There are many great bagged teas that arent Liptons.
Orvis is one, and I like Orvis as their sizing is true. If i order what i have found to be “my size” from Orvis- it fits. Period. And they wear like iron. So does Carhartt- their pocket T-shirts are a MUST!
Oh…this is light-weight! For me it is a common occurrence. I am pretty sure someone follows me around grocery stores and records what I buy and deliberately stops carrying the item or tells the manufacturer not to make it anymore. I have had this occur way too often (to be my imagination) and as a result I read package labels and pretty much figure out how to “clone” certain products or find a work-around with another product. It has happened with brands of sausages, types of mustard, little candied ginger pieces similar to the candied citrus peel and fruits used for baking, Maya-Maize Popcorn seasoning, Patak’s Tandoori Paste and various Sherwoods chutney flavours. Usually these discontinuations occur when I have developed a recipe that relies on the ingredient as part of the flavouring. Very very annoying.
Yes, Patak’s makes a Tandoori marinade, but it is wetter (not paste-like) and has artificial/chemical colour in it when it has been proven that paprika extract is not harmful to humans (I’m still working on a substitute paste.). I think this was a money-grab move on the part of Patak’s company where they use cheaper ingredients and use less of them and more water in the mix, also probably the reason why you will find Xanthan Gum in just about everything (Not helpful if xanthan gum makes one itchy.) to thicken the product so they can use less ingredients. Sherwood’s Chutney have dispensed with the usual products and now the stores only carry one flavour in “puréed” or “chunky” forms.
The “product mix” that stores use is designed to make them more money, make more space for other products when stores attempt to diversify their product mix and often leads to less choices and more annoyance for the consumer.
Don’t get me started about eyeshadow and lipstick colours, especially when that horrible shade “China Blue Frost” eyeshadow that came out in the 70’s was still purchasable right into the late 80’s. I have to stock up on lip-liners and eye-liners when I find colours I like.
My husband also does not understand why I buy clothing and other household products in pairs…(cheaper stuff, not appliances).
You gotta get with @SuntanLotion . She knows all about this.
Enell bras are another one. They make sports bras and comfortable everyday bras for the well-endowed. I have tried other bras and they just don’t work for me. So I’ve just been getting these for years. Anyone with a hefty chest can tell you that sports bras are generally worthless. They make them custom, too. And they last a long time if you take good care of them.
When I think about discontinued stuff that I used to love it’s usually food items. The local supermarket used to have a store brand of potato salad that was quite decent, and additionally, the small tight-lidded container was perfect for freezing leftover pasta sauce. Now all they have is crap. The only way to get decent potato salad is to make it myself.
Stouffer’s used to make reasonably good frozen convenience foods and I guess they still do, but in their wisdom the Nestle company decided to stop distributing them in Canada. So now for a quick emergency meal I rely on Swanson TV dinners, but only a few types – fried chicken, salisbury steak, and sometimes turkey with stuffing. And for when I have beans, I’d be screwed without Bush’s Homestyle along with Bullseye hickory smoke barbecue sauce.
Back when I used to go wilderness camping, the sort of expedition where you and a friend paddled a canoe across lakes, and then carried the canoe and all your supplies across a portage over to the next lake, compactness and minimal weight was essential. At that time, some company (I cannot remember the brand) made prepared meals packaged in foil pouches. They were like canned food but without the can, and didn’t require refrigeration. I seem to recall them being quite tasty, but then, everything is tasty out in the wilderness when you’re exhausted and hungry! I don’t know why they were discontinued but they were a real godsend at the time for camping.
One other thing. I love Coke Zero in the small 300 ml plastic bottles, which I drink straight out of the bottle. For some reason they’re about twice as expensive per unit of Coke as the cans, but I don’t care because the convenience and taste is well worth it. I’d really be screwed if it was discontinued, which it might be because the Coca Cola company is always changing stuff, sometimes apparently just for the sake of change (remember the disaster of the New Coke?). The local supermarket is sometimes out of stock and it really pisses me off.
The Committee.
Thats their mission.
Honey and Coffee
Bees are dying and no one knows the exact cause.
Coffee prices surged last year.
Life would be dismal without my cup of Joe Honey is my preferred sweetener in many recipes.
I think you might have mini ranted once about the end of Stouffer’s battered fish with Mac and cheese dinners and I fully endorse that lament. I can’t find them anywhere. Stouffer’s has the best Mac and cheese. But it pairs better with the fish.
I think you may be confusing several different rants. I don’t recall ever seeing or buying Stouffer’s battered fish. They may have good mac & cheese but I have several good sources for that, both store-made (from a local supermarket) and commercially made (Reser’s Main St. Bistro baked mac & cheese). Beer-battered fish I use to make fish & chips. What I raved about recently was boneless chicken breasts in a Texas marinade that was a great complement to baked mac & cheese.
I rant and rave about a lot of things so it’s easy to get confused! 
ETA: As my memory sucks, too, I had to modify the above. Main St. Bistro baked mac & cheese, which is very good, is NOT frozen, it’s a refrigerated product.
Well, my memory sucks. I’ll just add my rant to yours then.
I loved the banquet mexican dinner!
Crocs might not “wear out”, but once the tread is gone they’re dangerous on wet surfaces.
They are also dangerous with any tread when wet- because your feet slip around.
Since we’re talking about food, my kid has a feeding disorder and is really restricted in what he eats. We found this brand called Kodiak that infuses everything with protein. A lifesaver. There were bear bites crackers and chocolate waffles.
First they took the bear bites. The problem is, after my son drops a food, he doesn’t really replace it with anything else. It just further restricts his diet. So we were running around trying to find a suitable bear bites replacement.
Then they took the protein waffles. There was a listeria outbreak that shut down production for months and months and months. Then we finally got them back, but after not eating them for so long, my son became intensely suspicious of them, claiming that they have bubbles or aren’t cooked right or have the wrong shape, so he won’t eat them. He wasted so many we had to stop serving them.
Why, Kodiak? Why?
I first heard of Kodiak here on the SDMB:
Ha! They are pretty good even if you’re a woman. I like them with peanut butter.
Yeah, that was gold. As good as anything ever posted here. I laugh every time I see them in the store.
Gotta walk careful.
I wonder….hmm? lemme make an experiment with a pair of crocs. I’ll be back….
Ok. I’ve determined on the evening dew dampened garage floor the slippiest thing are my Rubber ducky boots. Tennis shoes(Vans) and old Crocs are not near as bad.
One trick, wear socks with your crocs. (Of course the Lil’wrekker will never speak to you if she sees it) Less slippage inside the shoe.
So don’t disparage unless you walk a mile in my Crocs. 
I feel that way about L. L. Bean’s Perfect Fit Pants. I actually ordered two pairs earlier this evening.