (the company, not the planet) to satisfy my appetite for information about their M&M’s Chocolate Candies… Dear m&m Makers: m&m’s are way too cool! I love a candy that melts in your mouth, not in your hands! It’s sad that in this day and age so many [...]

About a year ago, I wrote Frito-Lay regarding SunChips to congratulate them on creating the World’s First 100% Compostable Chip Package. But I had two primary complaints about this bag, which they responded to at the time, that are summed up by these excerpts from my letter… (Problem 1) Not to diminish the importance of [...]