# Spinoff companies that retain a defunct large sompany's name **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 10, 2024, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spinoff-companies-that-retain-a-defunct-large-sompanys-name/1001350 "2024-05-10T11:29:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2024, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spinoff-companies-that-retain-a-defunct-large-sompanys-name/1001350/41 "2024-05-14T03:34:17Z")
The Swanson brand, of TV dinner fame, is owned by Campbell’s, but they spun off the frozen dinner business in 1998 to the company that is now Pinnacle Foods. Pinnacle eventually phased the Swanson name out in favor of Hungry Man, but they still use the name for pot pies, while Campbell’s retains the rights to use the Swanson name for broths and gravies. ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2024, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spinoff-companies-that-retain-a-defunct-large-sompanys-name/1001350/42 "2024-05-14T10:16:52Z")
Not exactly the same thing but I always found it funny that The Flintstones was a 60s TV show that last had any real relevance in the 90s and hasn’t had any major cultural products hit big since then and is now best known as a brand of chewable vitamins where the majority of its consumers are too young to have any awareness that it was ever a TV show in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2024, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spinoff-companies-that-retain-a-defunct-large-sompanys-name/1001350/43 "2024-05-14T10:22:06Z")
Off topic, but I think that Fruity Pebbles is still around. This may deserve its own thread. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2024, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spinoff-companies-that-retain-a-defunct-large-sompanys-name/1001350/44 "2024-05-14T13:20:41Z")
Yes, Fruity Pebbles, Cocoa Pebbles, and even Berry Pebbles; I saw them all yesterday. That’s why I mentioned them in this thread; sugary cereals aimed at children, with mascots that no one under 50 will recognize. And they’re Post, not Kellogg’s. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2024, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spinoff-companies-that-retain-a-defunct-large-sompanys-name/1001350/45 "2024-05-14T13:32:45Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > sugary cereals aimed at children, with mascots that no one under 50 will recognize Under **50?!** Under 30, perhaps. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2024, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spinoff-companies-that-retain-a-defunct-large-sompanys-name/1001350/46 "2024-05-14T13:43:38Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I don’t know if Flintstones Vitamins are still around. I looked for them a few years ago without success, but wasn’t super dilligent about it. Still around. Available either in chewable tablets, or as gummies. Walmart, Walgreens, and Target all carry them. They were originally made by Miles Laboratories, which was bought out by Bayer. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2024, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spinoff-companies-that-retain-a-defunct-large-sompanys-name/1001350/47 "2024-05-14T13:45:56Z")
I’m 58, and I remember seeing episodes of _The Flintstones_ when I was a kid, but they were reruns even then. Seems as though they were gone from the airwaves by about when i was in high school. Interesting question; how old do you have to be to recognize Fred and Barney? ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2024, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spinoff-companies-that-retain-a-defunct-large-sompanys-name/1001350/48 "2024-05-14T19:56:54Z")
I’m 43 and have watched a large number of hours of the Flintstones. I don’t know about my kids’ familiarity though, I’ll have to ask; I would assume they would have knowledge through cultural osmosis at least… But I don’t recall ever watching any Flintstones episodes with them. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2024, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spinoff-companies-that-retain-a-defunct-large-sompanys-name/1001350/49 "2024-05-14T20:44:42Z")
I’m 44 and I definitely remember watching _Flintstones_ reruns as a kid (I probably wasn’t even aware that they were reruns at the time; it was the first time _I_ had seen them). I also remember in the early 1990s Hardee’s had a promotional tie-in to celebrate _The Flintstones_ turning 30. They had collectible glasses depicting different milestones in the show, like the birth of Bam-Bam. I think each glass was a few dollars with purchase of a meal, and they had a different one each week. I’m pretty sure my parents still have a few of them. So it seems like _The Flintstones_ were still culturally relevant into 90s. Come to think of it, wasn’t there a live action _Flintstones_ movie in the late 1990s? _Checks Google_[Yes, there was](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109813/) (although it was actually slightly longer ago than I remembered). It’s got a terrible rating on Rotten Tomatoes. ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2024, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spinoff-companies-that-retain-a-defunct-large-sompanys-name/1001350/50 "2024-05-14T21:05:32Z")
The Sears Catalog permanently shut its doors in 1993, but Sears licensed the name, and brochures called the Sears Catalog continued to appear in people’s mailboxes for years afterwards. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2024, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spinoff-companies-that-retain-a-defunct-large-sompanys-name/1001350/51 "2024-05-14T21:09:08Z")
I guess _The Flintstones_ ran loner than I thought. I’d forgotten there were live-action movies, too. I stand corrected; been doing that a lot lately. > [@WildaBeast](#): > > They had collectible glasses depicting different milestones in the show, like the birth of Bam-Bam. Wasn’t Bam-Bam left on the Rubbles’ porch when Betty was jealous of Wilma having a baby? Dear God, why do I remember that? I just checked, and he was left on their doorstep. Apparently the correct spelling is “Bamm-Bamm”. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2024, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spinoff-companies-that-retain-a-defunct-large-sompanys-name/1001350/52 "2024-05-14T21:25:32Z")
You’re right. It looks like the [four glasses](https://www.etsy.com/listing/1259757423/hardees-hanna-barbera-the-flintstones) were: - “Snorkasaurus Story” – The first appearance of Dino. - “Blessed Event” – The birth of Pebbles. - “Little Bamm-Bamm” – Bamm-Bamm gets left on the Rubbles’ doorstep. - “Going to the Drive-In” – Depicts the drive-in from the credits. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2024, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spinoff-companies-that-retain-a-defunct-large-sompanys-name/1001350/53 "2024-05-14T21:49:21Z")
> [@Si\_Amigo](#): > > Chrysler, Jeep and Fiat, along with many other brands are now part of Stellantis. Jeeps havent been made by Jeep- aka Willys/Overland since 1970. AMC bought them out, and like you said now Stellantis. I cant remember that name- but there are two fashion stores for young adults- one started as surplus and the other as high end fishing gear. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2024, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spinoff-companies-that-retain-a-defunct-large-sompanys-name/1001350/54 "2024-05-14T21:55:36Z")
American Eagle used to be an outdoor store. I remember when it changed over to a fashion brand store for teens and twenty somethings, I was pissed. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2024, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spinoff-companies-that-retain-a-defunct-large-sompanys-name/1001350/55 "2024-05-14T22:25:54Z")
Likewise Abercrombie & Fitch. ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2024, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spinoff-companies-that-retain-a-defunct-large-sompanys-name/1001350/56 "2024-05-14T23:56:02Z")
> [@Si\_Amigo](#): > > Many of the big name audio speaker brands are owned by other companies such as [Hardon Karman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harman_International#:~:text=Harman%20markets%20its%20products%20under,Martin%2C%20Revel%2C%20and%20Soundcraft.) (BTW now Harmon International) and Panasoninc (Fender and Klispch). Also, the Beats brand is now owned by Apple. speaking of which … Nakamichi is no longer the great high-end audio company it once was … Neither is Onkyo And IIRC, Nokia has little to nothing to do with Nokia from 20 years ago ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2024, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spinoff-companies-that-retain-a-defunct-large-sompanys-name/1001350/57 "2024-05-15T00:07:18Z")
Montgomery Ward started off as a strictly catalogue business before moving into brick & mortar locations. It was an anchor store of the prototypical American mall for decades. However, the decline of the mall, plus the decline of brick & mortar retail, has spelled doom for the company and now they exist more or less in name only as an online retailer. Sort of the pixels-on-a-screen version of the ink-and-paper catalogue that started the whole thing. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2024, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spinoff-companies-that-retain-a-defunct-large-sompanys-name/1001350/58 "2024-05-15T02:13:56Z")
Bed Bath & Beyond did more than spin off; it spun right into bankruptcy. The company was then bought by [Overstock.com](http://Overstock.com), which immediately changed its company name and website to Bed Bath and Beyond. Less than two months later, the company changed its name to “Beyond, Inc.” but kept the BB&B website. Five months after that, it revived [Overstock.com](http://Overstock.com) website, with different merchandise than BB&B. ---
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MeTV shows Flintstones on Sunday mornings, check your local listings. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2024, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spinoff-companies-that-retain-a-defunct-large-sompanys-name/1001350/60 "2024-05-15T03:06:23Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > Accenture was spun off from Anderson Consulting, and then AC blew up in either the Enron or MCI accounting scandals, maybe both. > > Maybe that’s not in the spirit of the OP? Not quite. Andersen (note the second ‘e’) Consulting was a subsidiary of Arthur Andersen, LLP (AALLP) - one of the original “Big 5” accounting firms. _Before_ the Enron event became public, Andersen Consulting split from Arthur Andersen in a particularly nasty divorce and renamed itself Accenture. AALLP then collapsed in the wake of the Enron and WorldCom scandals (although interestingly, all of its convictions were later overturned). Andersen is now sort of back as Andersen Tax, but is a result of former partners buying the name to brand a firm they founded after the collapse, not as a direct descendant. My best friend in college worked for AC and was there during the divorce. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spinoff-companies-that-retain-a-defunct-large-sompanys-name/1001350.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spinoff-companies-that-retain-a-defunct-large-sompanys-name/1001350.md?page=4)