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Assertion Supported

Erickson: PowerBar sued Clif Bar five days after a comparative print ad

“So we did some print ads and we did a print ad called It's Your Body, You Decide. And it was going directly after Power Bar. And in five days, we had a lawsuit against Power Bar.”

Gary Erickson May 9, 2024 ▶ 11:41 Advice Line with Gary Erickson of Clif Bar

Assertion Supported

Clif Bar was the last major independent after PowerBar sold

“Power Bar was already, already sold, and Balance Bar was sold, so it was just, it was kind of just us as the third.”

Gary Erickson Oct 3, 2016 ▶ 15:35 Clif Bar: Gary Erickson

Assertion Supported

Erickson: PowerBar was the dominant cyclist energy bar in 1990

“The only energy bar really that was on the market at that time that so many cyclists were eating... It was Power Bar. And they were also from Berkeley, coincidentally.”

Gary Erickson Oct 3, 2016 ▶ 3:36 Clif Bar: Gary Erickson

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