Uh oh! Franco-American is no more

Boston Globe ^ | November 18, 2004 | Knight Ridder

[asgardshill]

PHILADELPHIA -- Here's one for nostalgia buffs: the Franco-American brand -- best known for SpaghettiOs -- is no more.

Campbell Soup Co. has quietly retired it, though not SpaghettiOs, which were introduced in 1965. SpaghettiOs are now sold under the Campbell brand.

[asgardshill]

Even French brand names are surrendering these days! I'm quite sure that "Franco-American" is as popular a brand name these days as Mitsubishi would have been during WW II.

[yldstrk]

You won't hear me crying. Or catch me buying any French anything!

[wrathof59]

They're selling 2 cans for $1.00 at the neighborhood grocery store, a lot of Tabasco sauce makes them pretty good.

[martin_fierro]

Whither Chef Boy-ar-dee?

[John Thornton]

The brand survived Francisco Franco, but not Jacques Chirac.

[ElkGroveDan]

LOL one of the competitors is "Heinz." It looks like Chef Boyardee is going to win this battle.

[asgardshill]

I used to love the stuffed ravioli they do, but got burned out on them in college. (I still have a few cans of F-A in my food storage - maybe its time to put those puppies on EBay) :)

[asgardshill]

It looks like Chef Boyardee is going to win this battle.

He looks French too - that wussy little moustache ;)

[asgardshill]

"Muhammad-Os"

They kidnap the Lucky Charms leprechaun and behead him unless you send in Quake to "negotiate" his release.

[Prime Choice]

You won't hear me crying. Or catch me buying any French anything!

I still buy French's mustard. It's made in America and the only thing it has in common with the French is that they're both yellow.

[UnklGene]

I love Spaghettios!

[NorCalRepub]

hey the Chef retired a millionaire and buy the way, why was a pseudo Italian dish called Franco........that gives credit to the French who by the way were taught their culinary disciplines by the Italians during the Roman Empire....Franch then went on to create.....ummmm, oh yea, sauces and gravies to cover up the taste of their god awful meat

[Happygal]

How can a nation who eat glorified snot in the form of l'escargot have the nerve to brand it as haute cuisine?

[asgardshill]

I bought store brands when I was poor and foolish. Now that I'm not so poor but still foolish, I still use 'em.

(I do use W Ketchup though - no Heinz will ever darken my pantry again).

[UnklGene]

I love Spaghetios!

[asgardshill]

How can a nation who eat glorified snot in the form of l'escargot have the nerve to brand it as haute cuisine?

(uncomfortable silence - menudo night is huge around here ...)

[asgardshill]

Memo to the camp cook - ALWAYS poke a hole or two in the can before you put it near the campfire. Can go boom otherwise (better than throwing a handful of bullets in).

[Hi Heels]

The tabasco might be the only edible part of that dish.