Sinckers was only known as Marathon in the United Kingdom and Ireland. This changed in 1990 when the Mars Company decided to standardize all of its products under common global names.
As far as I know, it was only called Marathon in the UK & Ireland, rest of the world knew it as Snickers, and Mars company just wanted to standardise their brand names.
It changed in 1990 .Thanks!
snickers, snickers charged, snickers almond, snickers marathon energy (chewy chocolate peanut), and snickers marathon energy (Multi grain crunch). There are also snickers dark bars,
The original Snickers was formerly sold as Marathon in the UK and Ireland.
Its original name was a "marathon" bar. The original name was "snickers"(named after the inventors favorite horse), however when it was marketed in Europe (by the inventors son) it was called a "marathon" bar. It was changed back in the 90's
They Haven't, they have just changed it's name to Snickers to pacify the yanks!
Snickers is a chocolate bar made by the Mars family. They orignally sold as Marathon in Ireland and UK. Then, America started the Marathon, but with a new name. Snickers. It was named after one of their famous horses.
Marathon
They Were Called Marathon
Until 1990 it was known as Marathon in Britain.
Snickers was the name of the Mars family horse. When that horse died they named a candy bar after it. Snickers was the name of the Mars family horse. When that horse died they named a candy bar after it.
It is named after the favorite horse of the mars family-Marathon!!!
Types of chocolate: Hershey, Hershey, Milk Chocolate, Twixt Mars, Snickers, Milk Duds, Milky Way, M&ms, Kit Kat, Chocolate Covered Raisins, Chocolate Covered Cherries, Skittles, Baby Ruth, Almond Joy.
I work at a BP and i know we carry them, as well as alot of other BP's.