Talk:Life Savers

Department of Redundancy Department
It's proper to specify a recommended retail price as a number of dollars (such as $0.05) or a number of cents (five cents or 5 cents) but specifying it as a "dollar number of cents" is almost always wrong. (There used to be a joke, playing off "what this country needs is a good five-cent cigar" that "what this country REALLY needs is a five-cent nickel" and financial advisors distinguish between paying full-fare for something versus reducing taxes, so that one might pay for something in 72-cent dollars. These refer to the value of the money, as opposed to the price of something.)

The AP Stylebook suggests that numbers under eleven be written out, and larger numbers be in numeric form, but prices in retail stores is almost always in numeric form. I would recommend that instead of "$0.05 cents", that "5 cents" or "5c" be used, but "five cents" would be acceptable. I didn't edit the page because I couldn't find that Wikipedia style mandates one over the other, but saying "$.05 cents" is flat-out wrote, being both a violation of logic and of ordinary literacy. (which sometimes conflict, but not here.) 68.50.226.190 (talk) 13:34, 15 November 2015 (UTC)

Lightsaber disambig
Why is there a Lightsaber redirect on this page? O_o
 * As a small child, I thought Lightsabers were called Lifesavers. Seeing this disambig, I guess that may be somewhat common. -SCEhardt 02:36, 28 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Well, I was bold and removed it. A mere phonetic coincidence doesn't warrant a disambig. Brian Schlosser42 04:59, 17 September 2005 (UTC)

Historical Production
Weren't LifeSavers produced in Port Chester, NY from 1920-1984? Actually, this is a bit rhetorical as I know that the former factory is now an apartment complex. My brother-in-law used to live there and they have pictures of the building as a LifeSaver factory prior to conversion. How this relates to production in Holland, Michigan is beyond me. (Was this the only factory?) -HiFiGuy 07:09, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Stub
Is this still a stub? How much more is there to know about life savers. Ozone 00:03, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

History
Actually, LifeSavers have been manufactured in Canada in addition to in the US since 1931. the History of LifeSavers link clearly explains that. The factory is in my neighborhood and the whole area has smelled fruity for years. —This unsigned comment was added by 86.197.58.46 (talk • contribs).

Yes, there was also a Lifesavers plant in Hamilton, Ontario from 1922 to 2004 70.26.86.243 (talk) 14:54, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

New Five Flavour Roll
...Is it just me.. or does the new five flavour roll have six flavours? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.61.130.128 (talk • contribs)

So, are Lemon & Lime discontinued?
So, are Lemon & Lime discontinued? I noticed that they are not listed in any of the other packs except the Original 5 Roll. So, are they gone? Antmusic 20:22, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Timeline...
Why is the launch of Bubble Yum in there? Exactly what does that have to do with Life Savers? I'm Kinda Awesome... 17:27, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Cremesavers.jpg
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No Dead Daughter
The idea that the creator had a daughter who choked on candy is a myth, I deleted any mention of it.

http://www.snopes.com/business/names/lifesavers.asp —Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.141.237.35 (talk) 04:00, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

It still says the legend is true
The article still states the legend "is entirely true" -- this is very misleading and should state "it is an urban legend, and no connection between making the candy to save lives is present in the candy history." or something similar.

Wikipedia page (with the above error) read on 2/6/2010

http://www.snopes.com/business/names/lifesavers.asp

72.177.170.133 (talk) 19:14, 6 February 2011 (UTC)mom teaching her kids to research
 * It was re-added about a week ago - I've re-removed the mention. In the future, please be bold in correcting obvious vandalism yourself. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 20:02, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

Year invented
Early in the article is says that Life Savers were invented in 1912. Later in the article, it says 1911. Which is it? Jtyroler (talk) 01:39, 15 December 2011 (UTC)

Requested Changes - Community Thoughts?
Hi Life Savers Wikipedia community –

I’m Emily and I'm a communications representative for Life Savers.

After reading through the Wikipedia page and the history sources we have, I wanted to suggest some changes to the page and see what the community thinks - appreciate your thoughts.

•In the History section, sentence four: "The pill manufacturer, whose machinery was malfunctioning, found that the pressing process worked much better when the mints were stamped with a hole in the middle." – Where did you get this info.? We don’t have record of this and because it's not sourced, would recommend deleting. We have some sources of info. that list the origin and reasoning for the mints invention (Fortune mag. 1938, Modern Packaging, 1951) and it doesn’t include this so interested to know where it was found.

•	Any opposition to adding mention that 2012 marks 100th anniversary of LS? •	The logo up currently on the page isn't current. Thought it would make sense to add the updated one - thoughts? • I also found an additional historical fact in some archives that I thought could be added: During WWII, other candy manufacturers donated their sugar rations to keep Life Savers in production so that the little candies could be shared with Armed Forces as a tasty reminder of life at home. Sources: Investor’s Reader (1950) and Modern Packaging (1950) - do to the fact these pubs. are so old, I only have hard copies.

Would love to get thoughts from the community on all suggestions.

Thanks.

Olsoneem (talk) 21:30, 20 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Hi Emily. Thank you for the ideas and the contributions. I know we are a bit late in getting back to you.  The pill machine malfunction story was unsourced, so removing it is just fine.  The WWII story is a great addition, but needs a source itself.  You listed 2 sources, can you give the page number of the section relevant?  Also, we would love to have an updated logo, we just need to make sure that it's use constitutes fair use under copyright law.  Since it is the current logo, I don't believe we have authorization to use it.  Would it be possible for you to aquire authorization and upload a copy?  I would be happy to assist you, just leave me a message on my talk page.DoctorLazarusLong (talk) 22:07, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

When did they get a hole in the middle?
The lede implies that they were named Lifesavers because they resembled life bouys, ie with a hole. Later the article says "In 1921, the company began to produce solid fruit drops. In 1925, technology improved to allow a hole in the center of the fruit candies. These were introduced as the "fruit drop with the hole"" So did they start with a hole in 1911/1912, switch to solid in 1921, then bring back the hole in1925? Or did they make mints or other flavors with a hole and fruit flavors without a hole from 1921-1925? If the hole was in the candies from the beginning to 1921, gone 1921-1925, and restored in 1925, the article should clearly state so. If not, the text should be cleared up. Edison (talk) 02:17, 26 January 2014 (UTC)

Missing history
Seems to be an abrupt shift from 1947 to the 80's. It would be nice to fill in the info on those intervening years if someone has the resources and time.THX1136 (talk) 21:11, 8 July 2016 (UTC)

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Polos-
Lifesavers are very similar to the UK candy, Polos- which came first? Both companies seemed to pride themselves on being the mint with a hole so...which came first-? (I don't know why I really care but it's interesting idk-)

Australia
Can you add a section about the Australian arm? There is only a link to the website. Is the Australian arm also independent like Birds Eye is? Jordf32123 (talk) 12:09, 22 April 2023 (UTC)

Musk Lifesavers are at least 70 years old are are sold only in Australia 70.26.86.243 (talk) 14:58, 13 July 2024 (UTC)