We write the history of toaster pastries at BrandlandUSA. Or are they tarts? Please take tarts while tarts are passing. Though you can’t take any Toastettes as they aren’t making them any more.MORE HERE

While we are big fans of Pop Tarts, we are intrigued that there are other brands around. Wikipedia says that Post, part of General Foods, was the innovator in the early 1960s of the toaster pastry. At Dollar Tree today, we found Toast’em Pop Ups, which claim to date backMORE HERE

LOS ANGELES – Global Icons, the brand merchandising agency, said in a press release that it would license Bennigan’s, the restaurant chain. Bennigan’s went through bankruptcy last year; many franchised restaurants stayed open. Founded in 1976 in Atlanta, Bennigan’s was an early casual bar and grill chain restaurant and one of the quintessentialMORE HERE

Hey Mark Mothersbaugh. Bring out the Minimoog, and start out the set by flashing a Warner Records logo behind the stage. Whip it. Step on a crack. Devo, that red-topped de-evolutionary band from the 1980s New Wave era is back, thanks to Warner Brothers Records, their original label. Devo fansMORE HERE

WASHINGTON – The Department of Commerce’s United States Patent and Trademark Office and the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization will work on joint intellectual property issues.  Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property David Kappos and Director General of ARIPO Dr. Gift Huggins Sibanda signed an agreement to work togetherMORE HERE

Our BrandlandUSA reader “JM” tells us that Colonial Bread is on deathwatch, and it may be in danger of disappearing due to its ownership by Sara Lee (NYSE: SLC). Writes our dear reader: Colonial, one of the South’s well known bread names, is now owned by Sara Lee. Since Ms.MORE HERE

Lately, we have been getting an extraordinary number of hits of consumers searching for the below products. We just thought we needed to list them: Serv-a-Gravy. It’s a powdered gravy sold by Serv-Agen. Some have found it hard to locate on shelves. Carnation Breakfast Bars. Not sure why this isMORE HERE