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When Aurora Foods Inc. acquired the Mrs. Butter-worth's brand from Kraft Foods two years ago, it began a careful study of switching from glass to plastic packaging for the matron-shaped syrup bottles. Children loved the bottle, and concern for 40 years of brand equity built by that shape made Aurora proceed slowly.
"It's hard to position a product as family-friendly when it's prone to shattering at the breakfast table,"...