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Charmin's Giant Forever Roll Promises Month Without Refills

1.7K-sheet roll is meant to last a month, per the company

(Newser) - Charmin is making headlines again with its colossal Forever Roll , a 1,700-sheet toilet paper roll that the company claims is big enough to last an entire month, and tall enough—if unspooled—to rival the Washington Monument. First introduced as a limited novelty in 2019 and originally aimed...

If You Prefer Daisy Soft TP, or King Blue, You're in Luck

Foreign brands of toilet paper are being imported to meet US needs

(Newser) - Toilet paper is back on store shelves. But you may not recognize some of the brands. Demand for toilet paper has been so high during the pandemic that in order to keep their shelves stocked, retailers are buying up foreign toilet paper brands, mostly from Mexico. Major chains across the...

As Can Supply Runs Short, Dr Pepper Shelves Go Unfilled

Company suspects consumers were stocking up early in the pandemic

(Newser) - While the rest of us were keeping an eye on the toilet paper at the start of the pandemic, many American consumers apparently had the foresight to squirrel away Dr Pepper. Its parent company has acknowledged the soda is hard to find at stores in certain parts of the country,...

Charmin Icon Dies at 91
Charmin Icon Dies at 91

Charmin Icon Dies at 91

TV adman played Mr. Whipple, who urged customers to refrain from squeezing

(Newser) - Dick Wilson, the actor who played Charmin's Mr. Whipple for 21 years, died today at the age of 91, the AP reports. Although he did stints at Disney and had parts in popular television shows of the 1960s, Wilson will be widely remembered as the uptight grocer who urged customers,...

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