# 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:** 8\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2024, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spinoff-companies-that-retain-a-defunct-large-sompanys-name/1001350/61 "2024-05-15T04:02:49Z")
> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > Likewise Abercrombie & Fitch. That’s the one I was thinking of- made damn good but expensive fishing gear and clothing. Now it’s all overpriced cheap crap for teens. ---
**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 15, 2024, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spinoff-companies-that-retain-a-defunct-large-sompanys-name/1001350/62 "2024-05-15T04:25:25Z")
Funny to see this thread asking the same questions I found myself pondering 13 years ago. > [@Do kids these days still watch the Flintstones?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-kids-these-days-still-watch-the-flintstones/595156): > > In my current line of work as a grocery store clerk, I have lots of time in my day with which to ponder the mascots used on various food products. While restocking the cereal aisle today I was moving a bunch of cases of Cocoa Pebbles and Fruity Pebbles around, and I noticed how prominent Fred Flintstone is on the box. It occured to me that between that, and Flintstones vitamins, and Flintstones fruit snacks, that makes at least three kinds of products, targeted towards young kids, which use as t… ---
**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 15, 2024, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spinoff-companies-that-retain-a-defunct-large-sompanys-name/1001350/63 "2024-05-15T04:36:28Z")
> [@Si\_Amigo](#): > > 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. > [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > Likewise Abercrombie & Fitch. REI is showing signs of going the same way, and I really hope it doesn’t. > **[REI is evolving. And some don’t like the change they see](https://www.seattletimes.com/business/seattle-founded-rei-struggles-to-adapt-to-changing-retail-whats-next/)** > > Hit by fierce competition and fallen sales in recent years, the 86-year-old outdoor retailer's attempts to return to profitability have left some wondering if the company is losing its way. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2024, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spinoff-companies-that-retain-a-defunct-large-sompanys-name/1001350/64 "2024-05-15T04:56:02Z")
> [@furryman](#): > > Many years ago Securitas bought one of the last Pinkerton’s in America. They kept the name for years although I noticed the last time I looked it up it was called Securitas. Must be fairly recent - about five years ago, they were suing the makers of the video game Red Dead Redemption 2 for copyright infringement, for including historically accurate\* Pinkerton detectives in their wild west game. \*and by “historically accurate,” I of course mean, “morally repugnant.” ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2024, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spinoff-companies-that-retain-a-defunct-large-sompanys-name/1001350/65 "2024-05-15T21:34:11Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > \*and by “historically accurate,” I of course mean, “morally repugnant.” The Pinkertons are just another large PI agency. In the Civil war, they were spies for the Union- which is the exact opposite of morally repugnant. During the wild wet ere, they acted as kinda a national police force- which was badly needed. Later on yes, the Pinkertons- _and other companies_- were hired for Union busting. That is repugnant, but they were not alone. It was far worse when actual Law Enforcement agencies did the same. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spinoff-companies-that-retain-a-defunct-large-sompanys-name/1001350/66 "2024-05-16T15:05:02Z")
Hostess brands - Twinkies, Ding Dongs, CupCakes, Donettes, HoHo’s, Zingers, Wonder Bread, and whole lot more. > **[Interstate Bakeries](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_Bakeries)** > > Old HB, Inc., known as Hostess Brands from 2009 to 2013 and established in 1930 as Interstate Bakeries Corporation, was a wholesale baker and distributor of bakery products in the United States. Before its 2012 closure and liquidation, it owned the Hostess, Wonder Bread, Nature's Pride, Dolly Madison, Butternut Breads, and Drake's brands. > For many years the company was called Interstate Bakeries and based at 12 East Armour Boulevard, Kansas City, Missouri. In 2009, after it emerged from a 2004 b... ---
**Author:** ![Mk\_VII](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Mk\_VII](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mk_VII)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spinoff-companies-that-retain-a-defunct-large-sompanys-name/1001350/67 "2024-05-16T19:50:11Z")
British Leyland, in one of its several rebranded incarnations, shut down the MG Car Company because they didn’t know what to do with it. The current MG marque appears on Chinese-built cars which never went anywhere near Abingdon. ---
**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 16, 2024, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spinoff-companies-that-retain-a-defunct-large-sompanys-name/1001350/68 "2024-05-16T19:53:40Z")
… word is - this makes them the dependable cars they are today … 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spinoff-companies-that-retain-a-defunct-large-sompanys-name/1001350.md?page=3)