So imagine my surprise when I was recently given this bar of chocolate, a souvenir from Norway:
The bird is even reproduced on the chocolate itself:
According to the blog's Norway correspondent, this link explains that the company held a competition to design a logo in 1907 and they just liked the drawing. You have to wonder if they didn't see an actual photo of a Marabou stork till it was too late... or if they were just really our kind of people.
-Wombat (No Relation)
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2 comments:
One of the leading Swedish chocolate brands is actually called Marabou, although I'm guessing there's a connection to the Norwegian company. My mother who's spent some time in Africa (and seen the birds) have always found the name offputting :)
Yes, it's the same company. There was some trademark reason that they couldn't use the same name in Sweden.
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