# 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:** 1\ **Showing post:** 62
**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… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spinoff-companies-that-retain-a-defunct-large-sompanys-name/1001350)._