# Breakaway bar to be discontinued **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [February 8, 2024, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakaway-bar-to-be-discontinued/997323 "2024-02-08T19:44:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakaway-bar-to-be-discontinued/997323/1 "2024-02-08T19:44:24Z")
I’m not familiar with them. Any good? Did I miss a neat treat? > **[Nestlé axes classic Breakaway bar after 54 years](https://www.bbc.com/news/business-68239980)** > > The former packed lunch favourite will no longer be produced from March following a decline in sales. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakaway-bar-to-be-discontinued/997323/2 "2024-02-08T20:29:25Z")
It’s apparently more of a UK thing. And, in looking that up, I found that apparently Aldi has an equivalent that is being pushed as saving it. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakaway-bar-to-be-discontinued/997323/3 "2024-02-08T23:49:25Z")
Your thread title could have benefited from words like “Nestle” and/or “candy bar”. The breakaway bars I’m familiar with are part of towing equipment for heavy vehicles. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakaway-bar-to-be-discontinued/997323/4 "2024-02-08T23:57:51Z")
I thought that this would be about some local bar closing that people go to take a break from all their worries. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2024, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakaway-bar-to-be-discontinued/997323/5 "2024-02-09T00:02:26Z")
That’s what I thought, too, except I thought it was some generic term I’d never heard of for a bar where you go specifically to drown your sorrows, particularly after the breakup of a relationship or marriage. I didn’t know it was also towing equipment! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2024, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakaway-bar-to-be-discontinued/997323/6 "2024-02-09T00:13:52Z")
It’s the designated structural weak link that will fail in overload before something else more expensive fails instead. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2024, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakaway-bar-to-be-discontinued/997323/7 "2024-02-09T00:36:45Z")
I, for 2 seconds, thought it said “Beckdawrek ban” ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2024, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakaway-bar-to-be-discontinued/997323/8 "2024-02-09T01:09:55Z")
It’s like a Zoom breakout room, but when you _really_ need to get away. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2024, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakaway-bar-to-be-discontinued/997323/9 "2024-02-09T01:26:39Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I, for 2 seconds, thought it said “Beckdawrek ban” Stick that observation in the “misread thread titles” thread. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2024, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakaway-bar-to-be-discontinued/997323/10 "2024-02-09T02:52:01Z")
Exsqueeze me, baking powder ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2024, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakaway-bar-to-be-discontinued/997323/11 "2024-02-11T09:00:08Z")
Speaking as an ignorant Yank, what’s the difference between a Breakaway bar and a Kit Kit bar?