# Supermarket items you miss **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 11, 2005, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-items-you-miss/312013 "2005-07-11T16:35:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-items-you-miss/312013/21 "2005-07-11T18:27:17Z")
Pop Shoppe drinks. Our local supermarket had an outlet/partnership with the Pop Shoppe. You could get racks of pint-sized glass bottles of soda in a zillion flavors (blueberry, bubblegum, chocolate, et al) ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-items-you-miss/312013/22 "2005-07-11T18:29:56Z")
The people who continue to bring you “Pop Tarts”, also had a product called “Danish Go-Rounds”, (in the 70’s) which were basically double-thickness poptarts in a round edged shape. There was a catchy little tune in their commercial too. I also loved Quake cereal and I hated Quisp! ---
**Author:** ![FaerieBeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@FaerieBeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FaerieBeth)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-items-you-miss/312013/23 "2005-07-11T18:30:22Z")
I occasionally wish for the return of saltine crackers that are not in a sleeve of single crackers, but in that sheet of four crackers hooked together. ---
**Author:** ![Fringe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b5a626/32.png) [@Fringe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fringe)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-items-you-miss/312013/24 "2005-07-11T18:39:46Z")
> [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#): > > Super Mario Bros/Legend of Zelda breakfast cereal. Og bless you for that, **Big Bad Voodoo Lou**. I loved that stuff when I was a little one. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Goob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c77e96/32.png) [@Mr.Goob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Goob)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-items-you-miss/312013/25 "2005-07-11T18:40:05Z")
Quisp cereal is my long lost item. > [@GargoyleWB](#): > > Pop Shoppe drinks. > > Our local supermarket had an outlet/partnership with the Pop Shoppe. You could get racks of pint-sized glass bottles of soda in a zillion flavors (blueberry, bubblegum, chocolate, et al) Gasp, I’d forgotten all about this, wow. ---
**Author:** ![Hyperelastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Hyperelastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hyperelastic)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-items-you-miss/312013/26 "2005-07-11T18:44:43Z")
Jell-O Pudding Pops are back and they taste just like I remember them. Green River soda is available at Bristol Farms in Southern CA. However, chocolate fudge Pop Tarts are, as far as I can tell, gone. They’ve been gone from the shelves around here for months. I used to eat the damn things for breakfast every single day. ---
**Author:** ![nonacetone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonacetone/32/2819_2.png) [@nonacetone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonacetone)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-items-you-miss/312013/27 "2005-07-11T18:50:42Z")
Wheat Nuts! I can’t find them in the stores anymore, but I did find a place online where you can get all sorts of good stuff that you can’t find in stores anymore: [http://www.hometownfavorites.com/btwgb.html](http://www.hometownfavorites.com/btwgb.html) ---
**Author:** ![nonacetone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonacetone/32/2819_2.png) [@nonacetone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonacetone)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-items-you-miss/312013/28 "2005-07-11T18:57:12Z")
Sorry. Here’s a better link that’s easier: [http://www.hometownfavorites.com/shop/htfg.asp](http://www.hometownfavorites.com/shop/htfg.asp) ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-items-you-miss/312013/29 "2005-07-11T19:00:40Z")
> [@Mr. Goob](#): > > Quisp cereal is my long lost item. Yea, though now it is [found](http://www.quisp.com/index.html) Sorry, no Quake, though. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-items-you-miss/312013/30 "2005-07-11T19:18:09Z")
Rollercoasters. Every time I walk past the Chef Boyardee aisle I look for them, just in case they’ve come back, but so far they have not. ☹ I also can’t seem to find no-salt-added Utz potato chips anymore (a brand only available in the mid-Atlantic states). They still make 'em (I could order them on line right from Utz), but I used to be able to find them on the grocery store shelves with no problem. And if any other brand of chips comes in a “no salt” variety, I haven’t seen it! > [@psycat90](#): > > Jell-o Pudding Pops. > [@Ms Boods](#): > > Carnation Breakfast Bars. I’ll second those! > [@Hyperelastic](#): > > However, chocolate fudge Pop Tarts are, as far as I can tell, gone. They’ve been gone from the shelves around here for months. I used to eat the damn things for breakfast every single day. They’re definitely still sold around here. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-items-you-miss/312013/31 "2005-07-11T19:23:47Z")
Hamburger Helper “Swedish Meatballs”…was actually quite good, just the right amont of spices and really easy to make - although you had to roll the hamburger into, well, meatballs. That is probably why it has disappeared. Too much work to roll. ---
**Author:** ![meanoldman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@meanoldman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meanoldman)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-items-you-miss/312013/32 "2005-07-11T19:28:48Z")
I second the OP’s mention of **HEYDAY** bars. Though my expanding gut would have reached critical mass by now if they were still readily and easily available. Also miss (at least around here) the Zagnut candy bar. How about missing the -smell- of an old time market? Even some of the older supermarkets (as opposed to open markets or farmer’s markets), you could smell earthy stuff in the produce aisles. It was good. ---
**Author:** ![badbadrubberpiggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@badbadrubberpiggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badbadrubberpiggy)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-items-you-miss/312013/33 "2005-07-11T19:40:01Z")
> [@belladonna](#): > > As for stuff I miss, I think I might be the only person on the planet who actually liked the 1-2-3 Jello. You’re not, but it is entirely possible that we are the only TWO people on the planet who liked it. Man, I miss that stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Jinks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d9b06d/32.png) [@Jinks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinks)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-items-you-miss/312013/34 "2005-07-11T19:48:11Z")
\*_Root Beer_ I have no idea which brand they used to sell over here but it all sales halted years ago now. They got me addicted and then took it away. Bastards. Now the only decent brand i can find over here is Barqs at approx. £1 a (350ml) can with £5 delivery! Or i can go to London (The Canada Shop) and pick them up myself. Bah. And what’s worse is that a supermarket nearby (Sainsburys) used to sell some barely drinkable stuff (which, naturally, i still drank), which they have now ‘new and improved’ into something even my dog would turn it’s nose up to. Bah. Damn you Americans and your soft drinks! ---
**Author:** ![Jinks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d9b06d/32.png) [@Jinks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinks)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-items-you-miss/312013/35 "2005-07-11T19:51:07Z")
Gah, :smack: stupid, :smack: idiotic, :smack: mistake. ---
**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-items-you-miss/312013/36 "2005-07-11T19:54:05Z")
> [@Anne Neville](#): > > There was a s’mores cereal back in the 1980s that I miss. OMG! I thought I was the only person who remembered that! I’ll bring it up and no one ever knows what I’m talking about. You just made my day. Hey does anyone else remember **Dunkin Donuts** cereal? ---
**Author:** ![belladonna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@belladonna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/belladonna)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-items-you-miss/312013/37 "2005-07-11T20:16:51Z")
Weren’t they pretty much tan froot loops with little colored confetti bits stuck to them? If so, yes I remember them. If not–what the hell were those things? And **rubberpiggy** – About 7-8 years ago now I found some 1-2-3 Jello at a Big Lots. The packaging was all in Japanese (I think). I bought a whole bunch of it and have two brave survivors still sitting in my cabinet. I’ll send you one if you’d like. ---
**Author:** ![Ashes\_Ashes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@Ashes\_Ashes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashes_Ashes)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-items-you-miss/312013/38 "2005-07-11T20:21:18Z")
Graham Chex was the best cereal and nothing else with graham in the name can hold a candle to it’s crispy goodness. Callard and Bowser used to make a dessert nougat that I really liked. It was a little like torrone. They stopped making it and so there’s no reason to go down the candy aisle anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Gaudere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-items-you-miss/312013/39 "2005-07-11T20:25:21Z")
Peanut Butter Boppers. Just cylinders of peanut butter with sweet rice crispies on the outside. Probably about a zillion calories apiece. ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-items-you-miss/312013/40 "2005-07-11T20:26:29Z")
Another one: \*\*PDQ drink mixes. \*\* They were sort of like Ovaltine, big granules to be mixed with milk, and they came in Chocolate, Strawberry, and Egg Nog flavors. Yummy stuff. Especially sprinkled on ice cream. I miss a lot of stuff that I can’t get on this side of the country, mainly Goya products, but other misc. things like Parmalat milk, Carvel ice cream cakes, and Sabrett hot dogs, to name just a few. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-items-you-miss/312013.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-items-you-miss/312013.md?page=3)