I'm guessing anyone that handed out candy last night just might not believe the nonsense behind this story. Snickers, Butterfingers, Skittles, Baby Ruths all seem to be individually wrapped...
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America Can't Make Peeps Now?
Just Born is taking trick-or-treating to a whole new level. The Bethlehem, Pa., candy company makes marshmallow Peeps, the sugar-crusted baby chicks that are perennial staples of Easter baskets. Now, it's rolling out a Halloween version called "Spooky Friends," formed in the shape of bats, ghosts, spiders and pumpkins.
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As an added bonus, they come individually wrapped.
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That's the treat. So what's the trick, you ask?
Spooky Friends will be made in China, because Just Born doesn't have the necessary equipment to wrap the candy piece by piece.
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Union officials grumbled about the outsourcing to Newhouse News Service. Chinese manufacturers have been the subject of a number of recent consumer recalls, noted Barry Fields, who runs Local 6 of the Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International.
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"They don't have the standards they have in the United States," Fields said. Just Born's response to the news service: "We're very confident in the quality standards."
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That's coming from a company that makes green Peeps chicks for St. Patrick's Day. Now, that's spooky.
