Pacers (confectionery)
| Product type | Mint |
|---|---|
| Owner | Mars, Inc. |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Introduced | ? (as "Pacers" in 1976)[1] |
| Discontinued | 1985[1] |
Pacers is a discontinued British brand of mint flavoured confection, manufactured by Mars.[2]
Originally known as "Opal Mints",[3] they were plain white coloured chewy spearmint flavoured sweets, launched as a sister product to Opal Fruits (now known as Starburst). The product was subsequently relaunched as Pacers around 1976, and later, three green peppermint stripes were added to the sweet,[4] possibly to align it with a similar American product of the same name.[5] Television commercials for the sweet alluded to sport and fitness, with participants wearing green and white-striped kit, featuring the slogan "Peppermint striped for two-mint freshness".[5] The brand was discontinued in 1985.
At one point the Glasgow Celtic football team were nicknamed "The Pacers" because of the similarity of their kit to the sweets.[6]
References
- ^ a b 17 long-gone retro snacks you may have forgotten about By Carmella de Lucia. 29 MAR 2016
- ^ Hyslop, Leah (October 28, 2014). "Seven lost British sweets we pray will come back". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on July 14, 2019. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
- ^ Berry, Steve; Norman, Phil (2014). A History of Sweets in 50 Wrappers. London: The Friday Project. p. 69. ISBN 9780007575480.
- ^ "Pacers". Child of the 1980s. Archived from the original on 20 August 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
- ^ a b Berry, Steve & Norman, Phil. The Great British Tuck Shop, Friday Books, 2012. pp.230–31
- ^ "Remembering retro sweets". What Britain Loves. Archived from the original on 16 March 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2012.