I always notice around this time, that stores start selling “Fun size” candy bars for Halloween ; you know, the lil nugget size Three Musketeers, Snickers…and Mars bars...
what I’M wondering is what unit of measurement are these marketing gurus going by?
How did they determine that a mini twix bar, or a mini milky way bar—was no longer “mini” but -- “Fun!” Is "fun" like some unit of measurement they taught at school, cuz I must have totally missed that lecture?
2007-08-28 10:52:53 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Halloween
HEY EVERYBODY - Give justanotherguy a thumbs down, automatically when you walk in ... he's got no sense of humor... and we all gotta feel sorry for a guy like THAT!
2007-08-28 12:55:11 · update #1
LOL...good one Spooky
2007-08-28 14:33:49 · update #2
LeeCee I caught your remark earlier and thought it was soo cute
2007-08-28 14:34:30 · update #3
Fun! size= its fun for the company -they sell you this little piece of candy that probably costs $.0425 to make. they sell it in big bags(25 pieces?- 25*.0425=?) for like $4 a bag.
2007-08-28 10:57:17 · answer #1 · answered by How Soon is Now? 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Fun-size means that the normal, non-Kobayashi person could eat the entire piece of candy in one to two bites. I was never great with the Metric system but lucky for us fun-size was never part of it. Also, mini is always smaller than fun. Figure two-three minis equals one fun. Absurd, isn't it?
2007-08-28 19:59:12 · answer #2 · answered by Rckets 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I must have missed it as well. I guess they're going by some sort of idea of what a young child might eat for a single serving. Beyond that, I imagine they're also looking to maximize profit by selling as small a candy bar as possible for as big a price as possible.
What - me?? A cynic??? Surely you jest!!! ;-)
2007-08-28 18:01:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
It's the right size to sneak into the movie theater without them noticing. That's fun!
2007-08-28 18:01:57 · answer #4 · answered by KC 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Well, I imagine it may be fun for some kids that chuck em' at people - other than that I think they are simply trying to brain wash people into buying them simply because they appear to be "fun".
I wonder if Trojans will be utilizing that word on THEIR product anytime soon..? That's a knee slapper!
2007-08-29 00:36:36 · answer #5 · answered by Buzzkill 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
They call it that because u can have "fun" with ur candy like throwing it the air and catching it with ur mouth, things like that.
2007-08-28 18:19:48 · answer #6 · answered by *~Amy~* 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Fun size = As much as you can fit in your hand or your mouth.
Oh, wait ...you were talking about candy.
2007-08-29 00:55:46 · answer #7 · answered by wow_bill 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm thinking if you can pop it in your mouth without breaking the candy, it's fun!
If you can't cram it your mouth in one shot, it is just "mini".
/shrug
2007-08-28 18:01:56 · answer #8 · answered by gefyonx 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fun as in.. "have fun peeling off all those wrappers" cause you have to eat like 10 of them to get your chocolate fix!
2007-08-28 21:07:30 · answer #9 · answered by ♫ՖքØØķ¥♫ 7 · 7⤊ 0⤋
i always thought "fun size" was the biggest size, not the smallest. i don't know what the companies are thinking.
2007-08-28 18:00:46 · answer #10 · answered by random person 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋