I moved to SF two years ago after living in NYC for 4 years. When people here ask me if I miss New York, I tell them I miss aspects of it -- the bars, restaurants, nightlife, art, fashion. But increasingly it's the little things about daily life in New York that I miss. I saw a video on Reddit of someone doing something dumb in the subway (a daily occurrence), and I almost cried. Similarly, this story choked me up. I had also seen those bars. I always figured they were meant for some other anonymous New Yorkers, not for me.

Hahah I love this! Glad you were able to track it down and share.

Stealth brands are the strongest brands.

Or not... it looks like Awrey was sold in 2013 at the last minute before selling off its assets. It also went through bankruptcy in 2005.

http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20130220/NEWS01/1302299...

"Is the shop owner around?"

"Yes"

"Can you ask him the name of the company that provides these?"

"Sure [...] it's called XYZ"

"Thanks"

^ That's about how long this useless story needed to be. The author ran around town bothering dozens of cashiers that don't do the purchasing.

I love how he bothered cashiers for months before it occurred to him to pick one up and look at the label.

The writer is a she.

> "Can you ask him the name of the company that provides these?"

"Sorry, we keep our suppliers secret. It's strategic information."

No such business does this.

Businesses that do white / private label goods often don't want to say who the original manufacturer is. For example, my daughter has a Cyberpower PC gaming laptop and it took some digging, but we found the original Chinese manufacturer and from there were able to track down drivers and other things.

"Such business." A local deli, on the rare possibility that they sell their own white-labeled baked good, would probably tell you where it came from anyway. The fig bar in question was not a white labeled or private label good anyway. But if you asked the guy where the greek salad, potato salad and pasta salad come from he would tell you.

A retailer is also different than a direct seller/manufacturer (your example).

Needs a (2007). Dates might have gone out of fashion again in the interim.

:P

Thanks; added.