I need some US products not found in Finland that maybe would be a good product to introduce to the Finns. Only those who actually know, please answer. Thank you.
2006-09-23 09:30:18 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Europe (Continental) ➔ Other - Europe
I don't need retarded a*s comments like that. I need real answers. Please don't answer unless you have a real product. Thank you.
2006-09-23 10:55:33 · update #1
George W. Bush. Only in the U.S. could such a monstrosity be created.
2006-09-23 09:39:05 · answer #1 · answered by curiousT 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
This is actually pretty difficult question. I live in Finland, but the problem is that I'm sure there's a lot of US products I'm not aware of, so I really don't know which of them would be good to have here.
But what I can tell is that probably none of the products in previous answers is what you're looking for. We do have peanut butter and maple syrup available in most of the grocery stores, but they are not very popular here. Also, quite many people put butter in pop corn, so I don't think that would be anything new either. We don't have Oreos here, but there's this cookie called Domino which is basically the same thing only they're made by a Finnish company. Those Tootsie Rolls are the only thing of those mentioned here that isn't found in Finnish supermarkets, but the candy markets here are pretty much ruled by products that have been there for ages and it seems to me that it's really hard to bring new candies profitably into the market, at least it would take quite a lot of time and effort to do it. However it would still probably be the best choice out of these products.
2006-09-24 10:09:53 · answer #2 · answered by Jake23 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Food:
Anything with limes or lime flavoring. Though lemons are quite common, limes are a rarity in Finland and Russia.
Jalepenos are also not too common. It maybe because the Finns are not used to spicey foods.
But if you want to introduce something that they would like that is American. Perhaps freshly baked pretzels (the big soft ones you get at baseball games). Finns like salty things.
Drink:
Root beer is not common.
As far as real beer, the Finns make an excellent beer (Lapin Kulta).
California wines are not common, but would sell well there, as would some of the quick fix wines like Mad Dog.
Other:
American hunting rifles and shotguns. Good American made fishing rods and reels (like "Penn" fishing reels). Hunting and fishing is a big pastime there. The Finns usually resort to buying cheap and often dangerous Russian Army or Finnish Army Winter War relics to hunt with. We carry many Finnish made sport fishing products over here. Rapala is famous in the US - as is Saco Arms.
But the Finns only have limited access to our products. The Japanese and Chinese take much of the Fishing equipment market (like "Shimano"). The Russians, Swedes, Swiss and Germans own the hunting market.
2006-09-26 18:48:32 · answer #3 · answered by Moose 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pop-tarts, Oreos.
All sorts of sweets like Butterfingers, Baby Ruths, Hersheys.
Paul Newman's popcorn.
Beef jerky.
Root beer.
There is no Taco Bell in Finland either, so that would be great.
2006-09-25 06:14:17 · answer #4 · answered by Kari L 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
possibly... peanut butter, maple syrup and they don't put butter on popcorn..
Just some of the things I learned when I went to Sweden, but I am sure Finland is no different.
2006-09-23 16:32:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont know exactly what type of products you are looking to introduce, I do know that when we were there my sons were looking for "tootsy rolls" and also oreo cookies. Hope that helps in some way
2006-09-24 01:33:58 · answer #6 · answered by gypsy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋