Jessica Smetana
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What are pieces?
Reese's.
He's on the food and confection beat, so that would make sense.
Well, I mean, fair enough if they made the product crappier, but I saw a CBS story, Zazz, from this week, which now I'm like, this was on April 1st, so hopefully it wasn't a joke.
And it said, Hershey said it will use classic recipes for all Reese's products starting next year, a change that comes after the grandson of Reese's founder criticized the company for shifting to cheaper ingredients.
Why did they want to probably save money?
Because they probably could.
Yeah, exactly.
You sell the company and then the quality goes down the shitter.
That's how it works in the.
His name is Brad, by the way.
I mean, hey, I mean, if your grandfather invented one of the most iconic products in America and then you grew up one day and that product didn't taste good anymore, would you try to protect the family legacy?
I mean, this is your last name.
That's what Mike is saying.
I'm not saying that for the record.
Oh my God.
I mean, I hope they're handling it in private.
Seems like an issue.
Seems like something's going on.
From a PR standpoint.