Talk:Jos Louis

Mention on discovery Channel
I wasn't sure how to put this on the article, but Jos. Louis was featured on the show How's It's made on The Discovery Channel/Science Channel. Rockfang 16:47, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

Half-Moons/½ Jos. Louis
The Half-Moon product listed on the main page is a similar but entirely unrelated product produced by the same company. However, there are ½ Jos. Louis which are half Jos. Louis, made by the company and marketed under the Jos. Louis brand name. I would recommend removing the unrelated mention of the Half-Moons (what exactly are they doing on the Jos. Louis article?), either permanently or moving it to a specific Half-Moon page and then including mention of the ½ Jos. Louis product. Currently the article makes it appear as there are no half Jos. Louis varieties which there clearly are, as per the Vachon website. --Jermdeeks (talk) 11:40, 12 December 2007 (UTC) - I have added some information including product portion weights to further distinguish the Half Jos. Louis from the Half Moon. I have additionally added information about the 100 gram Super Jos. Louis as I was shocked to find this (amazing, fabled, elusive) product had yet to be mentioned here. It would be good to include a picture of one of these for reference (or perhaps even a picture of all these variations together).

Name/pronunciation
Were these ever called "Joe Louis" or was it always "Jos. Louis"? I grew up in Quebec and seem to remember the former, and wonder if the named was changed to conform to French language labelling laws, but there is a good chance I am mis-remembering this. Nessman (talk) 07:10, 1 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Funny, I remember them as Joe & Louis rather than Jos. Louis. This from over 50 years ago.  That would make sense if they were named for two boys rather than one person.  This may be a memory of my misunderstanding the name, of course.99.245.248.91 (talk) 04:02, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
 * In my lifetime (since the 70s) they were always called "Jos. Louis" on the package but pronounced "Joe Louies". The "Jos." always confused me.  freshacconci  talk to me  19:46, 7 November 2014 (UTC)

Chocolate Version of a May West?
According to Vachon, the original May West (and all but one of its variants) is already chocolate. I'm not sure about taste but there appears to be very little difference between the two. The May West is a "white sponge cake filled with our incomparable creme and coated in a fine chocolatey layer." The Jos. Louis is a "delicious sponge cake with vanilla-flavoured creme filling coated in a chocolatey layer." I also removed the nonsense about how the name is pronounced, since no one would think Jos. Louis referred to Joe Louis. 69.158.143.241 (talk) 02:05, 4 October 2013 (UTC)
 * French Canadian here. They're definitely pronounced as "Joe Louis". Might be similar to how May Wests are named after Mae West.70.27.132.196 (talk) 04:59, 29 November 2017 (UTC)
 * That being said, Vachon claims that the Jos Louis debuted before Joe Louis really became famous, so the association would be a backronym if anything.70.27.132.196 (talk) 05:03, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

Vachon Inc. sold to Canada Bread
see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vachon_Inc. for details — Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.119.184.10 (talk) 21:04, 14 October 2016 (UTC)