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Merchant agrees to candy ban - Inside Bay Area
The Oakland Tribune / insidebayarea.com ^ | Posted: 09/03/2009 04:21:38 PM PDT | By Doug Oakley, Berkeley Voice

Posted on 09/05/2009 10:35:34 AM PDT by thecodont

A Berkeley store owner has agreed to stop selling candy bars and sodas to middle school students who come to his store for a morning fix in a move school officials say is a first in the city.

That means students seeking Snickers, Twix or Coca-Cola will be out of luck from 8 to 9 a.m. before they start their day at Longfellow Middle School.

Friendly Market owner Yaser Musid, who has five kids of his own, said he will lose up to $100 a day in the deal. But he agreed with school counselor Rosina Keren that keeping junk food away from kids before school is a good idea.

Keren said the ban on snack sales for just one hour of the day is the most any store owner has agreed to in Berkeley.

Musid said he will offer more fruits and granola bars during that time instead.

Keren made the announcement to sixth graders Thursday morning during a school assembly.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: berkeley; candy; education; health; junkfood
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Are they doing this for health or to help modify behavior problems? This was unheard of when I was a middle-school student.
1 posted on 09/05/2009 10:35:35 AM PDT by thecodont
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Being the entrepreneur that I am, I'd set up a little candy, soda and snack wagon right next door to him and sell as much legal merchandise as I could.
2 posted on 09/05/2009 10:38:01 AM PDT by paul51 (11 September 2001 - Never forget)
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Folks, this is just the beginning.
3 posted on 09/05/2009 10:38:08 AM PDT by Uncle Hal
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Yeah, I would have been the kids who had the black-market business in-school selling it.


4 posted on 09/05/2009 10:38:53 AM PDT by conservative cat (America, you have been PWNED!)
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To: thecodont

I never went to middle school.


5 posted on 09/05/2009 10:39:16 AM PDT by Mark was here (The earth is bipolar.)
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To: thecodont

“It’s for the children” *rolls eyes*


6 posted on 09/05/2009 10:39:33 AM PDT by Sister_T
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We had this same problem 35 years ago when the Jr. High School convinced the adjacent 7-11 not to admit students prior to school opening. We circumvented the problem by raiding the candy machines in a nearby apartment complex.


7 posted on 09/05/2009 10:40:54 AM PDT by Rebelbase
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Being the entrepreneur that I am, I'd set up a little candy, soda and snack wagon right next door to him and sell as much legal merchandise as I could.

Bingo! Excellent idea -- you'd need to watch out for the city's licensing system for street vendors though.

8 posted on 09/05/2009 10:41:23 AM PDT by Bob
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To: thecodont

owner yasur mesud....Islam in action.


9 posted on 09/05/2009 10:44:40 AM PDT by Freddd (Government run health care=paying more and being denied what we already have.)
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Someone else needs to open a store there, advertising candy bars and soda’s right next to him!


10 posted on 09/05/2009 10:45:24 AM PDT by Freddd (Government run health care=paying more and being denied what we already have.)
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“Yeah, I would have been the kids who had the black-market business in-school selling it.”

I got busted in the 3th grade for selling cinnamon oil toothpicks for nickle apiece in school. Stinking Principal called my mother and reported my unsanctioned business and informed her of my $3 profit.


11 posted on 09/05/2009 10:45:45 AM PDT by Rebelbase
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Musid said he will offer more fruits and granola bars during that time instead.

On one hand... I believe it is our own responsibility to take care of ourselves... on the other hand... fruit roll ups and granola bars aren't any better than candy bars... we truly have inmates running the asylum...

12 posted on 09/05/2009 10:45:51 AM PDT by John123 (If Teddy was the lion of the senate... then we were the prey.)
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students seeking Snickers, Twix or Coca-Cola will be out of luck from 8 to 9 a.m. before they start their day at Longfellow Middle School.

From the school's Web site (http://www.berkeley.net/longfellow/):

"Longfellow students enjoy the benefits of cooking and gardening instructors as well as enhanced nutrition education in both science and physical education classes. Students also participate in cooking and gardening in the after-school program. Longfellow was the pilot site for the well-received International Marketplace where students choose from over 15 different entrees and have a free trip to the salad bar."

Apparently, not all the kids like the 15 different entrees and the salad bar... (What's with all the entrees, anyway?)

13 posted on 09/05/2009 10:46:37 AM PDT by LibFreeOrDie (Obama promised a gold mine, but he will give us the shaft.)
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You need to store it all in a trench coat and say, “Psst, hey kid!” on the street corner.


14 posted on 09/05/2009 10:47:28 AM PDT by GnuHere
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LOL - I was a kid which was willing to sell, for a steep profit, surplus candy that I had purchased for my own consumption. A couple of the kids parents even complained to my father, who forgot to tell me until I was about 30.

Worked out well for me - because I was willing to walk to the store, buy candy with my money, transport it and then resell it, I was able to get my candy at no cost. The lazy kids who wouldn’t walk to the store, but were willing to pay high prices could then elect to do so.

No real difference from adults.


15 posted on 09/05/2009 10:54:32 AM PDT by rigelkentaurus
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“Musid said he will offer more fruits and granola bars during that time instead.”

Why? Berkeley schools serve breakfast that includes that stuff:

http://www.berkeley.net/uploads/nutrition/Middle%20School%20Breakfast_2007-08.pdf


16 posted on 09/05/2009 10:57:37 AM PDT by LibFreeOrDie (Obama promised a gold mine, but he will give us the shaft.)
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Yaser Musid, who has five kids of his own, said he will lose up to $100 a day in the deal.

I do not believe that number for minute.

17 posted on 09/05/2009 10:58:08 AM PDT by Michael.SF. (Where are are we going and how did I get in this hand basket?)
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To: thecodont

The granola bars are just candy bars with oats in there.


18 posted on 09/05/2009 10:59:19 AM PDT by Marie2 (The second mouse gets the cheese.)
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To: Rebelbase

Cinnamon oil toothpicks - that used to be a rite of grade school like shooting marbles in the springtime. Thanks for the reminder.


19 posted on 09/05/2009 10:59:52 AM PDT by dainbramaged (If you want a friend, get a dog.)
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No nanny state when I was growing up neither...I had to walk 3 blocks to catch the bus when I was going to high school...I would leave home a little early, stop at the coffee shop a few doors from the bus stop, get a cup of coffee, chocolate covered donut and have a cigarette...I was there so often when the guy saw me come in the coffee and donut just appeared on the table along with an ash tray...No smoking Nazi’s either....And I have lived 7 decades, still love my coffee, chocolate covered donuts and morning smoke...I feel sorry for the kids of today...they are living in an almost free country...
20 posted on 09/05/2009 11:01:06 AM PDT by goat granny
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