Why Are North American Snack Foods Always the Same...?

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#1 Aznsilvrboy
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It's always the Lays and Doritos (They're by the same company actually), gummies, chocolate bars, gum, popcorn, hard candy, various type of soft drinks and etc. No matter what they release, it's just the same with a twist (different flavor)?

On the other hand, Japan has a lot of really good and diverse snack foods.....*drools*

Thoughts?
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#2 someotherguy654
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I like gummies. Especially worms.

I've never had Japan snack foods.
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#3 metallica_fan42
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As longs as the snack tastes good, I couldn't care what brand it has on it, or what variation on the flavor it has. As for Japenese snacks all being different, I couldn't tell you.
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#4 GameFreak315
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I love sour gummy worms.  :D  I've never been to Japan, but you just gave me another reason to go.  :P
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#5 schoeffmaster
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Easu.north america is resistant to change and will only change when something big happens...
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#6 mattmaul5488
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mmmmm Gummy Bears :)
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Having lived in Japan for 6 months, it's all the same over there after time as well.
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#8 Aznsilvrboy
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I love sour gummy worms. :D I've never been to Japan, but you just gave me another reason to go. :PGameFreak315


You'll be surprised at the quality and creativeness of their snack foods...
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#9 Aznsilvrboy
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Having lived in Japan for 6 months, it's all the same over there after time as well.LukeAF24


They do release new stuff once in a while, I know this because every few years I go back to Taiwan and Taiwan's snack foods = Japanese snack foods and I always find something new.
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#10 Def_Jef88
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ive had japanese candy, it sucks majorly.

German candy is really good tho.
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#11 gamefreakomega
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Eh, as long as it taste good and isn't too unhealthy I don't really care how unoriginal it is.
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#12 bluezy
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I bet the Japanese eat sushi as a snack food... /sarcasm
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I love sour gummy worms.  :D  I've never been to Japan, but you just gave me another reason to go.  :PGameFreak315
*DROOLSSSS*
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#14 deactivated-583e5f64e0a7e
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[QUOTE="LukeAF24"]Having lived in Japan for 6 months, it's all the same over there after time as well.Aznsilvrboy


They do release new stuff once in a while, I know this because every few years I go back to Taiwan and Taiwan's snack foods = Japanese snack foods and I always find something new.

Perhaps because everything is new since you only see ever 3-4 years. Seeing the same thing 24/7 dulls your perception.
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#15 mark4091
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our chips and cheese snacks are best but GO TO GERMANY the chocolate is amazing I have family that sends me chocolate from germany it owns
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Chips rock. End of story.
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#18 Crimson_Faith
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Well i dont eat much snack food, but I got to say, Sour gummy worms are da shat!!! :D Best kind of snack. I also like sour skittles.

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#19 Ceraby
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I dunno... I believe Asian snack foods can be just as redundant. I mean from the Asian aisle alone in supermarkets, there are so many different kinds and brands of snackey cream cakes, wafers, wafer sticks, pretzel sticks, rice crackers... One example I can think of is the Pocky , Yan Yan , Pepero, Jack N Jill chocolate sticks thing. :|

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#20 Gabeyre0
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i disagree
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I make my own snack foods.

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#22 Dr_Brocoli
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It's always the Lays and Doritos (They're by the same company actually), gummies, chocolate bars, gum, popcorn, hard candy, various type of soft drinks and etc. No matter what they release, it's just the same with a twist (different flavor)?

On the other hand, Japan has a lot of really good and diverse snack foods.....*drools*

Thoughts?
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