Ten Brands That Will Disappear in 2012 [No more Kellogg's Corn Pops? NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!]

Yahoo Finance ^ | June 22, 2011 | Douglas A. McIntyre

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Kellogg's Corn Pops

The cereal business is not what is used to be, at least for products that are not considered "healthy." Among those is Kellogg's Corn Pops ready-to-eat cereal. Sales of the brand dropped 18% over the year that ended in April, down to $74 million. That puts it well behind brands like Cheerios and Frosted Flakes, each which have sales of over $200 million a year. Private label sales have also hurt sales of branded cereals. Revenues in this category were $637 million over the same April-end period. There is also profit margin pressure on Corn Pops because of the sharp increase in corn prices. Kellogg's describes the product as being "crispy, glazed, crunchy, sweet." Corn Pops also contain mono- and diglycerides, used to bind saturated fat, and BHT for freshness, which is also used in embalming fluid. None of these are likely to be what mothers want to serve their children in an age in which a healthy breakfast is more likely to be egg whites and a bowl of fresh fruit.

[dfwgator]

"New Shimmer is both a floor wax and a dessert topping!"

[Tainan]

A&W and a chili dog with cheese....THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE on a hot August afternoon.

And they bring it to your car.

[Army Air Corps]

When I was a wee lad I used to crimp the things and link them together and make bracelets out of them. I gave many a pull tab bracelet or necklace to a girl back then.

[GatorGirl]

I remember when they were renamed Corn Pops from Sugar Pops. But I don’t remember Sugar Pops Pete.

I also vaguely remember a mascot named “Sugar Bear” but I don’t think he belonged to Corn Pops.

Politically incorrect? How about Candy Cigarettes?

[Grizzled Bear]

“Super Golden Crisp” was once “Sugar Crisp.”

Even Old New York, was once New Amsterdam.

[Tainan]

as a kid...eatin my breakfast...bowl of cereal...glass of milk...readin the box...figuring out how to get a new toy...

[Hunton Peck]

Heh. That must have been just after Perrier was introduced.

[dfwgator]

Why they changed it I can’t say / People just liked it better that way

[Army Air Corps]

Ah yes, I remember that one. Also, I recall The Pepsi Syndrome spoof of the China Syndrome.

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Alright, you're right about the bear, but he wasn't the mascot for Sugar Pops - he was the mascot for Super Sugar Crisp.

The frog was the mascot for Sugar Smacks.

I don't remember anybody but various cowboys for Sugar Pops.

[Army Air Corps]

Exactly!

[GatorGirl]

Check out Amazon.com. You can even get a Quisp Wacky Wobbler!!!

[Grizzled Bear]

Corn Pops also contain mono- and diglycerides, used to bind saturated fat, and BHT for freshness, which is also used in embalming fluid

So, if I ever need embalming fluid, I can distill it from Corn Pops. You never know when something like this might turn up on Jeapordy.

[andyk]

That strip was pure genius. :)

[Army Air Corps]

The last time I saw those was the late 1980s-early 1990s. Ah, those were the days.

[dfwgator]

Corn Pops also contain mono- and diglycerides, used to bind saturated fat, and BHT for freshness, which is also used in embalming fluid

Ingredients of Happy Fun Ball include an unknown glowing substance which fell to Earth, presumably from outer space.

Happy Fun Ball has been shipped to our troops in Saudi Arabia and is also being dropped by our warplanes on Iraq.

Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball.

[I see my hands]

Perhaps that's why I feel such a connection with my Bond Arms Snake Slayer.

These days if a kid drops his ABC blocks and they randomly spell "gun" the system comes crashing down on his head. There are seven images of guns on the box. LOL! I'm busting a gut!

[andyk]

Like "Cheese Nips"? Little yellow slanty-eyed crackers?

LOL, never occurred to me. Weird double entendre, though.

[Palladin]

Good one!

[I see my hands]

Finishing the cereal and then slurping the sweet milk left in the bowl.