a mars bar is called m & m's in usa.
what is a mars bar called in usa?
m & m's
franklin clarence mars, whose mother taught him to hand dip candy, sold candy by age 19. he started the mars candy factory in 1911 with ethel v. mars, his second wife, in tacoma, washington. this factory produced and sold fresh candy wholesale, but ultimately the venture failed because there was a better established business, brown & haley, also operating in tacoma. by 1920, mars had returned to his home state, minnesota, where the earliest incarnation of the present day mars company was founded that year as mar-o-bar co., in minneapolis and later incorporated there as mars, incorporated. forrest mars, sr., son of frank and his first wife, veronica, was inspired by a popular type of milkshake in 1923, to introduce the milky way bar, advertised as a "chocolate malted milk in a candy bar", which became the best-selling candy bar. in 1929, frank moved the company to bakersfield, california and started full production in a plant which still exists today. in 1930, frank mars created the snickers bar and first sold it in us markets. in 1932, mars introduced the 3 musketeers bar. the same year, forrest started mars limited in the united kingdom and launched the mars bar.
mars, incorporated
jeffrey meets with amanda, who tried to cross over to the west end but was afraid of standing out. jeffrey tells her that the mcnabs are nice deep down but need her to help him keep russell and piper from turning as crazy as their father. they go over to mars bar's house to help him. mars bar tries to intimidate jeffrey. the two get into a beef match until jeffrey declares he's too scared to cross over hector street. he tells mars bar to come with him to piper's party and mars bar declares he'll be there. that night, jeffrey, amanda, mars bar and his friends all show up surprising all the white guests. john and his friends goes to face off against mars bar and his friends and mars bar tells them not to cross over hector street. mr. mcnab rages war on them and brings out a cannon. mars bar and his friends turn to leave and john calls them chicken. afterwards an explosion is heard. they all go outside and see that mars bar and his friend blew apart the head of a statue outside of the house. mr. mcnab is stunned and tells john and his friend to go after them. jeffrey and amanda stay behind to watch.
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