Screw Williams-Sonoma
I say it with a heavy heart as a former employee, but screw Williams-Sonoma! How dare they mess with a hometown crew?
The makers of Marshmallow Fluff, a sweet confection that traces its history back more than 80 years, have sued Williams-Sonoma Inc., claiming the high-end culinary retailer is misusing the registered trademark Fluffernutter.
Durkee-Mower Inc. claims in a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Boston that Williams-Sonoma has been selling a marshmallow and peanut butter chocolate-covered candy named Fluffernutter without permission of the Lynn, Mass.-based company.
Truly a David-vs.-Goliath situation:
Williams-Sonoma, based in San Francisco, operates more than 500 stores including Pottery Barn, Hold Everything and its flagship Williams-Sonoma chain. The company, with about 36,000 employees, had sales of about $3.5 billion in its latest year.
Durkee-Mower has 21 employees and distributes if original [sic], raspberry and strawberry Marshmallow Fluff directly and through groceries mainly east of the Rockies, Durkee said.
I feel bad for people outside the Boston area who’ve never had a monstrous need for milk after consuming a delicious concontion of white bread, peanut butter, and marshmallow Fluff(tm). Hell, when I got my fake tooth, I had to spend hours learning to eat a Fluffernutter without causing injury to myself - and it was worth it!
March 9th, 2006 at 10:56
I have Jake’s Brother-in-law to thank for hooking me up with a tub of the “fluff” when he was in Denver last. I ate two Fluffer Nutter sandwiches and then went to the dentist to have my upper jaw removed.