Cost, comfort drive ghost brands' reappearance

[Morag]

All the books I've ever read that are now out-of-print and I no longer have them.

...

Hey, I probably have them all! Try abebooks.com, or even Amazon- they link to a lot of sources for out of print favorites.

 

[cuffem]

RC Cola and Seyferts potato chips.

 

[hambirg]

Idaho Spud candy bars!

 

[wfgodot]

Mars (also Mars bar) is a chocolate bar manufactured by Mars, Incorporated. It was first manufactured in Slough, Berkshire in the United Kingdom in 1932 and was advertised to the trade as being made with Cadbury's chocolate as "couverture". In the United States, a different confection bore the Mars bar name. Featuring nougat, soft caramel, almonds, and a milk chocolate coating, the American Mars bar was discontinued in 2002. A similar bar featuring the Mars name was relaunched in the US in 2010. [Wiki]

Still searching fruitlessly (nougatlessly?) for any variety of Mars bar here.

 

[Knitty]

All those candies that used to be available for holidays (Christmas, Halloween and Easter) that weren't just the same candies we can get the rest of the year with different colored wrappers.

 

[newone]

Utor ointment ((amazing stuff))
Bromo seltzer ((blue bottle))
Tartan sun oil ((lovey smell))

 

[TrackerSam]

They probably still exist, but I can't get any, Maurice Lenell cookies. He came here from Sweden to bake and to sell........those wonderful cookies from Maurice Lennel.

 

[Solitaryone]

Brach's coffe candy.

Tame hair creme rinse.

 

[wfgodot]

Still searching fruitlessly (nougatlessly?) for any variety of Mars bar here.

I am informed they are now called "Snicker's Almond." WTF??

Discontinued candies listed? ghost brands, right here, from candyfavorites.com.

 

[LadyL]

not true - where I live there are Mars bars and also Snickers Almond - two completely different chocolate bars

I am informed they are now called "Snicker's Almond." WTF??

Discontinued candies listed? ghost brands, right here, from candyfavorites.com.

 

[Athena12]

New York Seltzer. Raspberry and black cherry were the best flavors!

 

[LadyL]

so weird - we still have Aim, Aqua Velva, Armour, Brut, Camay, Close-Up, Comet, Duncan Hines, Pert Plus, Spic & Span and those are just the ones I'm positive about from that list

Hey, Brothers, Can You Spare a Cough Drop? (NYT)


much more at links

Any "ghost brands" you'd like to see make a comeback?

 

[LadyL]

I'm not familiar with this brand and I'm Canadian!

Clearly Canadian!

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RC Cola still widely available here!

RC Cola and Seyferts potato chips.

 

[newone]

I'm not familiar with this brand and I'm Canadian!



RC Cola still widely available here!

Clearly Canadian is yuppy water

https://www.clearlycanadian.com/


Richmond Hill, ON

 

[wfgodot]

Little peanut buttery Mary Janes, individually wrapped in distinctive yellow 2 x 3" paper. Still around I guess but hadn't seen them for decades till today on the MA Turnpike. Yum.

 

[wendybtn]

Green Goddess salad dressing. I would not eat salad without it as a kid in the 1970's. This past summer Applebee's had a special Green Goddess/Iceberg Lettuce Salad that was to die for! My friend who grew up in Minnesota remembers it well. My husband from Florida claims he never heard of it.

 

[wendybtn]

My kids recently picked out AIM and Closeup toothpaste at a local store. I had no idea they were coming back. (or trying to!)

 

[teedie2]

Little peanut buttery Mary Janes, individually wrapped in distinctive yellow 2 x 3" paper. Still around I guess but hadn't seen them for decades till today on the MA Turnpike. Yum.

Mary Jane Halloween candy! Bought 2 bags (large) in 2013. I was wracked with guilt, but sure ate a lot of it anyway. Yummy! I never knew the name of the candy, just that it was for Halloween. And now you tell me that those little yellow candies I've seen around are the same thing!!! MJs can be ordered online.

Bit-o-Honey is still around, or was around a couple of years ago. Possibly better than MJ, even.
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[teedie2]

The edible I miss the most ... haven't had any since the 50s or 60s ... is Gebhardt's Chili Meat Spread. Gebhardt's brand has basically been chewed up and spat out in the process of being owned by various large companies. Amazing to me that potted meat is still around, that has no distinctive character at all, yet the chili spread is gone.

Two slices of fresh white bread, a layer of the spread on one, topped with as much black pepper as you can stand, slap it together, and gobble it down! With fritos, of course.

To this day, I can close my eyes and taste a sandwich made with the chili spread.

 

[Nova]

I'd like to "breath" new life into correct spelling, but that's probably a lost cause, even for me.

(Note: I'm not picking at wfgodot. The error is in the linked article.)