2011 Register Candy Cheat Sheet

1. Mars and some Nestle chocolate products 2011 2011
Mars Manufacture or Production Date based on week Week Dates Week Dates
1 2-Jan 27 3-Jul
Note: Need shelf life to know expiration date 2 9-Jan 28 10-Jul
Mars Code Date Type – Year and Week 3 16-Jan 29 17-Jul
4 23-Jan 30 24-Jul
(Example First Digits-024) 0 = Year (2010) / 24 = Week (24) 5 30-Jan 31 31-Jul
Most products good for 12 months; Skittles are good for 14 mos. 6 6-Feb 32 7-Aug
7 13-Feb 33 14-Aug
Chocolate would expire 2011 the 24th week (wk of June 12th)
8 20-Feb 34 21-Aug
and for Skittles and Milky Way the 32nd week of 2011 (wk of Aug 7th). 9 27-Feb 35 28-Aug
10 6-Mar 36 4-Sep
Nestle Julian Manufacture or Production Date
11 13-Mar 37 11-Sep
Ex. Baby Ruth with 0127 was made in 2010 (0) on the 127th day 12 20-Mar 38 18-Sep
or May 7, 2010; expires 10 months later on March 1, 2011 13 27-Mar 39 25-Sep
14 3-Apr 40 2-Oct
Shelf Life: Nestle Crunch 15 mos, Snow Caps 24 mos, 15 10-Apr 41 9-Oct
Baby Ruth 10 mos, Butterfinger 10 mos. Range 8 to 24 months 16 17-Apr 42 16-Oct
17 24-Apr 43 23-Oct
Hershey, Reese’s, Jolly Rancher, and some Nestle products, etc.
18 1-May 44 30-Oct
Expiration Date Note: Does not require shelf life information 19 8-May 45 6-Nov
20 15-May 46 13-Nov
This code is the expiration date. Code Date Type – Year and Month
21 22-May 47 20-Nov
In 2011 using one code made up of two digits—a number and a letter 22 29-May 48 27-Nov
23 5-Jun 49 4-Dec
1A (1=Year 2011/A-(Month) January
24 12-Jun 50 11-Dec
1A will expire the last day of January 2011. 25 19-Jun 51 18-Dec
26 26-Jun 52 25-Dec
A- January B- February C- March D- April E May F-June
G-July H-August I-September J-October K-November L-December