Is this true there will be no more old school powerbars?
What happened to that product niche?
Is this true there will be no more old school powerbars?
What happened to that product niche?
I'm part of their Team Elite program, and haven't heard this.
I sneak them into the prisons, never heard this either.
This CANNOT happen. I live on them!
What ever will we do? They'll be missed so much by so many.
Sports nutrition has evolved, there are many products that are at least as effective and far more palatable. The advent of the Clif Bar was the beginning of the end for Powerbars.
I know it sounds unlikely but here in NYC at least, 3 different GNCs I've been to have not replaced their stock in month. So today I asked if they could order a box and they said they couldn't.
Maybe it's just a GNC thing?
That's what I'm saying - the energy bar has evolved, but in the wrong direction to be more palatable to the masses. The original Chocolate PowerBar was invented as a energy bar for running and tried to be nothing else.
A Clif Bar may be the closest thing to a PowerBar on the market, but I'd say they are nothing alike.
The point was that there are a lot of other competitors (not only Clif Bar) on the market now. Far better texture and just as good as an energy bar. Hell, Snickers Marathon kills the Powerbar.
The PowerBar Performance Bar is alive and well! It is true that retailer selection may vary and some flavors are discontinued, but you can find what you are looking for via the "Where to Buy" online tool (http://www.powerbar.com/wheretobuy/default.aspx).
Also, if you are a PowerBar fan or even if you haven't tried one in awhile I recommend checking out the PowerBar Fruit Smoothie Bar - real fruit (Berry Blast, Creamy Citrus, Tangy Tropical), and Tropical is now my favorite bar.
Happy Running,
Nicole
(disclosure: I work with PowerBar)
I prefer making my own bars
Second the Creamy Citrus and Berry Blast-- like eating healthy taffy.
PowerBar wrote:
The PowerBar Performance Bar is alive and well! It is true that retailer selection may vary and some flavors are discontinued, but you can find what you are looking for via the "Where to Buy" online tool (http://www.powerbar.com/wheretobuy/default.aspx).
Also, if you are a PowerBar fan or even if you haven't tried one in awhile I recommend checking out the PowerBar Fruit Smoothie Bar - real fruit (Berry Blast, Creamy Citrus, Tangy Tropical), and Tropical is now my favorite bar.
Happy Running,
Nicole
(disclosure: I work with PowerBar)
I would just like to say "thank you" to Nicole for posting on the board and letting people know the situation.
Yeah thanks for the clarification. Glad to hear its not the end of an era.
The old, original power bars were okay if it was about 80 degrees or warmer when you were eating one. Stuffing one in your pocket while you were skiing, however, was a very bad plan. Like trying to eat a small brick.
Note to PowerBar people--please consider making a gluten-free bar. At least 10% of the people in this country can't--or shouldn't--be eating wheat and other grains with gluten.
Nicole, please take that one up the ladder if you can.
Um, it's her JOB.
Those Smoothie Bars are very nice
Nicole, while we are at it, I love the Fruit Smoothie Bars, but refuse to pay more than $1 so revert to the old school mono-flavors that cost 99 cents. Please let the powers that be also know $1.39-$1.49 doesn't cut it (supermarket prices here) so we either go old school or do a different brand. I eat powerbars for breakfast 5x/week. Thanks again for posting
hmmm... you refuse to pay more than $1, yet you still manage to eat Powerbars 5 times per week??
I'd like to point out that with all of this fiber marketing craz (FiberOne, etc), PowerBars remain the snack with low fiber, so you aren't hitting the bathroom mid-run...fiber is good for your health, a little overrated right now, but definitely a no-no prerun...I mean really the Powerbar looks like digested food, which is why it goes down so easily.
Long commute. Easy breakfast in the car. That said, I confess to irrational behavior around money. Frugal (cheap) on some things, lavish on others. Breakfast on a work day in the car is functional (fill belly, go do job) so I tend to keep it simple. I also make my own sandwhich 5 days a week as well.