Shopping on line can be easy, simple and save you lots of money. It can also take a lot of your time, frustrate you, and result in unwanted purchases. Now the same can be said for regular high street shopping, but with the vast opportunity presented by the Internet it will pay you to spend a few minutes reading this and understanding how to better optimize your Juicy Fruit shopping experience:
1. Compare - without doubt the biggest advantage that the Juicy Fruit offers shoppers today is the ability to compare thousands of Juicy Fruit at a time. This is a great thing, but not necessarily all the time! Too much can be daunting at times so take advantage of the great comparison sites and where possible let them do the hard work for you.
2. Research - if it has been said it will be on the internet. Ignorance is no longer a justifiable reason for buying the wrong thing. Take the time to research in detail everything that you could possible want to know about
3. Testimonials - don't know anybody that has bought a Juicy Fruit? Wrong! If the Juicy Fruit is good the internet will let you know. Use the Internet as a friend and get testimonials before you buy.
4. Questions - Got a question about Juicy Fruit then search the Forums, FAQ's, Blogs etc. Don't be afraid to ask .....
5. Reputation - Never heard of the company selling Juicy Fruit? Don't worry, no reason why you should know every company in the world, but you know someone that does! Use the internet to find out what people are saying about Juicy Fruit and build up a picture of their reputation for sales, returns, customer service, delivery etc.
6. Returns - still worried that even after all of the above your Juicy Fruit wont be what you want? Check out the returns policy. There is so much competition now that someone, somewhere is bound to offer the terms that you are comfortable with.
7. Feedback - happy with your Juicy Fruit then let people know, after all you are depending on others people input in your buying decision, so why not give a little back.
8. Security - check for the yellow padlock on the Juicy Fruit site before you buy, and the s after http:/ /i.e. https:// = a secure site
9. Contact - got a question about Juicy Fruit, or want to leave a comment then check out the sites contact page. Reputable companies have them and respond.
10. Payment - ready to pay for your Juicy Fruit, then use your credit card or PayPal! Be aware of companies that don't accept them, there may be genuine reasons but given the huge amount of choice you have when buying online there is no reason at all not to buy via credit card or PayPal.
Juicy Fruit is a flavor and brand of chewing gum made by
Wrigley's. Introduced in the
United States in 1893, Juicy Fruit almost immediately became one of the best-selling brands in the country, and remains so today. It has had seven different packaging designs as of 2004; many older packages are considered collectors items in a
niche marketing.
Juicy Fruit was taken off the civilian market temporarily during World War II because of shortages in the necessary ingredients to make it; additionally, demand for gum to be included in
C-rations made sufficient production impossible. The gum was re-introduced to the general public in 1946.
Each three-gram stick contains ten
calories (42
joule).
People often report that the (Southeast Asian)
jackfruit tastes nearly identical to Juicy Fruit, but just which "
fruit" serves as its flavoring has been deliberately made vague by Wrigley's. Recently the company has capitalized on this in a campaign selling gum with flavors named "Strappleberry" and "Grapermelon" under the Juicy Fruit brand. Wrigley's apparently told
Imponderables that banana is one crucial flavor among many others.
History
As of 1905, the Juicy Fruit packet was green with large red letters. Over the years, it progressed to brighter colors in 1914 and a more visually attractive package in 1932. It gained white bars across the packing until around 1941 and changed to the nearly modern package in 1948. The emphasis on price was added in 1987 until 2005, when the price increased and it shifted to the newer package. It was the first product to use a bar code.
As of 2006, the UKpackaging retains the older (i.e. late-20th-century) visual style.
Despite it not being a sugarless gum, in 2003 Wrigley's replaced some of the sugar with
aspartame and acesulfame potassium (Ace K), both sugar substitutes.
The pellet form of Juicy Fruit is sugar free containing
Malititol,
Sorbitol,
Mannitol, Ace K and Aspartame.
Flavors
- Juicy Fruit
- Juicy Fruit Grapermelon
- Juicy Fruit Strappleberry
- Juicy Fruit Citronic
- Juicy Fruit Sours Tropikiwi Kick
- Juicy Fruit Pink (Limited Edition)
- Juicy Fruit Blue (Limited Edition)
Canadian Flavours In Pellet Form
- Juicy Fruit Original
- Juicy Fruit Red
- Juicy Fruit Blue
- Juicy Fruit Pink
- Juicy Fruit Green
- Juicy Fruit Purple
The Juicy Fruit Song
Juicy Fruit TV commercials from the 80's introduced the Juicy Fruit Song, which is still used in the
2005 ads. The 80s ads featured people in "extreme" sports, in skiing and jet skiing.
Get your skis shined up
Grab a stick of Juicy Fruit
The taste is gonna move ya
Take a sniff
Pull it out
The taste is gonna move you when you pop it in your mouth
Juicy Fruit, it's gonna move ya
It chews so soft, it gets right to ya
Juicy Fruit, the taste, the taste, the taste is gonna move youThe song is featured in a sketch based around food product jingles in the third episode ("Lil 9/11") of the 2006 MTV sketch comedy show,
Human Giant.
Juicy Fruit in the media
The Juicy Fruit
brand has been represented in the media in the following ways:
In film
- In the film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film), Randle McMurphy (Jack Nicholson's character) offers Chief Bromden a stick while the two are awaiting punishment for fighting in the insane asylum in which they are confined. This act prompts the Chief, who had been pretending to be a deaf-mute to finally speak with the line "Mmm...Juicy Fruit."
- In the 2006 film "Inside Man", Dalton Russel (Clive Owen's character) offers Keith Frazier (Denzel Washington) a piece of gum, which happens to be Juicy Fruit. He leaves the unfinished pack and some wrappers in the unmarked safety deposit box.
- In the first Godzilla movie, the foreign scientists were chewing Juicy Fruit in order to "Make them look more American".
- In the 2007 film, Bridge to Terebithia, Leslie (played by Annasophia Robb) gives Jesse a piece of Juicy Fruit on the school bus.
In music
- Two people can be seen chewing Juicy Fruit before kissing in the music video for "Here in Your Arms" by hellogoodbye.
- "Juicy Fruit" is also the name of a popular 80s song by James Mtume.
- "Grapefruit Juicy Fruit" is the name of a 70s song by Jimmy Buffett, originally released on the album "Living and Dying in 3/4 Time."
On TV
- In the 2006-7 British TV series Life On Mars, the characters are frequently seen chewing Juicy Fruit. During the first series DCI Gene Hunt lays out two packets of Juicy Fruit on the interview table. In a series two episode, an exchange between DC Chris Skelton and a schoolgirl goes:
Schoolgirl: "Do you have a gun?"
Chris: "No."
Schoolgirl: "What's that in your pocket then?"
Chris: "That's my Juicy Fruit."
- Juicy Fruit is also referenced in American Dad, when Stan explains what being popular feels like by comparing it with the taste of Juicy Fruit.
- There was a Juicy Fruit Commercial that was banned, that shows a woman beating up a Giant Orange Whale, who stole her Juicy Fruit.
External links
- Juicy Fruit, the official website for the brand.
- Wrigley's "Juicy Fruit" page
Juicy Fruit is a flavor and brand of
chewing gum made by Wrigley's. Introduced in the United States in
1893, Juicy Fruit almost immediately became one of the best-selling brands in the country, and remains so today. It has had seven different packaging designs as of 2004; many older packages are considered collectors items in a niche marketing.
Juicy Fruit was taken off the
civilian market temporarily during
World War II because of shortages in the necessary ingredients to make it; additionally, demand for gum to be included in
C-rations made sufficient production impossible. The gum was re-introduced to the general public in 1946.
Each three-
gram stick contains ten calories (42
joule).
People often report that the (Southeast Asian)
jackfruit tastes nearly identical to Juicy Fruit, but just which "
fruit" serves as its
flavoring has been deliberately made vague by Wrigley's. Recently the company has capitalized on this in a campaign selling gum with flavors named "Strappleberry" and "Grapermelon" under the Juicy Fruit brand. Wrigley's apparently told
Imponderables that
banana is one crucial flavor among many others.
History
As of 1905, the Juicy Fruit packet was green with large red letters. Over the years, it progressed to brighter colors in 1914 and a more visually attractive package in 1932. It gained white bars across the packing until around 1941 and changed to the nearly modern package in 1948. The emphasis on price was added in 1987 until 2005, when the price increased and it shifted to the newer package. It was the first product to use a bar code.
As of 2006, the UKpackaging retains the older (i.e. late-20th-century) visual style.
Despite it not being a sugarless gum, in 2003 Wrigley's replaced some of the sugar with aspartame and
acesulfame potassium (Ace K), both
sugar substitutes.
The pellet form of Juicy Fruit is sugar free containing Malititol, Sorbitol,
Mannitol, Ace K and Aspartame.
Flavors
- Juicy Fruit
- Juicy Fruit Grapermelon
- Juicy Fruit Strappleberry
- Juicy Fruit Citronic
- Juicy Fruit Sours Tropikiwi Kick
- Juicy Fruit Pink (Limited Edition)
- Juicy Fruit Blue (Limited Edition)
Canadian Flavours In Pellet Form
- Juicy Fruit Original
- Juicy Fruit Red
- Juicy Fruit Blue
- Juicy Fruit Pink
- Juicy Fruit Green
- Juicy Fruit Purple
The Juicy Fruit Song
Juicy Fruit TV commercials from the 80's introduced the Juicy Fruit Song, which is still used in the 2005 ads. The 80s ads featured people in "extreme" sports, in skiing and jet skiing.
Get your skis shined up
Grab a stick of Juicy Fruit
The taste is gonna move ya
Take a sniff
Pull it out
The taste is gonna move you when you pop it in your mouth
Juicy Fruit, it's gonna move ya
It chews so soft, it gets right to ya
Juicy Fruit, the taste, the taste, the taste is gonna move youThe song is featured in a sketch based around food product jingles in the third episode ("Lil 9/11") of the 2006
MTV sketch comedy show,
Human Giant.
Juicy Fruit in the media
The Juicy Fruit brand has been represented in the media in the following ways:
In film
- In the film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film), Randle McMurphy (Jack Nicholson's character) offers Chief Bromden a stick while the two are awaiting punishment for fighting in the insane asylum in which they are confined. This act prompts the Chief, who had been pretending to be a deaf-mute to finally speak with the line "Mmm...Juicy Fruit."
- In the 2006 film "Inside Man", Dalton Russel (Clive Owen's character) offers Keith Frazier (Denzel Washington) a piece of gum, which happens to be Juicy Fruit. He leaves the unfinished pack and some wrappers in the unmarked safety deposit box.
- In the first Godzilla movie, the foreign scientists were chewing Juicy Fruit in order to "Make them look more American".
- In the 2007 film, Bridge to Terebithia, Leslie (played by Annasophia Robb) gives Jesse a piece of Juicy Fruit on the school bus.
In music
- Two people can be seen chewing Juicy Fruit before kissing in the music video for "Here in Your Arms" by hellogoodbye.
- "Juicy Fruit" is also the name of a popular 80s song by James Mtume.
- "Grapefruit Juicy Fruit" is the name of a 70s song by Jimmy Buffett, originally released on the album "Living and Dying in 3/4 Time."
On TV
- In the 2006-7 British TV series Life On Mars, the characters are frequently seen chewing Juicy Fruit. During the first series DCI Gene Hunt lays out two packets of Juicy Fruit on the interview table. In a series two episode, an exchange between DC Chris Skelton and a schoolgirl goes:
Schoolgirl: "Do you have a gun?"
Chris: "No."
Schoolgirl: "What's that in your pocket then?"
Chris: "That's my Juicy Fruit."
- Juicy Fruit is also referenced in American Dad, when Stan explains what being popular feels like by comparing it with the taste of Juicy Fruit.
- There was a Juicy Fruit Commercial that was banned, that shows a woman beating up a Giant Orange Whale, who stole her Juicy Fruit.
External links
- Juicy Fruit, the official website for the brand.
- Wrigley's "Juicy Fruit" page
