Brands we dont see around any more

Ben D Bus

LighterGuy wrote: »

you mean 7/11?
yup they are american and were over here. Talking late 80s / early 90s. Shop down the road from me, which is now a takeaway, was a 7/11. Think it pulled out in 1991 or something.

I think 7/11 is actually Japanese

I remember the one in Rathgar well from the late 80s.

They were revolutionary at the time, offering real coffee 24/7!!

Liam Byrne

demanufactured wrote: »

Datsun cars

Bought out by Nissan in the first ever "progressive rebranding" that I remember

Datsun
Nissan-Datsun
Nissan

Aviva did it recently with Hibernian too.

vangoz

genie_us wrote: »

Woody's alco pop drinks! They were all the rage when I was about 16

And Mug-Shot

Nothingbetter2d

Bambi wrote: »

I dont think they do..they went bust a few years back but their stock is still out there because hornby bought the name

sorry Bambi your very wrong, as you can see by clicking the link below Airfix is still in business

Airfix Website

Ben D Bus

Wibbly Wobbly Wonder

HeidiHeidi

Smash.
And Bird's Trifle. A Sunday staple in our house, way back when.

retalivity

cavan cola!
cans of smak

BigBrownBear

John Giles Sports is now Lifestyle Sports.

Couple have mentioned OMO washing powder.

Anyone remember an ad for Omo bread - used to be on UTV, may have only been sold in the north.
Scenario was.... Chap in the dock in court....Judge sentences him to imprisonment on 'bread and water'....Asks the chap 'have you anything to say'
Chap says (in thick belfast accent)...'Yes your honour; Is the bread omo'!!!

Mike 1972

I remember hearing a tape of old radio commercials which included what could be the most unfortunately named products ever.

Weight loss supplements called AIDS :eek:

sgb

R Whites lemonade

It had a catchy television commercial

44leto

Although you still see it Redbull seems to be dying a death.

dark crystal

44leto wrote: »

Although you still see it Redbull seems to be dying a death.

That's because it's horrendously overpriced in comparison to other energy drinks on the market.

BengaLover

Ketchips - the frozen chips with ketchup in the middle..taken off the market pretty fast after launch..
MonChiChi monkey toys.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Is TK lemonade still on the go? That was a staple of my childhood.

hypersquirrel

TK and Cadet are both still knockin about if you know where to go.

Maverick Bars.

44leto

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Is TK lemonade still on the go? That was a staple of my childhood.

You can still get the red lemonade but I am not sure if it is TK, TK red lemonade was the nicest lemonade ever, especially with pub crisps.

cofy

Chuck Stone wrote: »

PB petrol stations?

Black Jacks sweets?

Marathon (RIP) now Snickers.

Black Jack sweets are still available my brother in law gave them to my children last week and I am still scraping them off the floor. Very messy.

CiaranMT

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Is TK lemonade still on the go? That was a staple of my childhood.

Supervalu still stocks TK, not sure about the red though. Cadet is still in Dunnes.

Owl Tickler

Mr. Burger

44leto

Who remembers the Thrift line that you use to get in Superquinn, it was awful.

Mike 1972

44leto wrote: »

Who remembers the Thrift line that you use to get in Superquinn, it was awful.

I was always under the impression that Superquinn were pitched at a slightly more upmarket customer base than Dunnes (with the old Quinnsworth somewhere inbetween)

bb1234567

Heelies! You know those shoes that had weheels in them:D Kids always used to be scooting round on them til they all started breaking their ankles,legs,cocsyxes and other body parts and bumping into people in busy places and the heelies got banned from everywhere from school to shopping centres:p

Daemos

Marabou Chocolate from Dunnes

DanWall

Minolta, one the great cameras

birdlake

Daemos wrote: »

Marabou Chocolate from Dunnes

As in the yellow round packaging with the discs of choc? Glad to say they're still around! yum

foxinsox

Tennants beer cans - the ones with the pics of women on them..

I remember my uncle used to drink them, I suppose mid 1970's.

I just assumed all beer had pics of women on the cans.

foggy_lad

Yugo cars and "Time" bars

doriansmith

Used to eat Angel Delight all the time as a child. According to Google it's still around but it'll always be an 80's dessert to me.

Daemos

birdlake wrote: »

As in the yellow round packaging with the discs of choc? Glad to say they're still around! yum

Not anywhere near me

44leto

foggy_lad wrote: »

Yugo cars and "Time" bars

Ahhh Time bars, they claimed many of my porcelain teeth fillings.

LighterGuy

I'm wating for this 'brand' to go :mad:

cena

the mighty morphin power rangers candy(gimmy bear type)

Broads.ie

L&N

Roches Stores

iregk

Bad Panda wrote: »

Cadet Cola! Thank f*ck!

Score Cola
TK90

And who remembers years ahead of the game Pocari? The first isotonic drink.

Tails142

I had said roches stores and maverick bars but looking back I see that they're mentioned elsewhere.

what about...

american hard gums
macaroon bars
tk cream soda
cidona?
bauer roller blades

alwaysadub

foggy_lad wrote: »

Yugo cars and "Time" bars

Time bars are back! I bought one a few weeks ago, nearly broke my jaw trying to eat it.

cofy

44leto wrote: »

Who remembers the Thrift line that you use to get in Superquinn, it was awful.

Was it "Come for the quality, stay for the value"?

average hero

Fila clothes.

Mike 1972

foggy_lad wrote: »

Yugo cars

Apparently during the war somebody had the good grace and decency to bomb the factory.

Caveman1

Nerds candy they were lovely as a kid, they can be bought on the Internet still but I haven't seen them in a shop in years, oh & Bikers too

iregk

Can you still get club shandy? I remember in primary you were dead hard drinking that at 0.03% alcohol.

lastly the 54321...

Joe10000

Somebody mentioned American hard gums, Jaysus I used to love them. If anybody knows where you can still get them let me know and I'm there.

Nothingbetter2d

Broads.ie wrote: »

L&N

Roches Stores

Darrers shopping centre (used to be one in carlow and another in wateford.... i think there may also have been one in kilkenny.)

Nothingbetter2d

Joe10000 wrote: »

Somebody mentioned American hard gums, Jaysus I used to love them. If anybody knows where you can still get them let me know and I'm there.

u can still get them

happypants

Ok so you can still get tiffin bars, I got confused with Fuse bars, they were delicious! I'm off to join a Facebook campaign to get them back!

Apple Jack sweets were yum too but none of the retro sweet shops about town have them

Snowie

Eclipse jeans

x works with a pair of nike air max with the orange swush

foggy_lad

Nothingbetter2d wrote: »

Darrers shopping centre (used to be one in carlow and another in wateford.... i think there may also have been one in kilkenny.)

lol@ shopping centre. They had Departmant stores much like Shaws in Carlow, Waterford, Tramore and Dungarvan.

Wetai

JustAddWater wrote: »

Bebo

People are still posting on it (the 'recent updates' ticker will probably have relatively new messages if you look at it).

Biggins

I want me Fizzle Sticks back!

abbba

Quinnsworth had an own brand in the 90's called Premium Choice, a bit more up market than K.V.I.;)
I remember you would get slagged for having K.V.I. crisps in school!! Ma Greedys crisps were also amazing!!!

Oh before Koka Noodles came on the market, there was Goodalls Noodles.. They were far better, you could get them up until about 1996!!