Toilet.jpgSweatPea Candies of Oliver Springs, Tennessee will be installing their new “PoppyMint” line of products in restrooms throughout the South this coming fall. Looking to capitalize on an untapped niche market, SweatPea Candies will install “chips and salsa” baskets in over 8,000 public restrooms directly above the toilet paper dispensers (image forthcoming). Company president Teddy Davis says their goal of first to market in the restroom snackfood industry is almost a reality. SweatPea Candies isn’t going to stop there because in the 1st quarter of 2004 they will introduce an unwrapped chocolate candies bin that will be installed directly above the flush lever that accompanies most mens stand-up urinals. “We know theres already enough to worry about with the zipping, unzipping, and positioning men have to do when using the stand up urinal, and we don’t want to have our customers worrying about unwrapping a piece of candy too–we want them to just dig right in and get a handful”, marketing director Joel Toasten said while defending the decision to have the snacks pre-unwrapped.

Word has it that SweetPea Candies is already beta testing the concept in Asia. The product code-named “Shushi”, will be similar to its American counterpart but dispenses Sushi to restroom visitors.