SUFFOLK – The home of the founder of Mr. Peanut, Amadeo Obici, is in danger of destruction, and has been named to Preservation Virginia’s Most Endangered list, just released this week. Obici was the founder of Planter’s Peanuts, and moved his company from Pennsylvania to Virginia to be closer toMORE HERE
While Banquet (a former RCA subsidiary) and Morton frozen dinners were leaders, Swanson has taken the crown of being the official “retro” TV dinner. And why not? They invented the name. At right, the Salisbury Steak Dinner. Much better without the green peppers. Pinnacle Foods Corp. now owns Swanson, andMORE HERE
Editor’s Note: Recently Instacart no longer shows the product as available RICHMOND – C.F. Sauer, the spice and sauce company, owns one of the great forgotten mayonnaise brands, Mrs. Filbert’s. In the South, mayonnaise is important. Food snobs do not like it, but that is so wrong, because different degreesMORE HERE
BATTLE CREEK – Just as Kellogg’s brought back Hydrox, it has now brought back the Mother’s Cookies brand. With the same taste , Mother’s cookies made their highly anticipated return to store shelves in the Western region of the United States starting on May 4 – just in time forMORE HERE
Pepsi throwback? Or not. Or is it somewhere in the middle, slightly interesting but that’s about it. To celebrate new Pepsi Throwback, Jeff Gordon is driving a throwback paint scheme at Talladega Superspeedway on April 26th. It’s a refreshingly retro tribute to one of the coolest paint schemes in racingMORE HERE
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 tapsMORE HERE
Please make graphic designers stop. First Pepsico does a number on Tropicana, and then this G for Gatorade. Annoying. Can we not just make the product and sell it? We keep seeing it on the shelves and tried to ignore it. Certainly, the new design is tasteful. And we haveMORE HERE
Who Owns a Brand, The Company or the People? BOSTON – If you have been in the juice aisle lately, you’ve most likely noticed a quick change operation going on at the Tropicana shelves. It’s not just a lesson in the new world of brand management, but it’s also aMORE HERE
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 homeMORE HERE
I couldn’t find the familiar Merita packaging and happened to notice the new Hostess pkg. My heart sank right then and there, but I thought maybe it was the same product with only a new brand name. MORE HERE