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

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

[grundle]

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.

[Army Air Corps]

That was one of my favourite parts of breakfast!

[5thGenTexan]

10. Nokia

What if Apple buys Nokia? They are cash flush and Nokia's phone patents would be a big win for Apple.

[Grizzled Bear]

:-D

[I see my hands]

Absolutely. And waiting until the cereal was gone before attacking the milk taught the disciplines of patience and delayed gratification. No surprise we're so wonderful. :)

[Harmless Teddy 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 is water and I don't exactly see people clinging in fear from it.

[MHGinTN]

It is the real reason I bought a five shot .22 magnum derringer when I got the chance. When I was almost a teen, my cousin and I made .22 short zip guns in the summer, to go frog hunting with. Out grew out Daisy BB guns. To this day I have an itching to made a single shot 20 gage zipgun.

[MHGinTN]

I’m so old that when I was in school my older brother who was in rifle club would bring his rifle and a box of fifty rounds on the school bus!

[Marie]

I’m a cocoa pebbles lover, m’self.

and apple jacks.

Lord, I love me some apple jacks...

[GATOR NAVY]

They are just a name, anyway; the original A&W was bought out by KFC, and now they have KFC and A&W in the same location in thousands of places.

That's the way it is here. Nothing like the A&W when I was a kid-a real drive-in with Papa Burgers, Mama Burgers and Baby Burgers. And the only place you could get real A&W root beer.

[Army Air Corps]

Also, learning the nuance of each cereal and the rate at which it sweetened milk.

[I see my hands]

That's chemistry!

[EDINVA]

I remember reading some years ago that the cereal aisle was the most profitable in supermarkets. I just can’t believe what a box of cereal costs today and am not willing to pay it. So we have eggs/waffles/pancakes/oatmeal/grits/french toast instead. MUCH cheaper

[Darnright]

No Sears? Who cares about MySpace. But no Sears?

[cynwoody]

How about the mouth lacerating ‘Captain Crunch’? Have you got the scars to prove your devotion to Captain Crunch?

Captain Crunch is most famous for a whistle they included in the box as a promotion back in the sixties. Its perfect pitch did a number on the world's long distance telephone system (this was before the telcos figured out that in-band signaling was not a good idea).

The cereal was formulated by Arthur D. Little, a Boston consulting company. Aunt Pam's cereal.

[ransomnote]

Wow - never heard the whistle angle before - I thought it was bad enough they made a cereal that made me bleed from the mouth...

[Army Air Corps]

The lacerations simply made it easier for you to absorb the nutrients into your bloodstream. :-)

[ransomnote]

The lacerations simply made it easier for you to absorb the nutrients into your bloodstream. :-)

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Finally, an explanation I could have wrapped my bleeding gums around! Slightly strange that I was ‘onboard’ with this ‘nutrient delivery system’ - it didn’t stop me from eating it! :0

[brityank]

Sears has been heading down since they quit selling their houses:

I read recently that in a ritzie neighborhood in the state of Maryland, a Sears and Roebuck home recently sold for $816,000.00. If you find that surprising, read on.

In a book by Rosemary Thornton entitled The Houses That Sears Built, Ms. Thornton says:

"Between 1908 - 1940, more than 75,000 Sears homes were built. Sears kit homes contained 30,000 pieces, including 750 pounds of mails, 27 gallons of paint, and a 75-page instruction book. Sears estimated that the average carpenter would charge $450 to assemble those 30,000 pieces of the house. The painter’s fee - $34.50. Other estimated skilled labor would cost $1.00 an hour. Prices for these build-it-yourself houses ranged from $147.00 to $6,000.00.

After selecting a house design from the Sears Modern Homes catalog, customers were asked to send in $1.00. By return mail, they received a bill of materials list and blueprints. When the buyer placed the actual order for the home building materials, the $1.00 sent in earlier was credited toward the purchase.

A few weeks after the order was placed, two boxcars containing 30,000 pieces would arrive at the nearest train depot. A 75-page leather-bound book was included that instructed the homeowners how to assemble those 30,000 pieces. The book also contained what could be referred to as a warning or probably some good advice: Do not take anyone’s advice as to how this building should be assembled."

-- Sears and Roebuck Mail Order Catalog Homes

Now where will we get our 'Craftsman Tools'?

[beaversmom]

I always liked Sugar Smacks. Sugar and violence--what could be better? This clown is a little creepy though--in a John Wayne Gacy kinda way.

[FrdmLvr]

Sugar Bear was on Post Sugar Pops. He sounded like Bing Crosby (you probably don’t know who he is, though - too young!)

Remember the chocolate cigarettes? Or the bubble gum cigars? You could blow on the candy cigarettes wrapped in paper and fine sugar would blow off to resemble smoke! The libs would be tearing their hair out if they had them today!