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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

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General Motors thinks it has killed off the Pontiac. And what a brilliant move that is. Let’s see, you need to sell MORE cars cause your company is broke, and you cut out yet one more product line? And then cut out even more dealers? Thankfully, though, the brand willMORE HERE

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When Ascendia Brands went bankrupt, they sold a number of brands to new owners. One of the most storied brands was Dorothy Gray, which sold, with the Tussy deodorant line, for $1 milllion to KCM Brands LLC, according to Reuters. While production has resumed on other Ascendia brands like Mr.MORE HERE

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And to think it was only a few years ago that they wanted to get rid of them all, and tried their best? But no, the Union 76 ball has resurfaced in the upcoming Will Farrell remake, Land of the Lost. A bit about the film from IMdB: On hisMORE HERE

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We thought this was a very good book idea about the history of Bell Labs, and glad Dr. Narain Gehani wrote it: Bell Labs: Life in the Crown Jewel, chronicles Narain Gehani’s twenty three years at Bell Laboratories. It is a welcome and needed addition to telephone history. Gehani startedMORE HERE

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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

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Great ads have one thing in common. They sell things. Things like products, services, ideas or lifestyles. If they don’t do this directly, they are memorable enough to influence a consumer at the time he or she makes a purchase.Bad ads are brand poison. If you go public with aMORE HERE