Chew on this, gum: Sales tumble


March 20, 2014 at 12:18p.m.

Chew on this, gum: Sales tumble

NEW YORK (AP) — Gum seems as appealing as that sticky wad on the bottom of a shoe these days. It’s not that Americans still don’t ever enjoy a stick of Trident or Orbit, the two most popular brands. They just aren’t crazy about chomping away on the stuff as they once were, with U.S. sales tumbling 11 percent over the past four years.