Product name changes - why?

[Slogan]

R.I.P Dime

 

[lemonkettaz]

Choco Kripies was a joke!!

Didnt they change and you had to vote whether you wanted it back to Coco Pops or to stay as Choco Kripies..

Greedy, sponging, brain sucking marketing ploy.

Either way, they are still awesome!

 

[vincent1989]

R.I.P Dime

dont they still exist, im sure i've seen them around

 

[Slogan]

Didnt they change and you had to vote whether you wanted it back to Coco Pops or to stay as Choco Kripies.

Krispies, not Kripies.

Yes, they had a phone vote (free, not premium...hmmm) and I rang three times.

 

[Slogan]

dont they still exist, im sure i've seen them around

Now 'Daim' due to the European name. I preferred Dime, myself.

 

[vincent1989]

Well given I only ever knew them as Starburst Jelly Beans thats what I call them, I hadn't noticed them before as Opal Fruit Jelly Beans so it makes sense for them to be Starburst.

they were called joosters

 

[lemonkettaz]

Oh it was free was it...

oh well, still stupid.

 

[vincent1989]

Now 'Daim' due to the European name. I preferred Dime, myself.

oh yes, so it is i did wonder why the name looked a little funny

 

[G|mp]

R.I.P Dime

My Mrs bought me a 3 pack back from Ikea this morning

And these strange swedish mint flavoured rolos that are fantastic

 

[rossyl]

erm...what was the Post office going to be called?

That was funny

 

[rossyl]

On a dark day in March 2001, the UK’s Post Office, founded in 1635 by Charles I, changed its name to Consignia. One year later, Consignia chairman Allan Leighton confirmed on BBC television that the group would be ditching Consignia, “probably in less than two years.” As it turns out, the ditch came on June 13, 2002 – sooner than expected but probably not soon enough.

 

[Duke]

Shell Optimax -> Shell V-Power

Changed to match EU name.

 

[BrightonBelle]

Cif rhymes with Jif . If you had a global company, would you really want to have different names for your product in every country, or one name that works everywhere?

So why start out with different names in the first place?!

Ridiculous!

BB x

 

[jellybeard999]

Jif was changed to Cif because they wanted to launch the product in the middle east, and it is a swear word in one of their languages, so they changed to Cif internatially. Had to do it as a case study in A-Level economics.

 

[Amp34]

Jif was changed to Cif because they wanted to launch the product in the middle east, and it is a swear word in one of their languages, so they changed to Cif internatially. Had to do it as a case study in A-Level economics.

It was also changed (in the UK) to be put inline with the rest of europe, according to the advert on TV when they did it.

"Jif will now be called Cif but it will still be the same product" or something like that the advert went.

 

[robmiller]

So why start out with different names in the first place?!

Ridiculous!

BB x

Because if you initially launch a product in just one country, you don't typically research its name to see if it's insulting/strange in other languages.

 

[Mikeyboy]

Get home and have a bowl of Crunchy Nut...

Crunchy Nut what? Cornflakes, that's what.

Pointless.

 

[The_Dark_Side]

didnt Cesar dogfood start out as mr. dog or something like that?

 

[Psymonkee]

didnt Cesar dogfood start out as mr. dog or something like that?

I'm not 100% on this but it was certainly brought up by Eddie Izzard in Definate Article.....

Buy Mr.Dog dog food for small yappy type dogs and maybe they'll shut the **** up!

/me researches

 

[jas72]

Showing your age here Scuzi, so am i cos i remember them too

What about Pacers? Or Texan Bars?

mmm pacers.....

Texan bars were made from dried dog poo (well that's how i remember them) also good for removing loose baby teeth along with highland toffees