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  2. Wrigley Company - Wikipedia

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    The first product to be scanned using a Universal Product Code (UPC) bar code was a 10-pack of Wrigley's Juicy Fruit gum. [18] (This pack of gum is now on display at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History.) In 1984, Wrigley introduced a new gum, Extra, which followed the new trend of sugar-free gums in the US. [9]

  3. Juicy Fruit - Wikipedia

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    The chewing gum was far more popular than the baking powder, so Wrigley Jr. again switched his business this time to chewing gum. In 1893, Wrigley Jr. introduced a new flavor of gum, Juicy Fruit, which helped the Wrigley Company to become the most popular and successful chewing gum company in the world. [8]

  4. William Wrigley Jr. - Wikipedia

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    July 4th ad in 1920 for Wrigley's chewing gum in The Saturday Evening Post. In 1916, Wrigley bought a minority stake in the Chicago Cubs baseball team as part of a group headed by Charles Weeghman, former owner of the Federal League's Chicago Whales. Over the next four years, as Weeghman's lunch-counter business declined, he was forced to sell ...

  5. Wrigley's Spearmint - Wikipedia

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    Wrigley's Spearmint is a brand of Wrigley's chewing gum. Wrigley's launched the brand in 1893, [ 1 ] and marketed the gum as its classic brand, although the company's brand Juicy Fruit has been on the market slightly longer.

  6. Doublemint - Wikipedia

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    Doublemint is a variety of chewing gum made by the Wrigley Company; according to early advertisements, it is "double strength" peppermint flavored. It was launched in the United States in 1914, [1] and has had variable market share since then. [citation needed]

  7. Foods From the '70s and '80s People Will Never Eat ... - AOL

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    This late 1970s brightly colored bubble gum came in big cubes kids loved, but its popularity faced competition from Bubblicious in the 1980s. The original was discontinued, but Mars bought Wrigley ...

  8. Extra (gum) - Wikipedia

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    The brand identity of Extra gum varies considerably in different markets, often having completely different flavours, logos and slogans for each country. Extra is currently the sponsor of the Mexico national football team. [3] In the UK, a similar chewing gum brand owned by Wrigley's; Orbit was renamed Extra in 2015, with the same 14-piece ...

  9. Big League Chew - Wikipedia

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    Currently, it is manufactured in the U.S. by Ford Gum & Machine Company in Akron, New York, after taking over distribution rights from Wrigley and moving production from Mexico at the end of 2010. [4] In April 2023, Nelson announced that over a billion pouches of Big League Chew had been sold worldwide. [5]