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Published · transcript-backedBen Gilbert: belief
16 Dec 2024 Acquired Mars Inc. (the chocolate story)
“I think as far as Mars thinking about, geez, we want some diversification hedge if people stop eating candy bars, they’re on a good trend there.”
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- Speaker
- Ben Gilbert
- Attribution
- Verified speaker
- Claim type
- belief
- Recorded
- 16 Dec 2024
- Publisher
- Acquired
- Episode
- Mars Inc. (the chocolate story)
Transcript context
…There you go. It fits with Starbucks brand ethos. It’s healthy. Honestly, I eat them all the time. It’s a five-gram sugar bar that’s super satisfying, that doesn’t leave my teeth feeling gross or make me feel like I ate something with a bunch of unnatural ingredients. I know it’s still a candy bar, but it’s a five-gram sugar candy bar. I think as far as Mars thinking about, geez, we want some diversification hedge if people stop eating candy bars, they’re on a good trend there. Which leads us to the final piece of the story, maybe, which is the biggest deal that the company has ever done or is attempting to do.…
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