Breyers Ice Cream
Virgo...@edtec.com
I have been having a problem because Breyers Ice Cream has decided
to discontinue their "Butter Almond" flavor in my area. (Eastern United States.)
The ridiculous letters that are sent to me by Mason N. Benjamin, VP of
Development and Q.A. (whatever that is) are pathetic.
In his last letter to me, dated October 18, 1996, he wrote "Breyers Butter
Almond" is available in limited areas."
He also included a coupon for $1.00 off my next purchase -- big deal.
Everytime I enter a Seven-11 store, Safeway or Giant Food, all of the Breyers
products are widely available (Mint Chocolate Chip, Vanilla, Chocolate, etc.)
but for some strange reason these jokers decided to discontinue the best of
all -- "Butter Alomnd!" In fact, when they did distribute this flavor, they
had problems keeping it in stock because everyone wanted it!
What's the deal here? Why would a company decide to discontinue a "popular"
flavor like this? Has anyone else noticed this problem? BTW -- the Mint
Chocolate Chip half-gallons sit there night after night, without being sold!
You'd have to taste this delicious flavor to appreciate this message!
<Virgo-13>
Fred Winterer
<Virgo...@edtec.com> wrote:
> <Virgo-13>
The deal here is that Breyers has discontinued that flavor in your
area. Now get a grip and buy another brand. Sheeeesh!
--
Fred W.
Fred Winterer
Elliot B. Hammett
Fred Winterer (bank...@ais.net) wrote:
: <Virgo...@edtec.com> wrote:
: > <Virgo-13>
What business reason could there be for discontuing a popular flavor?
Just curious.
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Elliot B. Hammett <eb...@acpub.duke.edu> wrote:
>What business reason could there be for discontuing a popular flavor?
>Just curious.
There's absolutely no evidence that this was a "popular" flavor by
anyone's definition except the original poster. Why do you automatically
assume it was a popular flavor? Have there been any reliable demographic
facts about the consumption of this flavor in this newsgroup that I have
missed?
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Jason Dulnev
<Virgo...@edtec.com> wrote:
>
>I have been having a problem because Breyers Ice Cream has decided
>to discontinue their "Butter Almond" flavor in my area. (Eastern United States.)
>
>The ridiculous letters that are sent to me by Mason N. Benjamin, VP of
>Development and Q.A. (whatever that is) are pathetic.
>
>In his last letter to me, dated October 18, 1996, he wrote "Breyers Butter
>Almond" is available in limited areas."
>
>He also included a coupon for $1.00 off my next purchase -- big deal.
>
>Everytime I enter a Seven-11 store, Safeway or Giant Food, all of the Breyers
>products are widely available (Mint Chocolate Chip, Vanilla, Chocolate, etc.)
>but for some strange reason these jokers decided to discontinue the best of
>all -- "Butter Alomnd!" In fact, when they did distribute this flavor, they
>had problems keeping it in stock because everyone wanted it!
>
>What's the deal here? Why would a company decide to discontinue a "popular"
>flavor like this? Has anyone else noticed this problem? BTW -- the Mint
>Chocolate Chip half-gallons sit there night after night, without being sold!
Uh..., maybe they're trying to save you from dying at age 45?
Personally, I think only dumb people with death wish eat ice-cream
with 30-40 grams of fat per serving on a regular basis. Be thankful
for Breyer's decision, they may have added five years to your life.
Jason Dulnev
dul...@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu
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Elliott Hammett
Cat (c...@va.pubnix.com) wrote:
The poster SAID it regularly sold out when other flavors did not.
Why are you so hostile and confrontational? What's wrong with you?
If you don't know the answer why not just shut up?
Jim
c...@va.pubnix.com (Cat) wrote:
>There's absolutely no evidence that this was a "popular" flavor by
>anyone's definition except the original poster. Why do you automatically
>assume it was a popular flavor? Have there been any reliable demographic
>facts about the consumption of this flavor in this newsgroup that I have
>missed?
Well, "popular" is relative. If Breyer's delivered only 10 cartons of
Butter Almond per store per week, and they all sold out in an hour,
then their sales were only 10 cartons per week.
If they delivered 100 cartons on Mint Chocolate Chip per store per week
but had 80 cartons returned, then Mint Chocolate Chip was obviously
TWICE as popular. Right?
Well, that's how the bean-counters think.
Here's where customer requests at a store are SUPPOSED to influence
the product mix that the managers carry. Unfortunately for us, it
doesn't always work this way because most manufacturers have their
set of experts who are absolutely convinced what we want, in spite
of what we say we want. They base their expert opinion on the
historical data they have, but don't always see the whole picture.
Cat
Elliott Hammett <eb...@lys.vnet.net> wrote:
>The poster SAID it regularly sold out when other flavors did not.
It's entirely possible the store just didn't restock it often because
it wasn't that great of a flavor. One store and one person does not
make an entire nation like one flavor of ice cream. Understand?
>Why are you so hostile and confrontational? What's wrong with you?
Okay, you're talking in a mirror again Elliott. Get with the rest
of us.
>If you don't know the answer why not just shut up?
Wow, speaking of hostile and confrontational. Let me also add: immature.
Recognize yourself yet, Ell?
Samantha Franklin
bank...@ais.net (Fred Winterer) wrote:
><Virgo...@edtec.com> wrote:
>>I have been having a problem because Breyers Ice Cream has decided
>>to discontinue their "Butter Almond" flavor in my area. (Eastern United States.)
>>The ridiculous letters that are sent to me by Mason N. Benjamin, VP of
>>Development and Q.A. (whatever that is) are pathetic.
>>In his last letter to me, dated October 18, 1996, he wrote "Breyers Butter
>>Almond" is available in limited areas."
I ran into a similar problem when I moved to South Florida and
couldn't get Barq's Red Pop. I went to the store manager and asked him
to order a case for me. He ordered two cases with the understanding
that he will never order it again. You can't beat it over some vanilla
ice cream. MmmMmMMm
mcme...@concentric.net
<Virgo...@edtec.com> wrote:
__What's the deal here? Why would a company decide to discontinue a "popular"
__flavor like this? Has anyone else noticed this problem? BTW -- the Mint
__Chocolate Chip half-gallons sit there night after night, without being sold!
__You'd have to taste this delicious flavor to appreciate this message!
__ <Virgo-13>
I wish Breyer's would send those Mint Chocolate Chip half gallons down here! I have
trouble finding them in South Carolina. That's my favorite flavor, and Breyer's
makes the BEST mint chocolate chip!
Beth
anita
Let me tell you..I'm a happy camper re:Breyer's IceCream..for the first
time in months I'm able to eat a delious ice cream ..Fat Free/Sugar Free
I'm on a very restricted diet..and thought when I got this..it would be
awful.. but.. it's wonderful.. no gripes.. What a treat to have a big
bowl of ice cream every night..with CoolWhip no fat topping.. :)))))
Chocolate Fudge no fat/no sugar .. is a sure fire winner !!!!!
nita
nita
gh
In article <328ceb82...@news.jhu.edu>, dul...@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu
wrote:
> Uh..., maybe they're trying to save you from dying at age 45?
> Personally, I think only dumb people with death wish eat ice-cream
> with 30-40 grams of fat per serving on a regular basis. Be thankful
> for Breyer's decision, they may have added five years to your life.
Yeah, save yourself for cancer. It is a lot more fun than an ordinary old
heart attack. You never know which kind your going to get. Kinda like
winnin' the lottery!
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Deborah Stevenson
In <56cqem$1...@newsgate.duke.edu> eb...@acpub.duke.edu (Elliot B. Hammett)
writes:
(snip of sad saga of the end of Butter Almond as we know it)
>What business reason could there be for discontuing a popular flavor?
>Just curious.
Price hike or low availability on ingredients, higher processing costs,
greater perishability of components, etc., etc., etc. Anything that
makes selling it more of a pain than not selling it.
And I'm not entirely sure that a consumer can independently judge the
popularity of a flavor in his/her area, either. Something's always being
gone doesn't necessarily mean they had tons of people after it. Could be
they keep Butter Almond purchases small because they get stuck with it a lot.
I do understand the pain--Snackwells Chocolate Yogurt no longer comes in
the only two bearable flavors. Life is full of such bitternesses :-).
Deborah Stevenson
(stev...@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu)
Will Bell
In a previous article, eb...@acpub.duke.edu (Elliot B. Hammett) wrote:
>
>What business reason could there be for discontuing a popular flavor?
>Just curious.
Probably, the cost of ingredients (butter, almonds, ??) became so high
that it was no longer economically feasible to offer it at that price
anymore.
So, they could either raise the price of all their ice cream (since ice
cream is never priced differently depending on flavor), reduce the
container size, or save all that consumer flap and just kill the
flavor.
Since ice cream is produced regionally, the flavor could still be made
and sold in an area where the ingredients might be cheaper.
--
Will Bell -- w...@netcom.com -- deceive, inveigle, & obfuscate in Arlington, TX
nancy g.
Elliot B. Hammett wrote:
>
> What business reason could there be for discontuing a popular flavor?
> Just curious.
Since it's butter almond we're talking about, my guess would be that
the price of almonds went up enough that it's no longer feasible
for them to sell that flavor at the same price as all their other
product.
Maybe it's not really discontinued; maybe it will come back again
the next time there's a good almond harvest.
Nancy G.
and what's wrong with mint chocolate chip, anyway??
mcme...@concentric.net
__BTW- The Breyer's Ice Cream website is:
__and if you register you could win a FREE 1/2 gallon of ice cream like
__I did. I wish they would bring back Butter Almond.
__(Ken)
For the original poster: I just wrote to Breyer's via their website ans asked what
happened to Butter Almond. I'll let you know what they say, or you can write to them
yourself.
Hope this is the end of this thread!
Beth
WF
Fred Winterer wrote:
>
> <Virgo...@edtec.com> wrote:
>
> >I have been having a problem because Breyers Ice Cream has decided
> >to discontinue their "Butter Almond" flavor in my area. (Eastern United States.)
>
> >The ridiculous letters that are sent to me by Mason N. Benjamin, VP of
> >Development and Q.A. (whatever that is) are pathetic.
>
> >In his last letter to me, dated October 18, 1996, he wrote "Breyers Butter Almond" is available in limited areas."
>
>
> >Everytime I enter a Seven-11 store, Safeway or Giant Food, all of the Breyers products are widely available (Mint Chocolate Chip, Vanilla, Chocolate, etc.) but for some strange reason these jokers decided to discontinue the best of all -- "Butter Alomnd!" In fact, when they did distribute this flavor, they had problems keeping it in stock because everyone wanted it!
>
>
> >You'd have to taste this delicious flavor to appreciate this message!
>
>
> The deal here is that Breyers has discontinued that flavor in your
> area. Now get a grip and buy another brand. Sheeeesh!
> --
> Fred W.
I'm sorry, Fred, your reply is not well thought through. This is
evidently a conspiracy by a huge, evil corporation to annoy the
defenseless American consumer by depriving him/her of wildly successful
products and substitute products for which there is no demand, as
evidenced by the fact that they continue to sit on the store shelves
despite the fact that the evil conspiracy's corporate lackey, Vice
President, fills his workdays by responding to the outraged consumers
and mailing them pathetic $1.00 off coupons. This situation is deeply
troubling. Thank goodness the Internet allows us to unearth these
matters for everyone's benefit.
P.S.: Virgo - I *love* mint chocolate chip. Send me your coupon.
Stella Hackell
In article <56dorl$j...@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>, stev...@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu
(Deborah Stevenson) wrote:
> I do understand the pain--Snackwells Chocolate Yogurt no longer comes in
> the only two bearable flavors. Life is full of such bitternesses :-).
I'm dying to know--what are the bearable flavors of chocolate yogurt, and
what flavors of chocolate yogurt are unbearable?
--
Stella Hackell ste...@apple.com
An open mind has but one disadvantage: it collects dirt.
Fred Winterer
WF <WFis...@Worldbank.org> wrote:
Arrrgggghhhhhhhh!!! Of course... the conspiracy was there for all to
see and I missed it. I hate it when that happens! (VBG)
--
Fred W.
Deborah Stevenson
>In article <56dorl$j...@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>, stev...@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu
>(Deborah Stevenson) wrote:
>> I do understand the pain--Snackwells Chocolate Yogurt no longer comes in
>> the only two bearable flavors. Life is full of such bitternesses :-).
>I'm dying to know--what are the bearable flavors of chocolate yogurt, and
>what flavors of chocolate yogurt are unbearable?
Eek--it's been 6 months or so, so I'm not sure I recall. Cappuccino was
one--double-chocolate, maybe? Or perhaps it was chocolate-banana.
Whatever the flavors are that you can't find anymore. I find the artificial
flavoring in the others a bit too much like somebody melted a lollipop in
them. It just seemed so self-defeating to finally come up with a reasonably
tasty fat-free chocolate yogurt and then remove the flavors that didn't taste
of the Bunsen burner.
Unless you're teasing me on the grounds that it used to be that the
flavor of chocolate yogurt was chocolate, period :-). But hey, I didn't
invent all this newfangled Left-Handed Bilberry Chocolate Ostrich Swirl
stuff. I mean, "vanilla" used to imply "exotic and spicy." And now you're
making me go all ubi sunt all over my keyboard; ah, ou sont les yogourts
... etc. :-)
Deborah Stevenson
(stev...@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu)
mcme...@concentric.net
anita <ani...@phoenix.net> wrote:
__Let me tell you..I'm a happy camper re:Breyer's IceCream..for the first
__time in months I'm able to eat a delious ice cream ..Fat Free/Sugar Free
__I'm on a very restricted diet..and thought when I got this..it would be
__awful.. but.. it's wonderful.. no gripes.. What a treat to have a big
__bowl of ice cream every night..with CoolWhip no fat topping.. :)))))
__ Chocolate Fudge no fat/no sugar .. is a sure fire winner !!!!!
__ nita
__ nita
Just so you'll know, Edy's also makes a delicious FF/SF chocolate ice cream, and it's
cheaper than Breyer's (at least it is here). You might want to give it a try! Also,
if you have Mayfield dairy products in your area, they make a FF/SF fudge bar that is
outta this world!
Beth, who is also on a very restrictive, diabetic diet
anita
Hey Beth and thanks ..
We don't have Edy's in TX :(((.. but Breyer's makes about 4-5 fat free
delicious icecreams..and so far, only the Chocolate Fudge was the only
fat and sugar free that I saw ..I'm so happy..I'm finding more and more
fat free stuff that actually tastes GOOD.. now..if they'll just quit
charging more for fat free .. I'll really be totally happy.. :)
nita
Samantha Franklin
mcme...@concentric.net wrote:
><Virgo...@edtec.com> wrote:
>__ <Virgo-13>
>Beth
(scoff) Ben and Jerry's Chunky Monkey is the only TRUE King of Ice
Creams. All others are wannabe imposters, forcing their will on you
through subliminals and masked traces of cocaine .. probably.
!KCAB NRUT ;)
Bill Rubin
Will Bell wrote:
>
> In a previous article, eb...@acpub.duke.edu (Elliot B. Hammett) wrote:
> >
> >What business reason could there be for discontuing a popular flavor?
> >Just curious.
>
> that it was no longer economically feasible to offer it at that price
> anymore.
>
> So, they could either raise the price of all their ice cream (since ice
> cream is never priced differently depending on flavor), reduce the
> container size, or save all that consumer flap and just kill the
> flavor.
>
> Since ice cream is produced regionally, the flavor could still be made
> and sold in an area where the ingredients might be cheaper.
Actually, along these lines, my suggestion is that when Good Humor (who
owns Breyers these days) went ahead and cheapened the quality of Breyers
sometime in the past 6 months, they decided that there was no way to do
so with this flavor and still have something that would pass for ice
cream. Unfortunately, they did the same thing with their vanilla ice
cream, which used to be one of the better brands that came in half
gallons (ie as opposed to Haagen Daz, Ben & Jerry's). I had a couple of
half gallons of Breyers recently (I buy whatever's on sale for the kids)
and it wasn't any better than store brand stuff. Not surprising, tho,
given that the Good Humor products aren't anything close to what they
were when we were kids.
Bill
Ralph Gomez
I agree that the quality has gone downhill. It coincided with the
introduction of their new packaging. It's a shame because it was such a
good ice cream at a reasonable price.
Ralph
--
ral...@ix.netcom.com
Paul Manly
Ralph Gomez (ral...@ix.netcom.com) wrote:
to read the discussion above.
I've been wondering: What flavors are available? We've only tried
3 - Vanilla bean, Butter pecan, and Rocky Road.
We started buying it when my brother brought a Vanilla bean for a
family get-together/desert one day.
We continued to buy it because it has no artificial ingredients.
BTW - we can still get Butter pecan in Spokane (Washington state) -
at least it was still on the shelf at Albertson's this morning.
--
Radioactive
eb> : There's absolutely no evidence that this was a "popular" flavor by
eb> : anyone's definition except the original poster. Why do you
eb> automatically : assume it was a popular flavor? Have there been any
eb> reliable demographic : facts about the consumption of this flavor in
eb> this newsgroup that I have : missed?
eb> The poster SAID it regularly sold out when other flavors did not.
eb> Why are you so hostile and confrontational? What's wrong with you?
eb> If you don't know the answer why not just shut up?
And what makes you think the poster would know this? Did the poster stand
there and watch the other flavors not sell? Did the poster mark all the
containers of ice cream in the case, come back in a few days, and still find
his markings? Maybe he mounted a hidden camera and taped the whole general
area and later watched the tape.
Why are you so eager to blindly accept what someone says as fact without
questioning it?
Radioactive
... My other computer is a Commodore 128.
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Stella Hackell
In article <56g1fi$f...@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>, stev...@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu
(Deborah Stevenson) wrote:
> Unless you're teasing me on the grounds that it used to be that the
> flavor of chocolate yogurt was chocolate, period :-).
Why, never.
>But hey, I didn't
> invent all this newfangled Left-Handed Bilberry Chocolate Ostrich Swirl
> stuff. I mean, "vanilla" used to imply "exotic and spicy." And now you're
> making me go all ubi sunt all over my keyboard; ah, ou sont les yogourts
> ... etc. :-)
You've exceeded my high-school Latin, I'm afraid. You went where they
are all over your keyboard? Were you looking for les moutons chocolates flavor?.
--
Stella Hackell ste...@apple.com
There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is
proof against all arguments and which can not fail to keep a man in
everlasting ignorance--that principle is contempt prior to
investigation. ---Herbert Spencer
Suzanne Brainard
In Connecticut, Shady Glen ice cream and the Univerisity of Conn. butter
almond ice cream have it all over Breyers butter pecan. Here in South
Florida I adore Publix frozen chocolate yogurt. Shady Glen is tops for
ice cream in the Nutmeg State!
--
Suzanne Brainard
p020...@pbfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us
anita
Well,
Guess I'll have to put in my .02 worth .. there is an IceCream in Texas
that is the Best in the World..
Blue Bell .. made in Bremhan ,TX..
Just the best ..and I haven't had any (with the fat in it) for a year
:(
nita