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Last weekend, the teens were in the yard getting ready for church camp. They had to get a LOOK together. And what did they decide to do? Head on over to the store (I forgot to ask which one) and buy a bunch of packs of Rit Dye to do tie-dyed shirts.
It made us think […]

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Piggly Wiggly is one of those brands that is famous mostly because it is a cool name and a cool mascot. For generations, Americans have loved the concept that you followed a grocery store around like a pig’s tail, and you would pass through ALL the merchandise. Hence, Piggly Wiggly.
There are more than 600 Piggly […]

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There is something very 1970s about The Club pre-mixed martinis. Is it the idea that it is somehow too difficult to mix vermouth and gin? Or that it is too hard to find a cup, and you can use the top to drink it?
That’s the question we asked ourselves as we looked at this favorite […]

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SAVANNAH - Entries are out in the Savannah College of Art & Design’s Phoenix Project. (See a full list of entries here.) At right, one of two concepts for A&P, The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company (NYSE: GAP).
A&P is about to experience its 150th Anniversary, but it has struggled, and is tiny compared to […]

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A British favorite frozen dessert has returned, the Arctic Roll. The Financial Times reported April 29 that since its re-release in December by Birds Eye, sales are estimated to be 3.5 million GBP or 3 million boxes.
Emma Jacobs writes in the Financial Times that is successful because it taps into a recessionary trend of nostalgia.
The […]

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CHICAGO - A few stats from Mintel’sl research reports on food and drink markets that are actually being improved by recessionary woes.
“Over the past year, we’ve seen people trying to save money on food by either dining out less, cutting supermarket bills, or both. More people cook at home now, but they still want healthy, […]

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MONTVALE, N.J. - There is but one grocery chain that inspires literature. It’s the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company (NYSE: GAP), this year celebrating its 150th anniversary.
In John Updike’s Kennedy-era short story “A&P” a 19-year-old clerk identifies with three scantily clad girls who come into an A&P in a small town in Massachusetts, and […]

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PALMYRA, Penn. - If you like Lebanon bologna, there is only one brand, Seltzer’s.
Made and smoked by hand in Palmyra Pennsylvania, Selzter’s was founded by Harvey Seltzer, who ”created a unique blend of pure beef and spices in 1902, his bologna was so […]

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LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS - In the pantheon of grocery products, there are certain ones that are not essential, yet are essential. In the UK, it’s Marmite and Bovril. And across the United States, we have all sorts of regional variations.
One regional New England product is Marshmallow Fluff, made by Durkee-Mower of Lynn, Massachusetts. (We came across […]

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Can you say Pickle Packers? We know of a website that LOVES pickles. It’s the website of Pickle Packers International, and it has all the pickle brands across the world.They really are packin’ some pickles.
At right, a children’s coloring project from the site; it has lots of kids stuff they can print […]

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