Got some at Gainesville's Archer Road WalMart today. A recent Gainesville Sun article stated that the UF Bookstore is repeatedly selling out of these PopTarts. ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: Cc: Sent:Thu, 23 Aug 2012 15:31:59 -0400 Subject:[gatornews] Gator Pop tarts one of five collegiate brands (we get strawberry)
POP-TARTS PARTNERS WITH COLLEGES IN SPORTY PROMOTION By Rebecca Stropoli [1] | The Exchange [2] – 2 hours 0 minutes ago * Email [3] * * * [4] * * Print Just in time for college football season, five states will see a sporty change to a time-honored breakfast treat: the sticky-sweet, packaged pastry known as the Pop-Tart. Kellogg's (K [5]) perpetually popular product -- which first hit grocery shelves nearly 50 years ago -- will honor five college football teams by embossing their logos atop the frosting of specially named specimens set to roll out in early September. The schools partnered with in this deal: the University of North Carolina (Tar Heel Berry Pop-Tart), the University of Florida (Florida Gators' Strawberry), University of Georgia (Bulldog Berry), University of Michigan (Go Blue Strawberry) and the Arkansas Razorbacks (Razorback Red). Consumers looking for an actual new flavor as part of this promotion may be disappointed, as all of these choices are just versions of one: strawberry. According to Dick Podiak, Kellogg's marketing director for Pop-Tarts, there is no specific time frame for this promotion; the push will last as long as the Tarts are available. Consumers who don't live in one of the five states featuring the products on grocery shelves can get in on the action by ordering them online [6]. HEALTHY POP-TARTS SALES Kellogg's earlier this month reported second quarter earnings that beat Wall Street expectations, even as rising commodity costs (including the spike in corn due to the ongoing drought in the Midwest) and continuing weakness in Europe led to a 12% drop in net ------------------------- Msg sent via Spiderhost - http://www.spiderhost.com/ -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us
