On 08/01/2014 11:44 AM, sf wrote:
> On Fri, 01 Aug 2014 10:16:07 -0700, Whirled Peas >
> wrote:
>>>
>> I used to enjoy buying "Belly Flops", which are irregular (twinned,
>> under sized,etc.) jelly beans bagged and sold by Jelly Belly. Same
>> taste(s), much lower price. Haven't seen them recently, but I just
>> checked and found that Amazon carries them.
>
> You made me look. I didn't dig around, but the one I saw was 2 lbs
> for $19. Then I looked up regular Jelly Bellies and 2 lbs were listed
> at $16. That makes no sense to me.
>
Makes no sense to me either. At the time I bought them, several years
ago, they were on special at Grocery Outlet at a very good price. I
can't eat them anymore, but was curious if they still made them.

On Fri, 01 Aug 2014 14:52:56 -0500, Janet Wilder >
wrote:

>On 8/1/2014 2:24 PM, Ema Nymton wrote:
>
>> Would love to see the Jelly Belly factory. I have been to the Russell
>> Stover factory, which sells rejects of Russell Stover, Pangburn's,
>> Whitman's and Weigh****cher's candies. I need to avoid places that have
>> discounted chocolate - it is hard to walk away from a sale. ;-)
>>
>> Becca
>>
>
>
>One of the things Barry and I enjoyed when we traveled was taking
>factory tours. We have a book about them somewhere and there a couple
>of websites. We saw the making of tractors, fire engines, toilets and
>plumbing at Kohler (one of my favorites) candy, bread, toy trains, all
>kinds of neat things.

My second grade teacher, Miss Cobel, who I had a crush on, took the
class on a tour of the Chun King factory in Brooklyn. I've always
been highly intrigued with manufacturing processes. I built factories
for a living. As an aside even then I knew Miss Cobel had lovely
large breasts... she was in her mid twenties, long wavy dark hair, the
perfect face, I've no idea what happened to her but I have never
forgotten her, to this day I can still picture her... Miss Cobel is
indelibly etched in my brain... I think I must judge all women's looks
by Miss Cobel's, to date no one has ever measured up... every time I
eat Chinese food I think of her.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chun_King

On 7/30/2014 11:04 PM, jmcquown wrote:

> I don't know about now, but used to be you could choose your own types
> of wrapped Brach's candy from bins and they called it the pick a mix. It
> was not pre-bagged. The candy was weighed at checkout.
>
> I don't buy candy so I really couldn't say how Brach's is sold these
> days. I did used to love Brach's butterscotch discs when I was a kid.

I remember Brach's and how you'd pick what you want and bag it, too. I
didn't buy them often but I liked those chewy ones with the creamy
center, were those Brach's?

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"Whirled Peas" > wrote in message
...

> I used to enjoy buying "Belly Flops", which are irregular (twinned, under
> sized,etc.) jelly beans bagged and sold by Jelly Belly. Same taste(s),
> much lower price. Haven't seen them recently, but I just checked and found
> that Amazon carries them.

Long before Jelly Belly hit the scene, my dad would occasionally bring us
candy flops. There was a day old bread/Hostess store on his way home from
work and also some sort of store that sold damaged candy. In the case of
jelly beans it was usually two stuck together.

"Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 01 Aug 2014 10:16:07 -0700, Whirled Peas >
> wrote:
>
>>On 07/31/2014 04:59 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:
>>> On 7/31/2014 5:05 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 31 Jul 2014 11:03:19 -0500, Janet Wilder >
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 7/31/2014 10:11 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> My favorite are Brach's jelly beans, they are the best.... I think
>>>>>> Jelly Bellies are the worst.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> My favorite jelly beans, too. When I was commuting into Manhattan for
>>>>> my first two years of high school, I'd treat myself once a month to a
>>>>> bag of them from the sundry/newstore in the Port Authority Terminal.
>>>>> I
>>>>> think that store is long-gone and I have not seen Brach's jelly beans
>>>>> in
>>>>> years.
>>>>
>>>> Brach's Jelly beans are sold everywhere in NY... I get them at the
>>>> local Rite Aid... you can buy them on line.
>>>> http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=a9_sc_1?...d=140684 4234
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I'll pick some up in NJ in October. Thanks.
>>>
>>I used to enjoy buying "Belly Flops", which are irregular (twinned,
>>under sized,etc.) jelly beans bagged and sold by Jelly Belly. Same
>>taste(s), much lower price. Haven't seen them recently, but I just
>>checked and found that Amazon carries them.
>
> I wouldn't eat Jelly Bellies if they were free... they're too tiny,
> they have a terrible texture, too tough, and their flavors are too
> artificial tasting. All jelly beans are just sugar, if I'm going to
> eat them they won't be Jelly Bellies.

I don't like most jelly beans. But some of the Gimbals flavors are nice.

"ImStillMags" > wrote in message
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> On Thursday, July 31, 2014 10:25:42 PM UTC-7, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>>
>> I asked about the wheat grass and was told that they no longer stocked
>> it.
>>
>> And yet there it was a week later. Crappy, but there.
>
>
> I think your main problem is that you are shopping at Albertson's.
> Worst stores, ever.

That could be.

"Cheryl" > wrote in message
eb.com...
> On 7/30/2014 11:04 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> I don't know about now, but used to be you could choose your own types
>> of wrapped Brach's candy from bins and they called it the pick a mix. It
>> was not pre-bagged. The candy was weighed at checkout.
>>
>> I don't buy candy so I really couldn't say how Brach's is sold these
>> days. I did used to love Brach's butterscotch discs when I was a kid.
>
> I remember Brach's and how you'd pick what you want and bag it, too. I
> didn't buy them often but I liked those chewy ones with the creamy center,
> were those Brach's?

I'm not sure what those would be. I liked the huge ones with the flat
bottom and domed top, dipped in chocolate. They had various flavors but I
liked the mint.

http://www.jenx67.com/2012/09/brachs...x-candies.html

On 2014-08-01 6:46 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>

>
> I don't like most jelly beans.

Why Julie. What an odd thing to hear you say.

On Fri, 01 Aug 2014 12:30:55 -0500, Janet Wilder >
wrote:

> We did a tour of the Jelly Belly factory years ago and bought us some
> flops. Awesome tour.

Love the copper drums that look like cement mixers!

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On Wed, 30 Jul 2014 15:47:59 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

> Does your grocery store get an item that you like only to have it no longer
> be stocked the next time you are in? Albertsons is doing that now. They
> had wheat grass. Then they didn't and I was told they no longer stocked it.
> Now they do but it's far from fresh.

I saw wheat grass in pots today at Raley's. I don't know what you
mean by far from fresh when it's growing in pots, but it looked on the
mature side to me... not young green shoots.

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"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Wed, 30 Jul 2014 15:47:59 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>> Does your grocery store get an item that you like only to have it no
>> longer
>> be stocked the next time you are in? Albertsons is doing that now. They
>> had wheat grass. Then they didn't and I was told they no longer stocked
>> it.
>> Now they do but it's far from fresh.
>
> I saw wheat grass in pots today at Raley's. I don't know what you
> mean by far from fresh when it's growing in pots, but it looked on the
> mature side to me... not young green shoots.

I buy it for the cats. Young is fine as is lawn grass looking green. But
yellow, dried out and wilted is not. And that's how they seem to have it at
Albertsons now.

On Fri, 01 Aug 2014 15:08:45 -0700, Whirled Peas >
wrote:

> On 08/01/2014 11:44 AM, sf wrote:
> > On Fri, 01 Aug 2014 10:16:07 -0700, Whirled Peas >
> > wrote:
> >>>
> >> I used to enjoy buying "Belly Flops", which are irregular (twinned,
> >> under sized,etc.) jelly beans bagged and sold by Jelly Belly. Same
> >> taste(s), much lower price. Haven't seen them recently, but I just
> >> checked and found that Amazon carries them.
> >
> > You made me look. I didn't dig around, but the one I saw was 2 lbs
> > for $19. Then I looked up regular Jelly Bellies and 2 lbs were listed
> > at $16. That makes no sense to me.
> >
> Makes no sense to me either. At the time I bought them, several years
> ago, they were on special at Grocery Outlet at a very good price. I
> can't eat them anymore, but was curious if they still made them.

They don't claim to make Belly Flops on purpose, they are supposed to
be seconds... so if online sellers can get that much for Flops, I
guess there really is a sucker born every minute..

--
I take life with a grain of salt, a slice of lemon and a shot of tequila

On Fri, 1 Aug 2014 15:00:53 -0700 (PDT), ImStillMags
> wrote:

> On Thursday, July 31, 2014 10:25:42 PM UTC-7, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> >
> > I asked about the wheat grass and was told that they no longer stocked it.
> >
> > And yet there it was a week later. Crappy, but there.
>
>
> I think your main problem is that you are shopping at Albertson's.
> Worst stores, ever.

I've decided that I'm not fond of Raley's either.

--
I take life with a grain of salt, a slice of lemon and a shot of tequila

On Fri, 1 Aug 2014 15:47:10 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
> "ImStillMags" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Thursday, July 31, 2014 10:25:42 PM UTC-7, Julie Bove wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> I asked about the wheat grass and was told that they no longer stocked
> >> it.
> >>
> >> And yet there it was a week later. Crappy, but there.
> >
> >
> > I think your main problem is that you are shopping at Albertson's.
> > Worst stores, ever.
>
> That could be.

I hated Albertson's when it was in my area, but so far their merger
with Safeway has been a good one. Time will tell how things go. At
least I have other options if it doesn't go well in the future.

--
I take life with a grain of salt, a slice of lemon and a shot of tequila