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SEAGROVE, N.C. – Our friend Doug Dobey, that fantastico Richmond, Virginia graphic designer, says that he is getting out the Luck’s Black Eyed Peas for the New Year’s Holiday. Add to it some stewed tomatoes and you have a VERY odd Southern tradition. We aren’t that big fans of black eyed peas (used to think [...]

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PALM BEACH – Those search for defunct colognes and perfumes often have a hard time. An essay in The Wall Street Journal By André Aciman tells of his search for Aria Di Palma, a cologne his father wore at a New York store called Battaglia. Aciman found the cologne, after a long search, at the [...]

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EL MONTE – We happened upon the Driftwood Dairy while watching the 2000 comedy movie Ready To Rumble. The California dairy makes a cameo as a place where Gordie Boggs (David Arquette) and Sean Dawkins (Scott Caan) stop after hitching a ride with some nuns singing “Running with the Devil.” The dairy was founded in [...]

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More than Bundt MINNEAPOLIS – We’ve started a new category on BrandlandUSA. It’s called “American Made, Family Owned” and we want our readers to suggest companies that make things in the U.S. and are owned by families. One of the great Made in USA companies is Nordic Ware, inventors of the Bundt pan. Nordic Ware [...]

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We just wanted to make sure BrandlandUSA’s readers remember the late Melvin S. Cohen, who died Dec. 16 at age 90. Cohen, father of the Fry Baby and Salad Shooter, was chairman of National Presto Industries, at ticker (NYSE: NPK). A great obituary of him is in the Eau Claire, Wisconsin Leader-Telegram; click on the [...]

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In today’s Wall Street Journal, Rich Ross, President of Disney Channels Worldwide, reflects on 2009 and his goals. One of the goals is to program and create franchises for boys. That’s a good move for Disney (NYSE: DIS); with American Girl movies and the like there is plenty for girls but not enough for boys. [...]

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Made by F.B. Washburn BROCKTON, MASS. – Among (and apparently) the nation’s oldest candy makers is F.B. Washburn, founded in 1856. One of the first products of the company was the Waleeco Coconut Bar (associated with Red Sox baseball) and the Wasburn Peanut Bar. They also made a number of hard candies, including ribbon candy [...]

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We were curious about Old Dutch Cleanser; it was one of the most recognizable trademarks of the early 20th century consumer product era. Old Dutch, along with Comet and Bon Ami, was one of the big brands of pumice-based kitchen cleaners; its railcars were even featured on Tyco and Lionel trains as late as the [...]

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Thanks to our friend Johnnie Hubbel, who tells us of her love of Red & White supermarkets. Johnnie (we call her LOU!) went into the one in Red Oak,  N.C. and found a big bin of Necco Wafers, rock candy and Chick-O-Stix. If you want to see a photo, click above on her name, and [...]

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Once an institution in New York, Bartons Confections candy is still around. Founded in 1898, their site says that it was in 1938 that the company was started by Viennese chocolatier Stephen Klein. He started Bartons Salon De Chocolat Shops in the New York area. We are fans of their peppermint bark. Sadly, they don’t [...]

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