And chocolate and ice cream are two products that have a close enough association that you might naturally expect a company that made one to be tempted to expand into the other. It’s not the same at all from wondering whether that energy drink company also makes electrical equipment.
Burlington Coat Factory stores used to (and maybe still do) have a disclaimer on their front doors saying that they were “Not related to Burlington Industries”.
Many years ago, there was a couple named Trump, and their long-standing grocery store was “Trump’s.” Guess who sued them . . . and won.
Edit: never mind, got distracted and forgot what the OP was actually asking for.
I was just watching this rather dreamy video of Bladerunner done in watercolor animation. I noticed that the Roy Batty was a model Nexus 6 and according to Wikipedia, and Rick Deckard may have been a Nexus 7!
Sun-gard is a brand of window tinting film.
Sungard is a software company.
And there’s a PCB layout file called a Gerber, not to mention Gerber routers.
I’ll see your Loews and raise you Lowes Foods.
Remember when the iPad came out, and the name was criticized for being confused with feminine hygiene products?
There is a weather forecasting service called Skynet which one of our local TV stations uses. And of course, there’s the Skynet from the Terminator movies.
Beware, people! Judgment Day is upon us!
And Loews Theatres, which still operates in many states even though the chain is now owned by AMC.
If you want to celebrate your daughter’s 21st birthday, make sure the Magnum you buy her is champagne, and not the extra-large condoms.
Would an icecream do?
Fannie May: Manufacturer of delicious chocolates, such as mint meltaways and trinidads.
Fannie Mae: A government-sponsored enterprise that primarily buys mortgages from lenders for cash or pools them and sells them as mortgage-backed securities to investors on the open market. Significantly less delicious.
I use an application called Nexus. It’s a file processor used in commercial printing.
Never heard of the ice cream one. Must be a lot more regional than the one that is synonymous with chocolate.
Lowes Foods made me think of Cisco (the maker of routers, among other computer equipment) and Sysco (industrial food supplier.) Also, there’s Costco (the well-known warehouse retailer) and Cosco, which seems to be some sort of shipper.
Kraft makes a line of cheeses named Cracker Barrel, and there’s also an old-timey down-home restaurant with the same name. I just read last week that the restaurant was trying to introduce a line of products at the grocery store, but Kraft successfully blocked them from doing it.
In our neighborhood it’s particularly bad since there’s a Lowes hardware store and a Lowes Foods grocery store in the same plaza. After a couple missed connections we’ve learned to be very explicit when referring to them.