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- Thread starter RicoGregg
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Kroger did Top Value, I think...There was a Top Value redemption center in Fort Wayne (can't remember when it closed).
Couple other old products that were heavily advertised on TV in the 60's...Metrecal and Sego diet drinks.
("The Metrecal-For-Lunch-Bunch")
Couple other old products that were heavily advertised on TV in the 60's...Metrecal and Sego diet drinks.
("The Metrecal-For-Lunch-Bunch")
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Trading stamps went out of the stores the same time that the grocers brought out their loyalty cards...shoppers preferred saving on groceries than pasting stamps in a small book.
BTW, S&H Green Stamps live on- as the theme of a penny slot machine at your local casino.
BTW, S&H Green Stamps live on- as the theme of a penny slot machine at your local casino.
I remember Triple-S Blue Stamps here in the northeast. You could get them at the Grand Union/Grand Way stores. I don't know if that happened to be their own "in-house brand" or not, because I don't remember them being any place else. I do know that my grandmother had books of them.easttxtv said:
I saw Pibb Xtra in bottles in a drink machine today. Like I said earlier it was in an area where Dr. Pepper is distributed by Pepsi instead of Coke.
When I was in about fifth grade (1975), Kellogg's Pop-Tarts were briefly available in peppermint flavor. Anyone remember those? I liked them, but I must have been the only one, because they weren't around for long, maybe that summer and that was it. They also had a peanut butter and jelly flavor not long after that, but that didn't last too long either. Pop tarts has much more recently put out another mint flavor of pop tarts, mint ice cream or something, designed to be frozen and eaten cold, but alas, that flavor was discontinued, too!
I remember the trading stamps at grocery stores, too, and the stores in the town where I grew up used to have weekly cash prize giveaways. If you had your card punched (in other words, if you had shopped there that week), you were eligible for the cash drawing. The amounts would increase each week until someone won the jackpot. It would usually never get over a few hundred dollars, but this was the 1970s, so that was still pretty significant money. When one store in town went out of business, the competing store ceased their cash giveaway as well.
I wish the stores would buy up their "membership" cards. Those things are damn worthless! :
I remember the trading stamps at grocery stores, too, and the stores in the town where I grew up used to have weekly cash prize giveaways. If you had your card punched (in other words, if you had shopped there that week), you were eligible for the cash drawing. The amounts would increase each week until someone won the jackpot. It would usually never get over a few hundred dollars, but this was the 1970s, so that was still pretty significant money. When one store in town went out of business, the competing store ceased their cash giveaway as well.
I wish the stores would buy up their "membership" cards. Those things are damn worthless! :
firepoint525 said:I wish the stores would buy up their "membership" cards. Those things are damn worthless! :
Aside from the "big brother" aspect (which is another topic for another time), I do find Kroger's loyalty card of value -- if nothing else, because it allows a 3-cent/gallon discount at Kroger's gas stations (in front of several of their stores in the Savannah area) .... plus, if one spends $100 or more in a given month, you can get 10 cents per gallon -- or 15 cents if you have the Kroger Mastercard -- off the per-gallon price for a single tank of gas.
As for trading stamps, Quality Stamps lasted well into the '80s, and maybe into the '90s, in the Memphis area. Big Star grocery stores gave 'em out. Tupelo, Miss. in the '70s was a big Q/S market; Mom always shopped at Big Star and I got to paste the stamps and redeem. I remember getting a spiffy portable radio back in 5th grade with Quality Stamps.
Around Montgomery, Ala. in the '60s/'70s, there was something called "Q Yellow Stamps." Cape Girardeau, Mo. had Eagle Stamps.
And the talk about breakfast foods leads me to one product from my childhood: Breakfast Squares. I loved those things, but I think they went out with the 1970s. That, and "Danish-Go-Rounds" - a strange looking Pop-Tart like pastry.
--Russell
I really don't like store "member" cards. You have to have a different one for each store, and I agree with poster who mentioned the "big brother" snooping they want to do just for you to save 20 cents on Charmin.
I have a couple, but I try to shop at stores where I don't need them. Also..thanks for the memories on the Kellogg's "Danish Go-Rounds" I liked them..just sort of Pop Tarts with ridges! Another thing I really liked, and can't find any where anymore are Sarah Lee cakes. You used to find them in metal tins in the frozen food section. Chocolate, Bananna, Yellow with Vanilla or Chocolate icing. I haven't seen them in years. It's probably just as good, they'd raise hob with my sugar. It's hell to get old!
I have a couple, but I try to shop at stores where I don't need them. Also..thanks for the memories on the Kellogg's "Danish Go-Rounds" I liked them..just sort of Pop Tarts with ridges! Another thing I really liked, and can't find any where anymore are Sarah Lee cakes. You used to find them in metal tins in the frozen food section. Chocolate, Bananna, Yellow with Vanilla or Chocolate icing. I haven't seen them in years. It's probably just as good, they'd raise hob with my sugar. It's hell to get old!
The store membership cards are a ruse in and of themselves because they manipulate purchases by offering discounts on certain items, and not on other similar items. So do membership cards "track" customer purchases, or do they influence purchases of "discounted" items?
It's kinda like asking, does radio influence listeners' tastes, or does listeners' tastes influence what gets played on the radio?
It's kinda like asking, does radio influence listeners' tastes, or does listeners' tastes influence what gets played on the radio?
firepoint525 said:
I dont remember the peppermint pop tarts that Kelloggs had but I do remember when they had a root beer flavored pop tart on the market. That didn't last long either. I have noticed that Kelloggs has a number of vanilla flavored cereals and pop tarts on the market now.
Meanwhile on the soda front it seems the "vanilla craze" has ended. Pepsi I believe has dropped most if not all of their vanilla sodas. Dr. Pepper I heard on the radio recently is already phasing theirs out. I never did see a vanilla RC on the market though I heard it existed in a few places. Coke OTOH still has their vanilla sodas on the market.
Maybe I'll get the chance to try one before it goes off the market.bk77 said:
With a long and cumbersome name like "Diet Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper," it's no surprise that they are discontinuing it. But I thought I heard it still being advertised. I'll keep my ears out for it, and see if I notice any continued advertising for "DCVDP." The name is so long I don't even want to type it out again! ;D
And root beer pop tarts? Gross!
Remember the "clear" craze of the early to mid '90s? I remember drinking clear Pepsi and actually liking it! But I drank it out of the can, so I never would have noticed whether or not it was "clear" unless I had poured it into a glass.
firepoint525 said:
Anybody see the special/limited-time DP with cherry chocolate? I bought a bottle before the holidays, but I wouldn't make a habit out of it; if I'm gonna have cherry and chocolate, those cherry cordial Hershey's Kisses are kinda addictive....
I've only had 1 of the DP berries and cream, wasn't bad but didn't make a habit of it, either.Yes, the clear Pepsi --I tried a can of Diet Crystal Pepsi, and it was so SWEET I couldn't even finish it! They must have dumped twice to 3 times as much NutraSweet in that stuff, *ugh*
Anybody see the special/limited-time DP with cherry chocolate?
"Nasty" is the word I would use to describe it. YMMV.
"Nasty" is the word I would use to describe it. YMMV.
In unusual flavored drinks, is Cherry 7Up still around in either regular or diet? I liked it when it was out in my area, but it didn't last long there. But then the Pepsi/Dr. Pepper/7Up distributor in Dyersburg, TN at that time didn't always carry all of the products that were being promoted.
Wonder if 7-UP's DnL is still around. 7-Up with caffine. Always thought that was strange considering back in the 80s 7-UP made this BIG deal about how they didn't have caffiene. Remember "Never had it..never will"?
7-UP even attacked theor other sodas for having it including Dr. Pepper, who owns 7-Up now.
Oddly those 7-UP "never had it..never will spots" I don't believe ever mentioned Mountain Dew. For years Mountain Dew had more caffeine than the other sodas.
7-UP even attacked theor other sodas for having it including Dr. Pepper, who owns 7-Up now.
Oddly those 7-UP "never had it..never will spots" I don't believe ever mentioned Mountain Dew. For years Mountain Dew had more caffeine than the other sodas.
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