Coffee With Jeff

A struggling family business came up with a new product, a brushless shaving cream, hoping to turn things around. Still they were on the verge of failure. Then a new marketing gimmick turns things around and gave millions of drivers something to read. Today I have the story of Bruma Shave! And, as a added bonus, the story of the New England Confectionery Company (NECCO) Show notes and links: Burma-Shave – Wikipedia (wikipedia.org) Kingman Daily Miner – Google News Archive Search (google.com) Burma-Shave Jingles (burma-shave.org) Burma-Shave | AdAge Encyclopedia of Advertising (adage.com) Burma-Shave | AdAge Encyclopedia of Advertising (adage.com) Oliver Chase | Candy Professor (candyprofessor.com) A Brief History of Necco: America’s Original Candy Company (eater.com) History of New England Confectionery Co. – FundingUniverse (fundinguniverse.com) Civil War Soldiers and Conversation Hearts (histsociety.blogspot.com) Necco – Wikipedia (wikipedia.org) ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★