Editing After Eight (section)

{{Short description|Mint chocolates made by Nestlé}}
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{{Infobox brand
| name           = After Eight
| logo           = Aftereight brand logo.png
| logo_size   = 250
| image          = After Eight chocolate thin (adjusted).jpg 
| image_size   = 200
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| producttype    = [[Chocolate]] [[confection]]
| currentowner   = [[Nestlé]] (1988–present)
| producedby     = 
| country        = UK
| introduced     = {{start date and age|1962}}
| discontinued   = 
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| previousowners = [[Rowntree's]] (1962–1988)
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| website        = {{url|https://www.nestle.co.uk/en-gb/brands/chocolate_and_confectionery/boxed|nestle.co.uk/aftereight}}
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'''After Eight Mint Chocolate Thins''', often referred to as simply '''After Eights''', are a brand of [[mint chocolate]] covered [[sugar]] [[confectionery]]. They were created by [[Rowntree's|Rowntree Company Limited]] in the UK in 1962 and have been manufactured by [[Nestlé]] since its acquisition of Rowntree in 1988.<ref>{{cite journal |journal=European Management Journal |volume=9 |issue=1 |date=March 1991 |pages=1–17 |title=The Nestlé takeover of rowntree: A case study |first=Dana |last=Hyde |doi=10.1016/0263-2373(91)90044-q}}</ref>