Aldi knockoffs

Posted 11th Jun 2023

I'm racking my brains here trying to work out the link between Twix and the Aldi knock-off Jive.

Titan is a moon of Saturn, so that links to Mars.
Racer is I presume a reference to Marathon which predated the Snickers name.

So why jive?

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bozo007
12th Jun
Congratulations on having this as a critical situation in your life. May everyone be blessed with these challenges.
Paddy_o_furniture Author
12th Jun
Spend a lot of time jointing fibre mate. Splicer does most of the work, I get time to do a lot of thinking.
AndyRoyd
11th Jun
Close enough to twist, as in: do the;
popularised in late 50s - early 60s;
promoted by a large-framed tester.

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Willy_Wonka
11th Jun
twix
Gollywood
11th Jun
Sounds like a lot of overthinking for a bar of chocolate
davidian84
12th Jun
How about bounty and Romeo then?
melted
12th Jun
Tricky...

Very tenuous perhaps, but possibly inspired by a line from the balcony scene in Romeo & Juliet???:-

"My bounty is as boundless as the sea"

jgdb.com/lit…-my
tje1978
12th Jun
All the letters used equal same value in Scrabble. (edited)
michaeljb
12th Jun
I would love to think this is how aldi decide on their ripoff names
tcf
12th Jun
OP should be on BBC2's Only Connect.
richp
12th Jun
@Paddy_o_furniture is more used to Don't Scare the Hare.

Puzzgrid keeps me amused.
lumsdot
12th Jun
Twix is 4 letters

Jive is 4 letters

Both have an I and v and w are similar types of letters

So the names are kind of similar

Should have called it the

Swix (edited)
Willy_Wonka
11th Jun
Probably no link with the name to avoid litigation by Mars.

The recipe & colour of the packaging couldn't be trademarked or it expired.
Pandamansays
11th Jun
I prefer the Aldi versions, especially the Titan (Mars), less sugary tasting in my opinion.
bracey100
12th Jun
hand jive
SaturdayGigs
12th Jun
Probably is
Murdock
12th Jun
Good question. Google search says the Twix name is derived from 'twin bix' which I didn't know. I couldn't see anything useful for Jive but the dictionary says that an informal meaning of jive is to taunt or sneer at which is a fun explanation.
MadeDixonsCry
13th Jun
Twix is derived from "twin sticks"