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I've been a printing operator for M&M Mars for about 3 years now. And his descriptions are pretty spot-on. With one exception. Our quality control guys actually really hate when unstamped M&Ms get through and will grumble pretty hard if they find them in the 100 count process. Another fun fact. The cups that hold the M&M's in place for the stamping process are fitted exactly to a specific size range and Double peanut M&Ms get jammed in them all the time because they are too big. If it gets to be too much, we have to stop one of the printers and pick them out of the cups one at a time with sterile pick tools. A very tedious process, but extremely necessary for a smooth operation sometimes.
Several years ago, M&M used to do short custom messages on their candies. I don't know if they still do that but anyways, I wanted to order some S&Ms. They would not print S&M on their candies. (nothing rude or sexual allowed) I got an idea. :) The order form tells you how many letters they can do etc, then they ask for a brief description of what you want printed. I said I wanted custom candies for my twins birthday party. "Stephanie & Meghan" That exceeded the number of characters they could print so I knew that wasn't possible. I rambled for a few confusing sentences about what would work for me and what wouldn't. In the last sentence, I said "If it's easier, you can just use their initials S&M," My S&Ms showed up in a few weeks.
KEVLAR1911A1 G21 oh that’s cool I work on a Harris M1000 which is a cover press and we have 4 colors and a extra unit on either side for special inks and a uv-er down after the chills
I'm from the town where m&m's are made, and the whole town actually smells like chocolate when they are making the m&m's! Whenever I visit home after being away for awhile it is espcially noticable. It's also fun to look at the back of mars products and see my small towns name on it
You can even have batches of M&Ms personalized with a custom printing. A friend had done that for his twin sons' high school graduation party with their pictures, initials, etc printed on the M&Ms being served.
I assumed they had thousands of people working in a sweat shop with a mini “M” stamp to place that amazing, wonderful “M&M” logo on every piece. Knowledge is power lol
Actually knew someone whose grandmother was a Hershey. To bad she completely blew through her inheritance though. Not really sure how someone blows through that type of money but she somehow managed to do so. FYI Dark Chocolate Reeses are best!
This interesting information. I was always under the impression that the candies where ejected from the unicorn's nostrils when it sneezed. I also didn't realize those were M's. I thought they were marks left behind from the butterfly kisses the unicorn's eye lashes would make from fluttering during a sneeze.
I cannot fully express what an enormous relief it is to know this now. I tell you, I have not been able to sleep or function, but now I know I can go on and that live is worth living. Thank you.
I can't believe it. When I was in middle school in the 70s I wrote a letter to M&M company asking how they did this. They sent a nice letter back explaining it was a trade secret. I still have the letter somewhere.
Besides music,my fay job is a truck driver.I picked up a load at the Hershey M&M plant.They gave me a couple of huge sample bags and free tickets to Hersheys Park.Love that place.
You should do a video explaining how candy went from 5 cents to 25 cents while my parents were growing up and from 25 cents to over a dollar while I was growing up. Somehow I just don't think inflation will cover it.
In Canada, we have "Smarties" which are, like M&M's, candy-coated pellets of chocolatey filling but with nothing printed on them. I think they were originally sold by Rowntree but are now sold by Nestlé. In the USA, "Smarties" are little sweet/tart sugary disk-shaped tablets sold in rolls wrapped in clear plastic. In Canada those are called "Rockets" probably because, when they were introduced here, the Smarties name was already taken. Now I'm wondering if there is some completely different treat called "Rockets" outside of Canada!
10 seconds into this video and all I can think of is the scene in the Rugrats episode "Meet The Carmichaels" (the first episode with Susie) at about 9 minutes and 30 seconds when they're sneaking past the movers to try and get to the moving truck. One mover looks to the other and asks: "Hey Ed. How do you think they get them little M's on the M&Ms?" Well, we finally know! However WHY I remember that scene 2 decades later... I have no idea.
Some people say "If we can put man on the moon, we should be able to. . .blah blah blah." My take is "If we can stamp all those little "M's" on all those tiny candies. . ."
Reese’s got a big boost when the director of “ET: The Extraterrestrial” wanted to film the scene where the kids leave a candy trail for ET. The M&M people refused the product placement, but Reese’s allowed the use of their M&M knockoff called Reese’s Pieces. Sales went through the Van Allen Belts!
There’s an M&M factory in my town that’s one of the main sources of employment. Once a year there’s a town day where local businesses give out some of their product for free. The M&M factory gives away free M&Ms. The factory also hosts a big car show every year around Memorial Day.
I always see comments on Simon's accent. He speaks received pronunciation RP. It's legitimate.. In the North of England where we have flat vowels we call it 'proper English'.. Only in fun of course Love the videos thank you
Back in the mid 90's I worked with a guy in NC who had an odd thing he did. He'd eat a packet of M&Ms every day at lunch and if there was a defective M&M in the pack, he'd save it in a small pouch until he'd saved up enough that he basically had a full pack of M&Ms that were all defective. Then, he'd take his packet of defective M&Ms, mail it to the manufacturer, and they'd send him back a replacement packet. So ... yeah. The guy was odd.
In Australia we didn't get Reese peanut butter cups until Costco came to Australia around 2010, when I tried them it blew my mind. I love them so much, I could easily eat 100 a day, but I try to restrain myself to half a dozen! I loved them so much I thought about moving to the USA so I could eat the big ones because we only got minis here, but after I thought about it for a bit I decided against it because I like having a body without bullet holes.
Snickers are the most popular trail candy, at least in the US. Snickers are like gold when you are in the middle of nowhere days from the nearest trailhead. M&M's are defintely second.
German Nougat is not made with almonds, it's made with hazelnuts. I grew up on the stuff, and basically 'nutella' is a spreadable version of German Nougat.
Don't be like Randy on South Park. Watch THOSE N-words ending with a hard "R"! Ha ha ha!!! In America, we pronounce Nouget as neww-gett. Not, new-gar. Just sayin'. Talking about the 2:50 mark.
Does anyone else find the really faint music in the background incredibly distracting? I heard it for the first time the other day after a 24 hour shift at the hospital and honestly thought it was an auditory hallucination and that I just needed to get some sleep. However, I'm well rested today and there is clearly some "barely there" music driving me insane as I try to listen to the video.
It drives me crazy too. If I'm watching on my phone I never hear it, but on my PC that super-faint music sounds like someone in another room of my house. Creeped me out before I figured out it was coming from the TIFO video. I wish it was either gone or about 3x louder.