M&M's — the beloved candy-coated chocolate candy made by Mars — unveiled a few changes to its longtime group of cartoon mascots this week: giving the brown M&M "kitten heels" rather than her signature stilettos and changing out the green M&M's boots for sneakers.
The relatively benign changes were meant to promote "inclusivity" and bring the female-presenting characters in line with "current" trends that are more "representative of our consumer," the company's president, Anton Vincent said.
