Day: January 14, 2024

HARIBO had a sweet start to 2024 by breaking a gummy-related world record.

The German candy company announced on Friday that it has broken the Guinness World Record for the world’s largest jelly/gummy mosaic.

The mosaic, which features over 150,000 individual gummy bears, measures 353.1 square feet and took 300 people to build.

The gigantic gummy art was made at University of Wisconsin at Parkside in Kenosha County. The county is also the location of Haribo’s first American manufacturing facility.

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“The artwork took four hours to complete and used custom acrylic 12″x12″ trays inlaid with the printed design that participants followed like paint-by-numbers using HARIBO gummies,” Haribo explained in a statement. 

“This activity not only brought out the creative side of the participants but served as an interactive and fun experience that showcased HARIBO’s mission to inspire childlike happiness through its gummi treats,” the company continued.

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HARIBO is also encouraging fans to post pictures of their own gummy art on social media using the hashtag #HOWiHARIBO for a chance to win $5,000 in cash and a gift pack.

“HARIBO has inspired moments of childlike happiness for consumers for over 100 years, whether they’re eating, sharing or – in many cases – playing with our tasty, fun, and colorful gummies,” HARIBO of America’s Vice President of Marketing Seth Klugherz said in a statement. “We’ve seen countless ways our consumers have felt like kids again while playing with our over 25 varieties of HARIBO treats like Goldbears, Starmix and Twin Snakes, and it inspired us to create our own remarkable version of gummi art.”

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“We hope this larger-than-life mosaic brings smiles to our fans’ faces and encourages them to continue to show us their creativity through the #HOWiHARIBO contest in 2024,” he added.

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British police announced Sunday that they made six arrests in an alleged plot involving the Palestine Action group’s plot to disrupt the operations of the London Stock Exchange.

The Met Police said in a press release that they were provided with information about the plot to disrupt the stock exchange from the media outlet Daily Express on Friday. The Express published an exclusive story about the plot on Sunday morning, in which one of the outlet’s reporters posed as a prospective group member as part of a two-month investigation. 

The pro-Palestine plotters planned to chain themselves by the neck to the stock exchange’s entrances on Monday, in one case with the use of a ladder placed above revolving doors, to prevent the exchange from opening and to prolong the disruption for a full working day if possible, the Express reported.

“These are significant arrests,” Detective Superintendent Sian Thomas said in the press release. “We believe this group was ready to carry out a disruptive and damaging stunt which could have had serious implications had it been carried out successfully.”

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“I’m grateful to the Express for their willingness to provide the information gleaned from their own investigation. It was instrumental in helping us intervene successfully,” Thomas added. “Having only been provided with the material on Friday afternoon we had limited time to act.”

“Mindful of the suggestion that this was one part of a planned week of action, we are in contact with the City of London Police as well as other forces across the UK to ensure that appropriate resources are in place to deal with any disruption in the coming days,” Thomas continued.

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Though the plotters sought to disrupt trading, no trading takes place at the London Stock Exchange itself, as equity trading is fully electronic, and the exchange hasn’t had a physical trading floor since 1986.

The London Stock Exchange declined to comment on the topic at this time.

The police said the arrests were made in the early hours of Sunday morning, including a 31-year-old man and two women, aged 28 and 26, in the northern English city of Liverpool; a 29-year-old woman and 23-year-old man in London; and a 27-year-old man in the south coast city of Brighton.

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Police indicated that all six remain in custody.

Reuters contributed to this report.

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