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Why is Watchamacallit Called Watchamacallit?

March 7, 2018 by Lauren Dunn Leave a Comment

As a child, I’d often accompany my mom on her grocery store runs. Why? With the hope that we would stand in the check out aisle just long enough for me to convince her to buy me a candy bar. My odds weren’t great, I only succeeded about three times out of ten, but it gave me a lot of time to stare at each of the candy wrappers.

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Lauren Dunn
Lauren Dunn

Lauren Dunn is a contributor for Rewind and Capture. With a passion for food and wine she received a degree in agricultural journalism and has put this to use as a cellar apprentice from Italy to Sonoma. When she’s not in the vineyard she’s training for open water swims or catching a flick at the cinema.

Filed Under: How Food Brands Got Their Names Tagged With: chocolate bar

Why is Snapple Called Snapple?

March 3, 2018 by Lauren Dunn Leave a Comment

Real Fact #722: The peach was the first fruit to be eaten on the moon.

Since 2002, real fact #722, along with thousands of other “real facts,” can be found when you twist off a Snapple bottle cap. Yet, long before Snapple “real facts” became “disputed facts,” they were simply a juice company trying to join the natural food movement.

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Lauren Dunn
Lauren Dunn

Lauren Dunn is a contributor for Rewind and Capture. With a passion for food and wine she received a degree in agricultural journalism and has put this to use as a cellar apprentice from Italy to Sonoma. When she’s not in the vineyard she’s training for open water swims or catching a flick at the cinema.

Filed Under: How Food Brands Got Their Names

Why is Skippy Called Skippy?

March 3, 2018 by Lauren Dunn 1 Comment

For the British it’s Marmite, for Australians its Vegemite, but for Americans our spreadable of choice is peanut butter. Chunky, smooth, with honey, natural – no matter the style, we just can’t seem to get enough of it.

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Lauren Dunn
Lauren Dunn

Lauren Dunn is a contributor for Rewind and Capture. With a passion for food and wine she received a degree in agricultural journalism and has put this to use as a cellar apprentice from Italy to Sonoma. When she’s not in the vineyard she’s training for open water swims or catching a flick at the cinema.

Filed Under: How Food Brands Got Their Names Tagged With: peanut butter

Why is Pepsi Called Pepsi?

March 3, 2018 by Lauren Dunn Leave a Comment

Coke or Pepsi? A question that has dominated pop culture since the two rival soft drink companies began producing targeted advertisements in the 1970s. Although they’ve been competing since the dawn of the twentieth century, in 1975, Pepsi developed the ‘Pepsi Challenge,’ in which ordinary consumers would ask which drink they preferred in blind taste tests. But before the ‘Cola War’ began and the classic Michael Jackson commercial aired on TV sets across the U.S., Pepsi had humble beginnings.

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Lauren Dunn
Lauren Dunn

Lauren Dunn is a contributor for Rewind and Capture. With a passion for food and wine she received a degree in agricultural journalism and has put this to use as a cellar apprentice from Italy to Sonoma. When she’s not in the vineyard she’s training for open water swims or catching a flick at the cinema.

Filed Under: How Food Brands Got Their Names Tagged With: soda

Why is La Croix Called La Croix?

March 3, 2018 by Lauren Dunn Leave a Comment

You can’t escape this popular, fizzy drink. It’s stocked in company fridges, grocery stores pile the colorful cases at entrances, men and women all over the country are wearing ‘La Croix Over Boys’ shirts and people even dressed up as cans of La Croix for Halloween. Type in #livelacroix on Instagram and you’ll see what all the hype is about.

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Lauren Dunn
Lauren Dunn

Lauren Dunn is a contributor for Rewind and Capture. With a passion for food and wine she received a degree in agricultural journalism and has put this to use as a cellar apprentice from Italy to Sonoma. When she’s not in the vineyard she’s training for open water swims or catching a flick at the cinema.

Filed Under: How Food Brands Got Their Names

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