One of its first hits was “Chiclets,” the original candy-coated gum. By 1920, the company’s founder was a millionaire, but he still had not managed to figure out how to make bubble gum.

To save money on bodega chewing gum, ... I’ve since upped the ante and ordered a 500-count bag of Xylichew, which comes out to $0.10 per chiclet of gum.

Last year, U.S. chewing gum sales rose less than 1% to 1.2 billion units, ... including brands like Trident, Bubblicious, Dentyne and Chiclets, to Amsterdam-based Perfetti Van Melle.

I am a gum chewer. There are some people who one can never imagine chewing gum - like Manmohan Singh, Narendra Modi, my folks. Back in the day, we didn't have Hubba Bubba in all its variety.