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Hey, cool! Thanks for the kind words and support,
@thetakeout
! It's surreal to be written about by a site I've been a huge fan of for years, this is wild!
This Twitter Account Full of Discontinued Snacks Is Making Our Damn Day
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Why did no one tell me that there is a Little Debbie park in Tennessee??
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McDonald's Hula Burger (1963-1963): A a sandwich featuring a slice of grilled pineapple and American cheese on a bun. The brainchild of McDonald's head honcho Ray Kroc, who was convinced that it would be a more appealing Lenten offering than a fried fish sandwich. He was wrong.
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Little Caesar's Spaghetti Bucket (1993-circa 1994): A plastic bucket containing breadsticks, pasta, and sauce, available in sizes little, medium, or "Big! Big!"
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A team of real life human beings wrote, directed, acted, and broadcast this scene. No amount of AI could ever produce this degree of art.
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Just a friendly reminder that in the mid-80s, Knorr (the powdered soup and gravy company) had a weird scarecrow mascot made of vegetables.
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Mentally, I'm standing in front of a Fruitopia machine
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Just got an ad for this dog food, that looks like a GeoCities page from 2001.
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ESPN Zone (1998-2018): A chain of sports bar/restaurants, carrying the ESPN branding, featuring a stadium-style layout, wall to wall TVs with sports coverage, memorabilia, and games.
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Presenting: my trip to the Ben and Jerry's Flavor Graveyard! (Thread)
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Dr. Nut (circa 1936-circa 1978): An almond/amaretto-flavored soda from the New Orleans-based World Bottling Co. and Wright Root Beer, it developed a devoted and intense cult following.
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That shadowy place way out there? That is beyond our borders. You must never go there. That is the Big Boy graveyard.
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Some cool news! One of my co-workers who knows about this account, informed me that her dad was a regional marketing director for Kraft in the 70's and 80's, and just hooked me up with a MASSIVE stack of promotional material for test/short-lived/discontinued products!
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Smokey Robinson Frozen Dinners (2004-circa 2009): The Motown legend launched his own line of frozen entrees with such options as Seafood Gumbo, Red Beans and Rice, Chicken and Sausage Gumbo, and Down Home Pot Roast
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Del Monte Daniel Craig Popsicles (2009-2009): To celebrate National Ice Cream week in the UK, Del Monte decided to release cranberry, blueberry, and pomegranate "iced lollies" modeled after the shirtless torso and head of actor Daniel Craig
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Starburst Berries and Cream (2007-circa 2017): Berry-flavored chewy candies, made with a "hint of cream", for a softer, more lush texture. Mostly remembered for the offbeat "Berries and Cream Little Lad" commercials
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McDonald's Beef Wennington (1998-1999): A special burger sold in the greater Chicago area, and named in honor of stalwart Bulls championship center, Bill Wennington. It featured a single patty with cheese, onions, bbq sauce, and Canadian bacon, as Wennington was from Montreal.
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It's crucial to know that in 1983, McDonald's just straight up gave away a carton of six "farm fresh" eggs for FREE when you bought a breakfast platter
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Happy 60th anniversary to this 1963 marketing campaign between Skippy peanut butter and Hellman's mayo, which boldly proclaimed that the two products are "Together Tremendous!" and offered 6 sandwich "recipes". May these all stay deeply, deeply discontinued
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Orbitz (1996-1998): A line of clear, non-carbonated beverages, filled with dozens of tiny, suspended balls of what was essentially gelatin. Came in Raspberry Citrus, Blueberry Melon Strawberry, Pineapple Banana Cherry Coconut, Vanilla Orange, Black Currant Berry, and Chocolate
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P.B. Slices (2001-circa 2004): Square "slices" of peanut butter, individually wrapped like Kraft singles. Meant to make it easier for kids to prepare a PB&J, or to get creative w/ snacks. Sold regionally at first, then saw a national release in '03.
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Young people today will never know the feeling of being bored out of your mind on a summer day and turning on Comedy Central at 2:30 PM to watch 1/3 of a mediocre movie released between 1992 and 2001
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Jar-Jar Binks Lollipop (1999-1999): A promotional item for "Star Wars: Episode I", this candy featured the plastic likeness of character Jar-Jar Binks, whose mouth opened to reveal a retractable strawberry-flavored sucker, shaped and textured like his tongue. Delightful.
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Disney World Animal Poop Candy (2015-2015): Chocolate confections sold at Zuri's Sweets in Disney's Animal Kingdom, made to realistically resemble the feces of elephants, cotton-top tamarins, giraffes, and hippos. Pulled after only 2 weeks, due to customer complaints.
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You suckers can pay for Duolingo Plus, I'll stick with this Taco Bell menu from the 70's, thanks
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Moving to central or downstate NY and opening a family restaurant with thick maroon carpet, wood paneling, placemats with local businesses, formal family pictures from 1976-1985, and a salad bar featuring creamy Italian dressing and chocolate pudding from an industrial sized can
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Thirsty Dog!/Thirsty Cat! (1994-1994): Liters of lightly carbonated bottled water made specifically for pets, containing vitamins and flavorings ("crispy beef" for dogs, and "tangy fish" for cats), but FDA approved for humans consumption, and even certified kosher.
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AYDS (circa 1937-circa 1990): A line of chewable "weight loss candies" (appetite suppressants) available in chocolate or caramel flavors, fortified with vitamins and minerals.
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Dilberitos (1999-2003): A line of licensed vegan microwave burritos tied-in with the comic strip "Dilbert". Available in Mexican, Indian, Barbecue, and Garlic & Herb. Noted for it's poor taste and food engineering that packed all 23 essential vitamins and minerals into each one
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Hulkster Cheeseburger (2007-circa 2011): Frozen, pre-cooked burgers on a bun, endorsed by Hulk Hogan in the classic red and yellow. The burger itself was dubiously beef, and the "cheese" was listed in the ingredients as "melt." Food engineering, brother!
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Sorry everyone I know this isn't food or nostalgia related, but I just wanted to share that this evening I had to say goodbye to my cat, Calvin. I ask any cat (or dog) owners to please give your animal a special pet or hug tonight for me.
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Ever wonder why there seems to be so many differing opinions on Girl Scout Cookies? That's because the way the markets are split between the 2 different bakeries is ridiculous! Depending on where you live, you're getting a very different cookie experience!
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Krusty Yellow Kola (1999-2000): A UK-exclusive, "Simpsons"-branded cola, made by Hall & Woodhouse, it was noted for it's distinctive yellow color, intense sweetness, citrusy finish, and a can that boasted it was "90% safe!"
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Disney's Chips and Sith (2015-2015): In anticipation of the "Galaxy's Edge" attraction, both Disneyland and Disney World released this dish: Chickpea and lemon hummus, topped with roasted red pepper coulis, Bugles, and black sesame dust, to replicate the face of Darth Maul.
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IHoP Beezlenut Splash (2008-2008): Part of a promotional menu for "Horton Hears a Who", this drink consisted of cherry and berry-flavored Jell-o cubes suspended in Sprite
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Bookmarked!!
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I think it's safe to say that in 1993, Trapper Keeper's vision of 2020 was at best, a mixed bag...
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Gerber Singles (1974-1974): Assuming that single people were as helpless to feed themselves as babies, Gerber put out a line of single-serve heat and eat meals and desserts for adults in their signature glass jars, such as beef burgundy, sweet n sour pork, and turkey mornay
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Jell-O 1-2-3 (1969-1996): A gelatin powder, that once blended and chilled, separated itself into three distinct layers- a classic gelatin base, a mousse-like middle, and a foamy, creamy top. Available in strawberry, raspberry, mixed berry, orange, lime, and cherry
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Charlie's Restaurant Grapefruit Burger (1988-1988): An unpeeled grapefruit on a burger roll. Round and tasty on a bun, pickles, french fries, yum-yum-yum. In a hurry to be fed, beady eyes and big, blue head.
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Del Monte Bubblegum Pudding (1991-1992): An entry in the "pudding cups wars", the CEO of Del Monte was absolutely banking on 'bubblegum' being THE hot snack flavor sensation of the 90's. That didn't happen.
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Danny DeVito Limoncello(2007-2018) After a night of drinking limoncello with George Clooney that led to an intoxicated appearance on The View, Danny Devito decided to develop his own brand for the masses. While no longer produced, there are bottles still available for sale online
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Austin Powers Shagadelic Shakers (1999-1999): A promotional item for "The Spy Who Shagged Me", these canned cocktail mixes featured a built-in strainer--just add liquor & ice, shake, and pour! Available in Long Island Ice Tea, Cosmopolitan, and Blue Margarita.
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Homer's Cinnamon Donut cereal (2001-2003): A limited edition "Simpsons" tie-in cereal, meant to look like little donuts, as enjoyed by Homer Simpson. The cereal itself was noted for its intense, almost overwhelming cinnamon flavor.
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As I am sure most of you are very well aware today, an icon in the gum field has been discontinued. I'll be giving Fruit Stripe it's own post in the future after everyone has a chance to grieve.
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Orange Lazarus (1956-1994) An orange flavored slush drink, part of a line that included Lime Balthazar and Grape Judas. This variety developed a cult following for its potential to shut down a drinker’s central nervous system in 1.2 seconds.
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Not everything that sucks is "secretly underrated." Sometimes things really are terrible and we all got it right the first time
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Yoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
From tins of altoids sours to tins of lip pillows for many…
These are finally coming back
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Flavor Burst ice cream can still be found at various spots around the country, but nothing hits quite like that original 1992 imagery...
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Suppose you’ve suddenly learned that you have guests coming over for dinner in 15 minutes. What would you make?
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Old Country Buffet (1983-2020): A chain of all-you-care-to-eat buffet restaurants, offering "traditional" American comfort foods such as roast turkey, meatloaf, fried chicken, and an array of desserts. Sales began declining in the 2010s, and it became a pandemic casualty.
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Campbell's Pepper Pot Soup (1899-2010): A hearty, spicy, stew-like soup that included beef tripe, potatoes, onions, and carrots as its base, with jalapeno peppers and red pepper flakes for added heat. This canned soup maintained a strong cult following for over 100 years
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Gronk Flakes (2012-2013): 2 months after inking the largest contract extension for any TE in history, the Patriots' Rob Gronkowski received his own cereal, frosted corn flakes. A portion of proceeds went to a youth charity foundation started by Gronkowski and his brothers.
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Hostess Shockwave Chocwave (2011-2011): A promotional item for "Transformers: Dark of the Moon", these were standard Hostess cupcakes (chocolate with a white creme filling), but topped with red frosting and white sugar sprinkles, to presumably evoke the character, Shockwave
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Heublein Wine and Dine Meals (1973-1974): A line of meal kits that contained a small bottle of cooking wine to use in such dishes as "Chicken Chablis." Consumers were confused and unpleasantly surprised, believing that the wine was meant to be *paired* with the meal
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Most people don't realize that the Pillsbury Doughboy, Pop N. Fresh, had a whole family (and extended family!) including a wife, Poppie and baby Bunbun. What are some of your favorite forgotten/discontinued food advertising characters?
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Reuben Pringles (2020-2020): A limited edition potato crisp meant to replicate the taste of a Reuben sandwich. Each chip was coated with flavoring powders that evoked corned beef, sauerkraut, rye bread, swiss cheese, and Thousand Island dressing
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Super Mario Sodas (1993-1994): A line of Super Mario-themed sodas from Shasta, featuring 4 different character/flavor combos: Luigi Berry, Yoshi Apple, Princess Toadstool Cherry, and Mario Punch
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Dunkin Donuts Dunkaccino (2000-2023): A hot beverage marketed as a "unique blend of coffee and hot chocolate flavors," it developed a strong cult following, along with a frozen variant introduced in 2015.
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White Lightning (1993-2010): A hard "white cider"--a colorless cider made with apple pulp and corn syrup--sold primarily in the UK. It was noted for it's low price and for being sold in 3-liter bottles. D/c in response to a national panic over teen drinking and "social decay"
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Just so everyone is aware, as a promotion in 1984, Wendy's produced terrifying, photorealistic carboard masks of Clara Peller, aka the "Where's the Beef?" lady
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Tired: Avocado toast and mimosas
Wired: Muppet Babies Brunch Drinks
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Oscar Mayer Sack o' Sauce in a Can o' Meat (1948-circa 1955): A novel innovation, in which a meat product was sealed in a can, along with a separate bag of sauce to accompany it. The idea was to package both together for convenience, but separate to retain flavor and texture
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Ginger Altoids (2004-circa 2015): Classic Altoids mints, featuring a spicy, peppery ginger flavor, reminiscent of ginger beer.
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Enough talk about the DC cinematic universe, give me the DiC cinematic universe!
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Certs (1956-2018): A line of disc-shaped breath mints, available in flavors such as peppermint, spearmint, wintergreen,cinnamon, & assorted fruit. Famously contained no actual mint, but rather a melange of chemicals and oils known as "Retsyn", which provided the trademark flecks
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Chi-Chi's (1975-2004): One of the first nationally popular "Tex Mex" chains. Filed bankruptcy in 2003, a month before causing the largest hepatitis A outbreak in American history. Still around in Belgium, Austria, and Kuwait, among other countries.
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Soda Shaq (2013-2016): A line of flavored cream sodas from NBA legend Shaquille O'Neal, made by the Arizona Iced Tea company. Flavors included Vanilla, Strawberry, Orange, and Blueberry, and a giant Shaq face on each can
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Society really lost its way when we moved away from food-based telephones
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Friendly's Wattamelon Roll (1985-2021): Watermelon and lemon sherbet, shaped to look like a halved watermelon, with chocolate chip "seeds." In 2021, Friendly's announced they would be ceasing production on ALL frozen dessert rolls, including this iconic summertime treat
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Chef Boyardee Street Sharks (1995-1995): A tie-in for the TV series and toy line of the same name, this canned meal featured pasta shaped like the characters Ripster, Jab, Streex, and Big Slammu , in a tomato-cheese sauce, available with or without meatballs
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Mtn Dew Dewshine (2015-2017): A clear, citrus-flavored soda, made with real sugar, and employing an "old-timey" packaging aesthetic. It was sold in clear glass bottles, as well as collectible 25-ounce glass jugs
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In all my years on this Earth, this letter has never, ever, ever looked like a "D" to me. It has ALWAYS been a backwards "G" and it will forever and always be a backwards "G", period.
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Barq's Floatz Soda (2003-circa 2005): This soda, sold exlusively in 12 oz glass bottles, was marketed as tasting like a root beer float, and which many people described as a tasting like a blend of root beer and cream soda
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It's wild that for a good 15 year stretch, approximately 85% of drinking glasses in American homes were either old Welch's jelly jars or collectibles from fast food restaurants
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Nestle Crunch Jammin Bar (1993-1994): A special edition, music-themed Crunch bar, with genre names and instruments stamped into each bar, featuring Rock, Jazz, Reggae, and Rap. Featured a music-related sweepstakes featuring a trip to London, stereo equipment, and a promo CD
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This behind the scenes shot of the making of "LEGO Island" (1997) is making me feel all sorts of things...
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Denny's Gandalf's Gobble Melt (2012-2012): Part of the themed promotional menu for "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey," this sandwich featured turkey breast & stuffing topped with melted Swiss cheese, on grilled potato bread with a cranberry honey mustard spread and side of gravy
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Asher Muppet Jellies (2002-2003): A line of jellies (thick, fruit-flavored gumdrop candy) molded into the ostensible likeness of various Muppet characters, available alone or affixed to candy canes.
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Garfield Ravioli (1994-circa 1996): Mini beef ravioli in a meat sauce, from Franco-American, featuring everyone's (?) favorite orange cartoon cat (sorry, Heathcliff fans)
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Sir Grapefellow and Baron von Redberry (1972-1975): A pair of cereals featuring fictional enemy World War I pilots. The former was a grape-flavored oat cereal with grape marshmallows, while the latter was a berry/fruit punch-flavored oat cereal with berry marshmallows
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The Adventure of Link Fruit Snacks (1989-1990): As a promotional tie-in for the NES "Legend of Zelda" sequel, each box featured 6 pouches of fruit snacks shaped like characters and items from the game
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IHoP Who-Cakes (2008-2008): Part of a promotional menu for "Horton Hears a Who", this item consisted of a stack of buttermilk pancakes, covered in rainbow chocolate chips, blueberry and boysenberry glazes, and held together with a bubblegum-flavored lollipop
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Bookmarked
International Delight Releases Reese's Iced Coffee Cans -
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Still mad that I'm not walking around the streets of my city in these limited edition Gushers sneakers from 2022...
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WCW Nitro Grill (1999-2000): In the throes of the Monday Night Wars, WCW opened a themed steakhouse in Las Vegas, with lots of "X-TrEmE" 90s aesthetics, menu items named after wrestlers, and plenty of merch to buy. Closed about 16 months after opening
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Scraping the bottom of the corporate synergy barrel bookmark!
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In one of the bleakest anecdotes I have ever shared here, apparently, in 1986, the company felt pressure to change the name (NO KIDDING), but an executive was quoted as responding: "The product has been around for 45 years. Let the disease change its name."
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Tato Skins (1985-2000): A potato snack from Keebler, meant to replicate the--at the time--wildly popular appetizer, potato skins. Flavors included bacon/cheddar, sour cream/onion, and bbq. Sold to Poore Foods in 2000, who reformulated the recipe and added a TGIFriday branding.
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Cadbury Milk Tray Bar (1947-1981): Did you ever wish you could eat entire box of assorted chocolates in one handy bar? In the UK, Cadbury had you covered, with a chocolate bar made in a special mold that featured 14 different filled chocolates in a single bar
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Taco Bell Quesarito (2014-2023): A sort of quesadilla/burrito hybrid, featuring a quesadilla rolled and filled with seasoned beef, creamy chipotle sauce, reduced-fat sour cream, nacho cheese sauce and seasoned rice.
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Welp, at midnight EST, I will officially be older than Stu Pickles...
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