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oldschooler1 said:
The Quisp and Quake characters were rivals on the commercials. Quisp outsold Quake, and at one point there was a ballot on the boxes to be mailed back to vote on whether to "vote Quake out of business." Quake survived the ballot question, and on the commercial announcing this his mother said something like "it's not you they don't like, it's your cereal," thus "Quake's (Orange) Quangaroos" came about, with Quake as a supporting character with the Quangaroo.
ixnay said:anotherguy said:
There is or was a Hardee's in Centreville, Maryland (Eastern Shore). Don't know if it's still a Hardee's; I'm lucky if I go through Centreville twice a year anymore.
Wonder Bread? The Walgreens in Townsend, Delaware - southern New Castle County (actually a Walgreens subsidiary called Happy Harry's, a Delaware-based pharmacy chain bought by Walgreens in June 2006) recently switched to Wonder from Schmidt's, meaning goodbye to the Sunbeam Girl, at least at that store.
ixnay
Hardee's, which had been co-owned with Denny's for a number of years by Trans World Corp (at one point also known as Advantica), was sold off to the west coast-based CKE Corp, owner of the Carl's Jr. chain. CKE attempted to rebrand the Hardee's as Carl's Jr, but local outcry prompted to them to keep the Hardee's name but use all other Carl's Jr branding such as the "smiling star" logo. They also kept a lot of Hardee's-specific items such as their breakfast menu with the made-from-scratch biscuit sandwiches.
Most of the Hardee's are located in the south and midwest. I can't hardly go anywhere around Mississippi without tripping over a Hardee's...they are about as ubiquitous as McDonalds is, around here.
There was a fairly good article in one of the restaurant industry trade magazine's a few years back (say 2001 or 2002) about some of the troubles CKE was having with the Hardee's brand (especially in areas where people initially objected to the "star Hardee's" concept, or at least the menu change). But in searching for that one, I found this article from Portfolio magazine about the success CKE is having since instituting the "Star Hardee's" concept.
Tim-In-Houston said:
You can't drive five feet in Delaware without passing a Happy Harry's either.
I don't know if it was in response to any outcry, but Walgreens (I think you figured it out from my previous post thereon) retained the Happy Harry's name (and the caricature of HH's founder, the late Harry Levin, whose son inherited and sold the company) on its Delaware stores* (the Townsend store is the first one I've seen to sport signage matching its ads, i.e. "Happy Harry's/A Walgreens Pharmacy"). Other than that, the store brands and inside-the-store signage are all Walgreens.
*OTOH Happy Harry's in Chestertown, MD recently became a Walgreens in signage - no mention of Happy Harry's on or in the store, including the flyers, except on a side panel of the entrance door. This signage change I believe is going to be done or has been done with the lone HH in NJ, the handful in MD, and the handful in PA.
ixnay
Apparently another old line of products, Polariod cameras and film, are on their way out: http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/02/09/business/NA-FIN-COM-US-Polaroid-Film.php
This brings up something else that is related to the topic. There have been other items with the Polaroid brand name in recent years, including TVs, DVD players, etc. How many of those products are actually made by Polaroid and how many are made by another company that bought the rights to use the name? This is also the case with companies like Funai, who makes electronics under brands like Magnavox, Emerson, and Sylvania. I've also seen stores like K-Mart sell products under brand names like Philco or Westinghouse that they apparently bought the rights to use the mane.
Apparently even if a brand name still exists, it's no guarantee that it's the same company that started it.
This brings up something else that is related to the topic. There have been other items with the Polaroid brand name in recent years, including TVs, DVD players, etc. How many of those products are actually made by Polaroid and how many are made by another company that bought the rights to use the name? This is also the case with companies like Funai, who makes electronics under brands like Magnavox, Emerson, and Sylvania. I've also seen stores like K-Mart sell products under brand names like Philco or Westinghouse that they apparently bought the rights to use the mane.
Apparently even if a brand name still exists, it's no guarantee that it's the same company that started it.
Granny Goose and Laura Scudder's were two separate companies. The 'Goose' was based in the SF Bay Area for many years, til the company folded about 10 years ago, and I'm not sure how widely its producs were available beyond the West Coast.RicoGregg said:
Laura Scudder's chips are still around, though. I always assumed that they were available nationally, but were way behind Frito-Lay in terms of sales and profile.
Nobody's mentioned Koogle yet, that chocolatey-flavored peanut butter-type spread.
Curtis Mathes died in a plane crash about 25 years ago. It was a prominent crash at the time, major airliner not a corporate jet
Curtis Mathes died in a plane crash about 25 years ago. It was a prominent crash at the time, major airliner not a corporate jet
Newname said:
Speaking of potato chips, Laura Scudder's, as well as Clover Club were up there with Lay's in Arizona. Clover Club is still around, but they're not as big as they used to be. They're still around in Utah, but not so much in Arizona anymore (something about someone finding more than potato chips in their bag in the late '80s might have hurt the brand in AZ).
anotherguy said:
Polaroid probably didn't make any of it, or even distributed it, just licensed their name. A couple of years ago, the local grocery store had a huge bin of "Polaroid" batteries at a real cheap price. I made the mistake of buying some, they didn't keep going and going...
Wal-Mart is now selling some "GE" small appliances, but somewhere in the manual it says the "GE" name is under license by General Electric to Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart in the past has sold things under the "Popular Mechanics" and "Better Homes and Gardens" names, too. These companies can make a quick buck licensing their name, but run the risk of hurting their reputation. The garden products under the "Better Home and Gardens" name were junk.
There are still plenty of Hardees around the midwest, probably more plentiful than McDonalds.
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Somebody mentioned snack foods earlier, and that got me asking this question:
Whatever happened to Morton's?
They gave Frito-Lay a serious run for their money in the '60's into the early '70's, with commercials that featured The Carpenters, Phyllis Diller("Holy guacamole!"), and the cartoon character Underdog. Then, sometime in the '70's, they just seemed to disappear. Anybody got any info?
Whatever happened to Morton's?
They gave Frito-Lay a serious run for their money in the '60's into the early '70's, with commercials that featured The Carpenters, Phyllis Diller("Holy guacamole!"), and the cartoon character Underdog. Then, sometime in the '70's, they just seemed to disappear. Anybody got any info?
Dave said:
I remember them...I think they poofed around late 1970s-early 1980s and I never heard why (buyout, bankruptcy, ??). They had pretty good tasting stuff. I have Googled/Wikipeded (and even gone to various food forum sites (roadfood, candy addict) ) and all I'm getting is the salt, the frozen donuts, or the steakhouse chain
Regarding Polaroid, I just heard yesterday on one of the local morning radio shows that they were getting out of the camera film business.
easttxtv said:Dave said:
I remember them...I think they poofed around late 1970s-early 1980s and I never heard why (buyout, bankruptcy, ??). They had pretty good tasting stuff. I have Googled/Wikipeded (and even gone to various food forum sites (roadfood, candy addict) ) and all I'm getting is the salt, the frozen donuts, or the steakhouse chain
I think Mortons Foods ( the frozen stuff ) kinda died out during the late 70s-early 80s though some have reported seeing some of their items in stores as recently as ten years ago. Maybe they went regional.
Funny how Roadfood is mentioned in this thread. They may very well be future "old product" in itself LOL
Just the other week my girlfriend saw on TV somewhere ( I think she said it was on one of the business channels, CNBC? ) about how some of the restaurant chains like Ci Ci's Pizza for example are getting tired of seeing their products and restaurants trashed in the forums on that site not too mention the so-called "stories" ( lies I assume they mean) about them too that have appeared on Roadfood and are thinking about going after that website. I would guess if any of these chains were upset and decided to do legal action against Roadfood, I doubt it would go very far. Thrown out I suppose.
They still make Morton's TV dinners and pot pies because I see their products at Dollar General all the time.
As for General Electric products, their light bulbs are good, but not anything else. For example: I bought a stereo system from JC Penney's in the mid 1990's that had the record player/CD player/cassette player built in and when I got home that night to put in a tape (and a perfectly good tape at that), it ate it up, so I had to take it back the next day. We have had GE TV's that went out within 4 years and we had a Hotpoint (made by GE) refrigerator that went out within a few years as well.
We have been buying Phillips Magnavox electronics and Whirlpool appliances ever since. They last longer as a matter of fact we have had our Magnavox TV since 1996 and it still works great.
As for General Electric products, their light bulbs are good, but not anything else. For example: I bought a stereo system from JC Penney's in the mid 1990's that had the record player/CD player/cassette player built in and when I got home that night to put in a tape (and a perfectly good tape at that), it ate it up, so I had to take it back the next day. We have had GE TV's that went out within 4 years and we had a Hotpoint (made by GE) refrigerator that went out within a few years as well.
We have been buying Phillips Magnavox electronics and Whirlpool appliances ever since. They last longer as a matter of fact we have had our Magnavox TV since 1996 and it still works great.
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