If you take a look at your standard grocery checkout line, you’ll notice that on the sides are the stores’ last attempts to take your money. Candy bars that are too fancy for your budget (cookie batter flavored Twix and strawberry KitKats), tiny disc batteries, unusable $10 gift cards for Outback Steakhouse, and tabloids about Kate Middleton are only some of the things you can purchase as you wait your turn in line. Yet, next to all those seldom-needed trinkets is the gum area. When I look at the gum shelves, I am immediately bombarded by the sheer amount of choices. Should I get the Extra strawberry lemonade gum? The fancy Simply peppermint gum? The cuboidal Icebreakers berry gum? What about the Mentos wintergreen gum? What even is wintergreen?! Staff Writer Isabella Castro wrote the story. Read More - Link in Bio