[OT] M&Ms, Part 2

http://money.cnn.com/2004/09/20/news...ex.htm?cnn=yes



M&Ms voted top icon in poll

The candies that "melt in your mouth, not in your hands" are No. 1
slogan, too.

September 20, 2004: 10:43 AM EDT
By Krysten Crawford, CNN/Money staff writer



NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - In the end, a motley crew of sportive chocolate
candies beat out a jolly tiger named Tony and a hyperkinetic bunny to
take top honors as the advertising icon consumers love most.

The M&Ms characters were voted the No. 1 icon in a nationwide on-line
poll whose results were announced Monday as part of the official
kickoff to Advertising Week in New York City.

The contest, sponsored by Yahoo! and USA Today, was held from early
August through the end of last week. Nearly 700,000 votes were cast.

Taking second place was the AFLAC Duck, the squawking bird that's been
pitching insurance products since 2000.

Planters' Mr. Peanut was third, followed by the Pillsbury Doughboy and
Tony the Tiger, the symbol of Kellogg's Frosted Flakes.

Among the 24 other contenders were Charlie the Tuna, the Energizer
Bunny, Mr. Clean and Ronald McDonald.

And when it comes to the top ad slogans? Once again, those round,
bite-sized morsels of chocolate known to "melt in your mouth, not in
your hands" took top honors.

Other top finishers: Mounds candy bars' "Sometimes you feel like a
nut, sometimes you don't"; "Where's the beef?" from Wendy's; "A mind
is a terrible thing to waste," from the United Negro College Fund; and
Verizon's "Can you hear me now?"

Jeanne Hedge wrote:

http://money.cnn.com/2004/09/20/news...ex.htm?cnn=yes

M&Ms voted top icon in poll

The candies that "melt in your mouth, not in your hands" are No. 1
slogan, too.

September 20, 2004: 10:43 AM EDT
By Krysten Crawford, CNN/Money staff writer


NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - In the end, a motley crew of sportive chocolate
candies beat out a jolly tiger named Tony and a hyperkinetic bunny to
take top honors as the advertising icon consumers love most.

The M&Ms characters were voted the No. 1 icon in a nationwide on-line
poll whose results were announced Monday as part of the official
kickoff to Advertising Week in New York City.

The contest, sponsored by Yahoo! and USA Today, was held from early
August through the end of last week. Nearly 700,000 votes were cast.

Taking second place was the AFLAC Duck, the squawking bird that's been
pitching insurance products since 2000.

Planters' Mr. Peanut was third, followed by the Pillsbury Doughboy and
Tony the Tiger, the symbol of Kellogg's Frosted Flakes.

Among the 24 other contenders were Charlie the Tuna, the Energizer
Bunny, Mr. Clean and Ronald McDonald.

And when it comes to the top ad slogans? Once again, those round,
bite-sized morsels of chocolate known to "melt in your mouth, not in
your hands" took top honors.

Other top finishers: Mounds candy bars' "Sometimes you feel like a
nut, sometimes you don't"; "Where's the beef?" from Wendy's; "A mind
is a terrible thing to waste," from the United Negro College Fund; and
Verizon's "Can you hear me now?"


I found a giant heap of M & Ms yesterday in a store called
The Warehouse. It was an M & M lovers dream, peanut, chocolate, and
crispy, milk chocolate. I should be ashamed of myself for buying a big
bag. I see myself sinking under folds of fat. Perhaps I'll give them
away to a thin person.
(I am such a liar, sigh).

Bev
--
The email of the species is more deadly than the mail.

Jeanne Hedge wrote:

http://money.cnn.com/2004/09/20/news...ex.htm?cnn=yes

M&Ms voted top icon in poll

The candies that "melt in your mouth, not in your hands" are No. 1
slogan, too.

September 20, 2004: 10:43 AM EDT
By Krysten Crawford, CNN/Money staff writer


NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - In the end, a motley crew of sportive chocolate
candies beat out a jolly tiger named Tony and a hyperkinetic bunny to
take top honors as the advertising icon consumers love most.

The M&Ms characters were voted the No. 1 icon in a nationwide on-line
poll whose results were announced Monday as part of the official
kickoff to Advertising Week in New York City.

The contest, sponsored by Yahoo! and USA Today, was held from early
August through the end of last week. Nearly 700,000 votes were cast.

Taking second place was the AFLAC Duck, the squawking bird that's been
pitching insurance products since 2000.

Planters' Mr. Peanut was third, followed by the Pillsbury Doughboy and
Tony the Tiger, the symbol of Kellogg's Frosted Flakes.

Among the 24 other contenders were Charlie the Tuna, the Energizer
Bunny, Mr. Clean and Ronald McDonald.

And when it comes to the top ad slogans? Once again, those round,
bite-sized morsels of chocolate known to "melt in your mouth, not in
your hands" took top honors.

Other top finishers: Mounds candy bars' "Sometimes you feel like a
nut, sometimes you don't"; "Where's the beef?" from Wendy's; "A mind
is a terrible thing to waste," from the United Negro College Fund; and
Verizon's "Can you hear me now?"


I found a giant heap of M & Ms yesterday in a store called
The Warehouse. It was an M & M lovers dream, peanut, chocolate, and
crispy, milk chocolate. I should be ashamed of myself for buying a big
bag. I see myself sinking under folds of fat. Perhaps I'll give them
away to a thin person.
(I am such a liar, sigh).

Bev
--
The email of the species is more deadly than the mail.

Jeanne Hedge wrote:

http://money.cnn.com/2004/09/20/news...ex.htm?cnn=yes

M&Ms voted top icon in poll

The candies that "melt in your mouth, not in your hands" are No. 1
slogan, too.

September 20, 2004: 10:43 AM EDT
By Krysten Crawford, CNN/Money staff writer


NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - In the end, a motley crew of sportive chocolate
candies beat out a jolly tiger named Tony and a hyperkinetic bunny to
take top honors as the advertising icon consumers love most.

The M&Ms characters were voted the No. 1 icon in a nationwide on-line
poll whose results were announced Monday as part of the official
kickoff to Advertising Week in New York City.

The contest, sponsored by Yahoo! and USA Today, was held from early
August through the end of last week. Nearly 700,000 votes were cast.

Taking second place was the AFLAC Duck, the squawking bird that's been
pitching insurance products since 2000.

Planters' Mr. Peanut was third, followed by the Pillsbury Doughboy and
Tony the Tiger, the symbol of Kellogg's Frosted Flakes.

Among the 24 other contenders were Charlie the Tuna, the Energizer
Bunny, Mr. Clean and Ronald McDonald.

And when it comes to the top ad slogans? Once again, those round,
bite-sized morsels of chocolate known to "melt in your mouth, not in
your hands" took top honors.

Other top finishers: Mounds candy bars' "Sometimes you feel like a
nut, sometimes you don't"; "Where's the beef?" from Wendy's; "A mind
is a terrible thing to waste," from the United Negro College Fund; and
Verizon's "Can you hear me now?"


I found a giant heap of M & Ms yesterday in a store called
The Warehouse. It was an M & M lovers dream, peanut, chocolate, and
crispy, milk chocolate. I should be ashamed of myself for buying a big
bag. I see myself sinking under folds of fat. Perhaps I'll give them
away to a thin person.
(I am such a liar, sigh).

Bev
--
The email of the species is more deadly than the mail.