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A NASCAR rookie has called Marmite \"vomit in a can\"

A NASCAR rookie has called Marmite \"vomit in a can\"

Shane van Gisbergen, the New Zealand-born racing driver currently doing rookie season in NASCAR (and doing it surprisingly well, let me say), went on The Rock's Morning Rumble in Auckland last week and was asked, in a rapid-fire round, his opinion of Marmite.

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The time Paddington tried Marmite and Michael Bond was not pleased

The time Paddington tried Marmite and Michael Bond was not pleased

In October 2007, Marmite released a television advert featuring Paddington Bear, made in the classic stop-motion style of the original 1970s BBC series. Paddington, in his duffle coat and hat, picks up a Marmite and cheese sandwich, tries it, and declares it "really rather good".

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End Marmite Neglect

[UPDATE]: Looks like Marmite have taken down their video Oh my, what a fuss those at Marmite have created. Not only does Marmite have the genius Love or Hate advertising about the product, now we have Love or Hate about their adverts. No marketing campaign has created suck vitriol.

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Schools Ban Marmite Breakfast

The BBC is reporting that Marmite is off the menu at a school in Wales. Ceredigion Council has taken Marmite off the menu at all 51 school breakfast clubs in the county because of salt levels.

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Watchdogs hate Marmite – Official

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said that six terrified parents claimed that their two- and three-year-olds had been "terrified" by the latest Marmite commercials. We aren't sure if it's the children terrified of the advert or the parents terrified their children might eat Marmite.

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