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May 15, 2008 at 7:07 pm
Andrew Leyden
I don’t know. I have a problem with barcodes.
They still can’t get the barcodes on Hostess products put in a reasonable place for the bar code scanner guys at 7-11 to ring up. I mean, how many Hostess products are NOT bought at convenience stores? You’d think they’d realize they need a better location for the bar code on Suzy-Qs but alas, I have to go through the same pain in the ass every single time I satisfy my desire to eat a sugar sponge with some whip cream on it…
May 16, 2008 at 10:46 am
fp
Same goes for Ho-Hos