Well, yes. But I was trying to give you a heads-up, if you had a Cheerwine jones… 
I’ll take what I can get. Whenever I get a jones for real BBQ (Lexington style) it has to be washed down with either Cheerwine or RC.
I’ve also found Cheerwine at Cost Plus World Market occasionally.
World Market has all kinds of weird and wonderful things.
Canfield’s was a family owned Chicago brand of soft drinks probably best known for fudge flavored pop. Even as a sweet-seeking kid, I thiugh it was pretty bad. I remember teachers drinking cans of diet raspberry fudge in grade school. Looks like they were aquired by the Dr. Pepper folks.
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Silver Spring?
They come in different sizes, up to big ol’ quarter pounders:
After first trying them there a few years ago, I was pleased to find them around Chicagoland when I got home. A bag of Voodoo chips is a great party snack.
That could be interesting, but there are a huge number of stores that used to be or currently are US regional in nature. Gas stations, restaurants, and grocery stores come to mind quickly.
It doesn’t all have to be baked in the same bakery - it just needs to be the same recipe. There’s not one factory baking Wonderbread and sending it all over the country.
Dr. Enuf is a vitamin fortified soda sold in Northeast TN, Western NC, and Southwest VA. They tried to expand years ago, but that was a short-lived experiment. They can be gotten in the local soda section of Cracker Barrel as well (I’ve seen it as far afield as York, PA).
Used to be obtainable in Minnesota but since the comeback of specialty mustards, many which are made in the Midwest, Plochman’s seems to have gone missing.
My favorite of their products is the Kosciusko spicy brown mustard. It was the mustard I grew up with, and it still tastes great to me – easily my favorite brown mustard (and I’ve sampled a good bunch.) It’s got just the right mix of tang and mustard punch. There’s also a coarse version. My favorite plain yellow mustard is Plochman’s, but I use Weber’s yellow horseradish mustard as normal yellow mustard these days, so a jar each of Weber’s and Kosciusko keep me very happy.
Oh, I mentioned Jay’s above for potato chips. Vitner’s is another one here in Chicago. I live about an eighth of a mile away from them.
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It’s getting harder and harder to find, but Vess Soda continues to satisfy the thirst of St. Louisans who are either a) too cheap to buy even a store brand or b) too hip for the room.
OTOH, it does have its own statue.
Two of my favorites are Its-It ice cream sandwiches (ice cream between two oatmeal cookies dipped in dark chocolate) and See’s candies. Growing up in San Francisco meant I ate lots of both. They are both more widely available now, but not everywhere yet.
Chicago’s analogue would probably be Filbert’s. It’s almost impossible to find in stores, but I’ve seen it at hipster bars and restaurants, as well as down-market wedding halls. So, yeah, fits your description of Vess to a tee. (I bought some of their root beer to serve at our wedding, I confess. I kept all the beers local and one of the sodas.) It’s been awhile, but we’d go to the bottling facility to buy it directly:
Ack! See’s Candies were my mother’s favorite. She always made us go buy a bunch around the holidays so she could give boxes to her friends. I can’t stand the stuff myself. There are so many other, better chocolates available. But she was a traditionalist to the end and always had to have See’s.
Tastykake (especially Butterscotch Krimpets).
Herr’s (especially Herr’s Extra Thin Pretzels).
Habbersett Scrapple.
Pennsylvania Dutch Birch Beer.
For good measure buy them at a Wawa.
There was a brand of dipped chocolates from a factory in northern New England that sold boxes of rejects as “Nearregulars”. When my family went on vacation in New Hampshire, we always got some. They were cheap, and oh so nutritious. Can’t recall the brand - I think it was Cottage-Something.
Yes they are identical. When I temporarily moved to the West Coast I went crazy trying to find Hellman’s when I finally took note of Best Foods “branding”. I bought some and realized it was indeed Hellman’s.
(Cheerwine) We have it Maryland too.
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I just found TastyKakes at the grocery store! In Southern California!
In the words of Senex: “A thousand thanks, whichever one of you did this.”
It sounds weird, but try looking in hardware stores. Not the big box stores, but neighborhood hardware stores. I find lots of regional sodas there. I’m told that they are a huge hit locally and help increase sales.