The Case of the Mysterious Date-Nut Bars (2007)

https://www.seriouseats.com/2007/02/mysterious-date-bars.html

by elil17 • 8 years ago

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degenerate• 8 years ago

"Is the shop owner around?"

"Yes"

"Can you ask him the name of the company that provides these?"

"Sure [...] it's called XYZ"

"Thanks"

^ That's about how long this useless story needed to be. The author ran around town bothering dozens of cashiers that don't do the purchasing.

amelius• 8 years ago

"Can you ask him the name of the company that provides these?"

"Sorry, we keep our suppliers secret. It's strategic information."

hammock3• 8 years ago

No such business does this.

PhasmaFelis• 8 years ago

I love how he bothered cashiers for months before it occurred to him to pick one up and look at the label.

sandebert• 8 years ago

The writer is a she.

WiseWeasel• 8 years ago

Needs a (2007). Dates might have gone out of fashion again in the interim.

dang• 8 years ago

Thanks; added.

hammock3• 8 years ago

Dates might have gone out of fashion

I don't believe so... have you ever heard of Larabar or RxBar?

There is also Fig Bar from Nature's Bakery.

connoredel• 8 years ago

I moved to SF two years ago after living in NYC for 4 years. When people here ask me if I miss New York, I tell them I miss aspects of it -- the bars, restaurants, nightlife, art, fashion. But increasingly it's the little things about daily life in New York that I miss. I saw a video on Reddit of someone doing something dumb in the subway (a daily occurrence), and I almost cried. Similarly, this story choked me up. I had also seen those bars. I always figured they were meant for some other anonymous New Yorkers, not for me.

m0llusk• 8 years ago

Stealth brands are the strongest brands.

joveian• 8 years ago

Or not... it looks like Awrey was sold in 2013 at the last minute before selling off its assets. It also went through bankruptcy in 2005.

http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20130220/NEWS01/1302299...

nartz• 8 years ago

Hahah I love this! Glad you were able to track it down and share.

The Case of the Mysterious Date-Nut Bars (2007)

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