Discontinued Foods Bracket: Ecto Cooler vs. Squeezeit Eick March 28, 2013 Discontinued Foods Bracket 1 Comment Voting on this match-up is now closed. Ecto Cooler (53%) edges Squeezeit (47%). Hi-C's Ecto Cooler was released in 1987 as a product tie-in with the cartoon series The Real Ghostbusters. It was discontinued...
Discontinued Foods Bracket: Fruitopia vs. Orbitz Eick March 28, 2013 Discontinued Foods Bracket 3 Comments Voting on this match-up is closed. Fruitopia (64%) defeats Orbitz (36%). Fruitopia was created by Coca-Cola in 1994 and was intended to compete with Snapple and other increasingly popular fruit flavored...
Discontinued Foods Bracket: Snapple Elements vs. Full Throttle Eick March 28, 2013 Discontinued Foods Bracket Voting on this match-up is closed. Snapple Elements (76%) crush Full Throttle (24%). Snapple Elements were released in 1999 to seemingly great success. The SVP for Snapple was quoted in 2000 as saying, "The...
Discontinued Foods Bracket: Jolt Cola vs. Pepsi Blue Eick March 27, 2013 Discontinued Foods Bracket 2 Comments Voting on this match-up is now closed. Jolt Cola (56%) edges Pepsi Blue (44%). Jolt Cola peaked in popularity in the '90s as one of the first high caffeine sodas. The company filed for bankruptcy in 2009. The...
Discontinued Foods Bracket: Mr. Pibb vs. Mtn Dew Pitch Black Eick March 27, 2013 Discontinued Foods Bracket 1 Comment Voting on this match-up is now closed. Mr. Pibb (66%) crushes Mtn Dew Pitch Black (34%). Mr. Pibb lives on, but only kind of, as Pibb Xtra, which "Pibbheads" (I may or may not have just made that word up)...
Discontinued Foods Bracket: Surge vs. Sprite Remix Eick March 27, 2013 Discontinued Foods Bracket 32 Comments Voting on this match-up is now closed. Surge (93%) absolutely destroys Sprite remix (7%). Surge was discontinued from can & bottle form in 2002, and fountains in 2003. Sprite Remix was discontinued in...
Discontinued Foods Bracket: Crystal Pepsi vs. Clearly Canadian Eick March 27, 2013 Discontinued Foods Bracket 3 Comments Voting on these match-ups is now closed. Crystal Pepsi (57%) defeats Clearly Canadian (43%). Two clear beverages. One long since deceased, the other a shell of its former self after a popularity surge in the...
Voting Issues on Discontinued Foods Bracket Eick March 26, 2013 Cool 4 Comments Hey all - we've been battling with some severe issues with our polling app for the last 24 hours. I'm attempting to rectify the problem and am switching to a new poll app which I'll be using to replace some of...
Discontinued Foods Bracket: Shark Bites vs. Twinkies Eick March 25, 2013 Discontinued Foods Bracket Voting on this match-up is closed. Twinkies (61%) defeat Shark Bites (39%). Remember Shark Bites? Surely you remember the only recently discontinued Twinkies. Which product did enjoy more? Miss the...
Discontinued Foods Bracket: Magic Middles vs. Apple Newtons Eick March 25, 2013 Discontinued Foods Bracket Voting on this match-up is now closed. Magic Middles (65%) defeat Apple Newtons (35%). Magic Middles or Apple Newtons? If you could bring one product back to the grocery store, which would it be? (Click...