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- <title>
- June 26, 1989: Business Notes:Cranberries
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1989
- June 26, 1989 Kevin Costner:The New American Hero
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- BUSINESS, Page 59
- Business Notes
- CRANBERRIES
- Not Crazy About Craisins
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- <p> Those funky singing California raisins may be in for some
- competition from a new kid on the block: the Craisin. Invented by
- Ocean Spray, a Craisin is a cranberry that has been dried and
- sugared to sweeten its tart flavor. The product is innocent enough,
- but the Craisin name has turned raisin producers sour. California
- growers, who spent $25 million last year promoting raisins, think
- Craisin is a rip-off. "If it's a cranberry, why don't they call it
- a cranberry?" asks Don Martens, a member of the California Raisin
- Advisory Board.
- </p>
- <p> But Ocean Spray, based in Plymouth, Mass., believes the
- growers' fuss is fruitless. It says there will be no confusion
- between the two products, since labels will read CRAISIN: DRIED
- CRANBERRIES. Craisins will be sold as a snack and as an ingredient
- in other foods. They can also be found next month in a new Ralston
- Purina breakfast cereal. But the real question is, Can they sing?
- </p>
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- </body></article>
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