Mysterious disappearance of Trebor Extra Strong mints

Anyone noticed the absence of the Trebor Extra Strong mints? I have a real penchant for these things and keep a packet in the car, one by my PC, one with my TV remotes, one in my handbag. I'm a real ESM (extra strong mint) nutter!

But suddenly - no-one has them anymore. Thinking they had undergone a revamp of wrapper, I bought a slightly different, blue packet. Yeuw! SPEARmint. Not the same thing at all, at all!

So I rang Mars-Trebor and asked them what was the reason.

Seems, dear folks, that the factory was slap-bang in the middle of the flood area in Worcestershire and is therefore closed! They are not expected to be up and running until the end of October!

What I want to know is - what are us addicts going to do in the meantime!

 

How about Terry's hot mints (not real name which may come to me sometime). They probably aren't made anymore, Terry's being more famous for chocolate oranges. My record as a child was 6 mints at once before my mouth caught fire!
I think they were called Terry's Imperial Lozenges or something like it, they came in a little box.

 

My Hubby is really worried for your sanity Celia and has kindly offered to check the local sweet shop on your behalf (them not being that popular down here it seems). Fingers crossed :D

 

I am a mint freak and cannot be without them either but go for Trebor SoftMints or TicTac ... and I like spearmint as well. Fortunately both are readily available here.

 

Fill your boots, although I prefer XXX :D :eek: :D

http://www.mrsbrowns.co.uk/acatalog/EXTRA_STRONG_MINTS.html

http://www.britsuperstore.com/acatalog/Trebor.html

http://www.mrsomalleys.co.uk/pages-productinfo/product-46/trebor-bassett-trebor-extra-strong-mints.html

http://www.lebonbonshop.co.uk/sweet.asp?sweetID=65&page=1

 

T'other half is a XXX fan, too, and always has a tin of Altoids. Mmmmmmm, Mint Humbugs ... and I'll just have to investigate the Shaws Cinnamon Lozenges. I also always carry around Chiclets 'fire' or 'ice' cinnamon sugarless gum.

 

Bananaman you worry me :rolleyes:

Did you seriously spend all that time looking up those links?

:D

 

I like Kendall mint cake
Humbugs
Acid drops
Pear drops
Murray mints

Hubby likes fisherman's friends

 

good old Marks and Sparks do their own type of Altoids - my Dad always has a tin on the go..... yum!!!!
And I'm a bit of an XXX fan too !!!!!

Talking of sweets - when we were in Wales in August we came accross an old fashioned sweet shop - shelf upon shelf of jars of sweets....mmmmm..... lemon bonbons, pear drops,clove drops, army and navy (anyone else remember them)....heaven.....

 

I'm 1/2 Welsh Honey Bee :D , I remeber those shops, they did peanut sweets as well. Do you remember those?

Tasted like peanut butter and had little bits of nut inside the peanut looking sweets. Used to sell them in a paper cone :D

 

sweet peanuts!!!!! HERE Yummy!!!!! The kids are drooling over the Mrs Brown's Sweet shop page.... I see they even do Black Jacks and Fruit Salads!!! Do you remember Lemon Pips???

 

Thanks BM for the links.
I've just ordered some sticks of that hard licourice, that I thought you couldn't get any more, from mrs browns.

 

Honey Bee,

I was brought up on lemon pips! :D , oh the memories, makes me well up so it does :D , I bought a box of fruit salads as a surprise for hubby years ago, remember violets? Never liked them but my sister did. And those candy necklaces (i am licking the screen now like your avatar :D

 

pete, ask Sis about Black Cats ...