Pacers is a discontinued
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brand of
mint
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flavoured
confection
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, manufactured by
Mars
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.
Originally known as Opal Mints, they were plain white coloured chewy
spearmint
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flavoured sweets, launched as a sister product to
Opal Fruits
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(now known as
Starburst
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). The product was subsequently relaunched as Pacers around 1976, and later, three green
peppermint
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stripes were added to the sweet, possibly to align it with a similar American product of the same name.
[Berry, Steve & Norman, Phil. ''The Great British Tuck Shop'', Friday Books, 2012. pp.230–31] Television commercials for the sweet alluded to sport and fitness, with participants wearing green and white-striped kit, featuring the slogan "Peppermint striped for two-mint freshness".
The brand was discontinued in 1985.
At one point the
Glasgow Celtic
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football team were nicknamed "The Pacers" because of the similarity of their kit to the sweets.
See also
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List of confectionery brands
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References
Mars confectionery brands
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