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==Sale to Ferrero==
==Sale to Ferrero==
In January, 2018, Nestlé sold their American confectionery business to [[Ferrero SpA]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/ferrero-purchases-nestles-u-s-chocolate-business-1516125150?mod=article_inline|work=Wall Street Journal|title=Nestlé Sells Butterfinger and BabyRuth Unit to Italian Candy Maker|accessdate=2019-04-16|date=2018-01-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ferrero.com/group-news/FERRERO-TO-ACQUIRE-NESTLE-US-CONFECTIONARY-BUSINESS|work=Ferroro Group Press Releases|title=FERRERO TO ACQUIRE NESTLÉ’S U.S. CONFECTIONARY BUSINESS|accessdate=2019-04-16|date=2018-01-16}}</ref>, allowing them to use the Nestlé name for one year<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2018/01/17/you-wont-be-seeing-nestle-candies-in-the-us-soon/ |work=New York Post|title=You won’t be seeing ‘Nestle’ candies in the US soon|accessdate=2019-04-16|date=2018-01-17}}</ref>. Ferrero has merged Nestlé candies with Ferrara Candy Company.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/FerreroRocherUSA/posts/10156611981898477?comment_id=10156612170198477&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R%22%7D|title=Report on phone conversation|date=2019-04-16|accessdate=2019-04-16}}</ref>
In January 2018, Nestlé sold their American confectionery business to [[Ferrero SpA]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/ferrero-purchases-nestles-u-s-chocolate-business-1516125150?mod=article_inline|work=Wall Street Journal|title=Nestlé Sells Butterfinger and BabyRuth Unit to Italian Candy Maker|accessdate=2019-04-16|date=2018-01-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ferrero.com/group-news/FERRERO-TO-ACQUIRE-NESTLE-US-CONFECTIONARY-BUSINESS|work=Ferroro Group Press Releases|title=FERRERO TO ACQUIRE NESTLÉ’S U.S. CONFECTIONARY BUSINESS|accessdate=2019-04-16|date=2018-01-16}}</ref>, allowing them to use the Nestlé name for one year<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2018/01/17/you-wont-be-seeing-nestle-candies-in-the-us-soon/ |work=New York Post|title=You won’t be seeing ‘Nestle’ candies in the US soon|accessdate=2019-04-16|date=2018-01-17}}</ref>. Ferrero has merged Nestlé candies with Ferrara Candy Company.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/FerreroRocherUSA/posts/10156611981898477?comment_id=10156612170198477&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R%22%7D|title=Report on phone conversation|date=2019-04-16|accessdate=2019-04-16}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 20:52, 23 April 2019

"100 Grand" redirects here. For the American game show, see 100 Grand (game show).
A bar broken in half

100 Grand Bar (formerly known as $100,000 Bar, spoken as "hundred thousand dollar bar" until 1985 or 1986[1]) is a candy bar produced by Nestlé in the United States. The candy bar was created in 1964[2]. It weighs 1.5 ounces (43 g) and includes chocolate, caramel and crisped rice. The bar contains 201 calories; it is low in cholesterol and sodium, but high in saturated fat and sugar.[3] Its slogan is "That's Rich!"

Use in humor

In the early 1990s, Gregg "Opie" Hughes and Anthony Cumia, DJs on Boston radio station WAAF-FM, promoted a giveaway of "100 Grand" over several weeks before finally revealing to the eventual winner that the prize was a 100 Grand bar rather than $100,000.[4] In May 2005, a Kentucky woman sued another radio station, WLTO-FM in Lexington, Kentucky, for a similar prank in which radio DJ DJ Slick gave away one of the bars, leading (so the woman claims) listeners to believe the DJ was giving away $100,000.[5]

Comedians have used the bar's name in similar fashion. In the episode "Business School" of The Office, Michael Scott tries to use the bar as a motivational tool. He says: "And if you sell enough of them, you will make a 'one hundred grand'!", and displays a 100 Grand bar. When he throws the bar into the bewildered audience, they separate, and let the bar hit one of the students in the head. On The Colbert Report, an image of a 100 Grand bar was part of the introduction to a recurring segment called Colbert Platinum, presented as tongue-in-cheek news and advice for the extremely rich. On the March 24, 2011 episode, Colbert interviewed the Senior Fellow for Global Health on the Council on Foreign Relations, Laurie Garrett, about escalating food prices and joked, "candy bars have gone up, I saw one that cost 100 Grand!"

Sale to Ferrero

In January 2018, Nestlé sold their American confectionery business to Ferrero SpA[6][7], allowing them to use the Nestlé name for one year[8]. Ferrero has merged Nestlé candies with Ferrara Candy Company.[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ "The $100,000 Bar – A 100 Grand History". Collecting Candy. 2012-06-28. Retrieved 2019-04-16.
  2. ^ "50 Years of Nestle's 100 Grand Bar History". Collecting Candy. 2014-02-03. Retrieved 2019-04-16.
  3. ^ "Candies, NESTLE, 100 GRAND Bar Nutrition Facts & Calories". Self. Condé Nast. Retrieved 2017-01-20.
  4. ^ Deitz, Corey. "Radio Bloopers, Screwups, Outtakes and Embarrassments – Series 2". Your Guide to Radio. About.com. Archived from the original on 2007-07-15. Retrieved 2007-04-14. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ "Radio Candy Stunt Not So Sweet". The Smoking Gun. Retrieved 2010-10-28.
  6. ^ "Nestlé Sells Butterfinger and BabyRuth Unit to Italian Candy Maker". Wall Street Journal. 2018-01-18. Retrieved 2019-04-16.
  7. ^ "FERRERO TO ACQUIRE NESTLÉ'S U.S. CONFECTIONARY BUSINESS". Ferroro Group Press Releases. 2018-01-16. Retrieved 2019-04-16.
  8. ^ "You won't be seeing 'Nestle' candies in the US soon". New York Post. 2018-01-17. Retrieved 2019-04-16.
  9. ^ "Report on phone conversation". 2019-04-16. Retrieved 2019-04-16.
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