{"id":1676,"date":"2014-06-02T12:01:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-02T12:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2014\/06\/02\/need-to-cut-back-on-sugar-m-doesn\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:24:08","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:24:08","slug":"need-to-cut-back-on-sugar-m-doesn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=1676","title":{"rendered":"Need To Cut Back On Sugar? M&#038;M&#8217;s Doesn&#8217;t Consider Knives &#8220;Family Friendly&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:11806,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.kniferights.org\\\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=271&amp;Itemid=1&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.kniferights.org\\\/index.php?option=com_content&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:11807,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.bladeshow.com\\\/ehome\\\/index.php?eventid=79096&amp;tabid=162125&amp;&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.bladeshow.com\\\/ehome\\\/index.php?eventid=79096&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:11808,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/r20.rs6.net\\\/tn.jsp?f=001A0qrlOWFNeHMUnD7sYkQm47bWYv5anm0DyzsxDO0RiXvYWjiLT7Zhr7-k642e5I_4ufuIBEBwxNBzZNuRrQuUnqGwNMKHXmmx8LatBVKv5oldaNU15esStk-X8y8wlcV32tPnh2Nuk0gyBNvUfz2Vwxb86KFhSOg3kp_i5PHgd-7n4O_2GYOyHubEsdQ9L8W&amp;c=Jt2OzjUfAi-BQYN4iqPdkLCnZZU9xWEV3Inp5igNYpqStBz5PTRnlg==&amp;ch=71DV629dE780bNPEMdxG-cmvJ-1CaUv1QyShgJr2CHyDbyloQ7HFAQ==&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:11809,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/r20.rs6.net\\\/tn.jsp?f=001A0qrlOWFNeHMUnD7sYkQm47bWYv5anm0DyzsxDO0RiXvYWjiLT7Zhr7-k642e5I_bEVZfYbI4iYbsXd8ZX-eKw21tmrW73Vu-Axjx6d-h59ipP7IuRaFnwRSFMbk8WCw5PxvbGloqKI_TQDZG0yn-3jiTbhYI-WBjIJ01img7TEJY1cBzlqayA==&amp;c=Jt2OzjUfAi-BQYN4iqPdkLCnZZU9xWEV3Inp5igNYpqStBz5PTRnlg==&amp;ch=71DV629dE780bNPEMdxG-cmvJ-1CaUv1QyShgJr2CHyDbyloQ7HFAQ==&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:11810,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/mms&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/login\\\/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fmms&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>\nIn my email this morning was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kniferights.org\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=271&amp;Itemid=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an alert from Knife Rights<\/a>. It seems that they had placed a business-to-business order for packets of M&amp;M candies with the Knife Rights logo on it. The candies were for an upcoming promotion which I assume is the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bladeshow.com\/ehome\/index.php?eventid=79096&amp;tabid=162125&amp;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blade Show<\/a>. The order was placed, the salesperson was very friendly, and all was good until four days later when the salesperson called back saying his bosses had declined the order because the word &#8220;knife&#8221; was not considered &#8220;family friendly&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>WTF?<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll let them continue the story. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p>\n<br \/><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div align=\"left\" style=\"font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;\">\n<span><span>The candy was ordered for an upcoming promotion through M&amp;Ms&#8217; customized Business to Business department.<\/span><br \/>\n The customer service representative, Christian, was very helpful and<br \/>\nthe order was placed. Then four business days later we received a call<br \/>\nfrom Christian to let us know that they would not fill the order since<br \/>\n&#8220;the word knife is not family friendly.&#8221; That certainly came as news to<br \/>\nus! Christian apologized for the delay getting back to us, we had called<br \/>\n twice seeking confirmation the order would arrive in time, saying he<br \/>\nhad argued hard for us, but that his bosses wouldn&#8217;t budge.<\/span><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\" style=\"font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;\">\n<span>&nbsp;<\/span>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\" style=\"font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;\">\n<span>We<br \/>\n asked for a confirmation in writing of what he had told us, but when<br \/>\nthat was not forthcoming, we sent an email to him confirming the<br \/>\nconversation we had and asking the company to correct anything that<br \/>\nwasn&#8217;t factually correct. Shortly thereafter, Christian&#8217;s supervisor,<br \/>\nKathy, called. We had a similar conversation with her, to no avail, and<br \/>\nagain asked that they confirm that they were rejecting the order for the<br \/>\n reasons both Christian and she provided, that the word &#8220;knife&#8221; was not<br \/>\n&#8220;family friendly.&#8221; Instead we received a totally disingenuous email:<\/span><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\" style=\"font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;\">\n<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\" style=\"font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;\">\n<em>&#8220;Thank you for your email and allowing us to respond to your concern. <\/em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\" style=\"font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;\">\n&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\" style=\"font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;\">\n<em>We<br \/>\n would like to confirm that we have received and processed your request<br \/>\nto cancel your order.&nbsp; We are sorry to hear that you are cancelling your<br \/>\n order and hope to have an opportunity to make your next event more<br \/>\nspecial with personalized MY M&amp;M&#8217;S\u00ae Chocolate Candies&#8221;.<\/em><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\" style=\"font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;\">\n&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\" style=\"font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;\">\nTo which we replied: &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\" style=\"font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;\">\n<em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\" style=\"font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;\">\n<em>Thanks<br \/>\n for this, but your email falsely states that this order is being<br \/>\ncancelled at my request.&nbsp; Please note that I do NOT wish for the order<br \/>\nto be cancelled &#8212; it was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>your<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n company decision to cancel the order because you object to the name and<br \/>\n mission of our civil rights organization.&nbsp; I have had several phone<br \/>\ncalls with representatives of your company trying to save this order.&nbsp;<br \/>\nYour cancellation notice falsely stating that the order was cancelled at<br \/>\n my request only adds insult to injury, and is outrageous.<\/em><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\" style=\"font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;\">\n&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\" style=\"font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;\">\nWith<br \/>\n that email they went from simply making what we view as a poor business<br \/>\n decision by irrationally discriminating against Knife Rights, America&#8217;s<br \/>\n knife owners and our many Second Amendment supporters, and moved on to<br \/>\nfalsely describing the entire transaction in a outrageous attempt to<br \/>\navoid responsibility for their actions. <strong>Knife Rights did not cancel the order; M&amp;M&#8217;s did.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\" style=\"font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;\">\n&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\" style=\"font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;\">\nWe<br \/>\n just thought you ought to know. For ourselves, we intend to wean<br \/>\nourselves from their products. Mars, Inc. is the parent company and one<br \/>\nof the world&#8217;s leading food manufacturers, that while perhaps best known<br \/>\n for its chocolate and candy brands (M&amp;M&#8217;s, Milkey Way, Altoids and<br \/>\nLife Savers to name but a few) is also in food, pet care and drink<br \/>\nproducts with many brands you know, including Wrigley, Uncle Bens, Seeds<br \/>\n of Change, Pedigree and Whiskas. You can find lists of their products<br \/>\nat: <a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001A0qrlOWFNeHMUnD7sYkQm47bWYv5anm0DyzsxDO0RiXvYWjiLT7Zhr7-k642e5I_4ufuIBEBwxNBzZNuRrQuUnqGwNMKHXmmx8LatBVKv5oldaNU15esStk-X8y8wlcV32tPnh2Nuk0gyBNvUfz2Vwxb86KFhSOg3kp_i5PHgd-7n4O_2GYOyHubEsdQ9L8W&amp;c=Jt2OzjUfAi-BQYN4iqPdkLCnZZU9xWEV3Inp5igNYpqStBz5PTRnlg==&amp;ch=71DV629dE780bNPEMdxG-cmvJ-1CaUv1QyShgJr2CHyDbyloQ7HFAQ==\" shape=\"rect\" style=\"color: blue; text-decoration: underline;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.mars.com\/global\/brands.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Come<br \/>\n Halloween this year our family will carve our pumpkins using several<br \/>\ndifferent knives, but instead of giving the children who come to our<br \/>\nfront door M&amp;M&#8217;s, Snickers and Milky Ways, as we have for many<br \/>\nyears, they will be given a treat that will not bear the Mars, Inc.<br \/>\nbrand.&nbsp;<\/p><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\" style=\"font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;\">\n&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\" style=\"font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;\">\n<strong>If<br \/>\n you&#8217;d like to let them know how you feel about the word &#8220;knife&#8221; not<br \/>\nbeing &#8220;family friendly,&#8221; you can contact M&amp;M&#8217;s at: 1-908-852-1000<br \/>\n(M-F 9:00-5:00) or via email using the form at:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001A0qrlOWFNeHMUnD7sYkQm47bWYv5anm0DyzsxDO0RiXvYWjiLT7Zhr7-k642e5I_bEVZfYbI4iYbsXd8ZX-eKw21tmrW73Vu-Axjx6d-h59ipP7IuRaFnwRSFMbk8WCw5PxvbGloqKI_TQDZG0yn-3jiTbhYI-WBjIJ01img7TEJY1cBzlqayA==&amp;c=Jt2OzjUfAi-BQYN4iqPdkLCnZZU9xWEV3Inp5igNYpqStBz5PTRnlg==&amp;ch=71DV629dE780bNPEMdxG-cmvJ-1CaUv1QyShgJr2CHyDbyloQ7HFAQ==\" shape=\"rect\" style=\"color: blue; text-decoration: underline;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.mms.com\/us\/contact<\/a>&nbsp; <\/strong><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;You can also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">leave a comment on M&amp;M&#8217;s Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>My doc has been after me to cut carbs and sugar so<br \/>\neliminating products from Mars Inc. will become one way I&#8217;ll be doing<br \/>\nit.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m was surprised to find out that Seeds of Change, which I assumed was a small organic grower of seeds, is just another cog in a corporate conglomerate. I wonder how many back to the earth, Birkenstock-wearing, gardeners are aware of that. You might as well be telling them that it is owned by Monsanto.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In my email this morning was an alert from Knife Rights. 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