DYR Foods Ltd!

[Austin Maxi]

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Bacon flavour 'Football Crazy' crisps spring to mind.

I'd also like to add Fry's Five Centres, and Pyramints.

[matt]

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Oh yes, I'd forgotten...you uploaded that wonderful picture of a Weetabix Atlas. I think you are officially the DYR Weetabix go-to guy!

All the best,

Matthew

[Richard1978]

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My uncle used to work for Weetabix & he was party to a bit of inside knowledge.

[matt]

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Richard, thanks for the info. I really have very vague memories of this cereal...I assume the stuff made in France was part of the Chex brand now owned by General Mills.

Regards,

Matthew

[Richard1978]

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Chex were made in France & imported by Weetabix, though I think they might be American in origin.

When the French makers had money problems Weetabix was given the chance to buy factory, but decided against as the demand for Chex was too low.

[matt]

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Hi branny ,
I’m not a fan of the Pepsi sweetener version either nor am I a fan of the plethora of so-called ‘diet’ drinks these sweeteners have brought to the market. I have had Diet Coke once in my life and will never have ‘diet’ anything again. Apart from the major health-related controversy over sweeteners, the products made from them simply don’t taste anywhere near as good. Full of good old sugar and tasting great is the way the likes of Pepsi and Coke should be. If people are worried about their unhealthiness then they should just drink less of them.
Regards,
Matthew

[branny]

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Some ads I like to see back, Youngers bitter "I'd sail round world in titchy boat for taste of Scotch bitter on the throat". Rowntrees fruit pastilles "Impressive but I bet you can't put a RFP in your mouth without chewing it"

Foods, I agree with most already posted and would add KP wigwams, Pepsi from the 80s before they started using sweeteners, Barrs strike cola, Lager and lime lollies, arrow bars, hobo chews and cherry flavoured Star wars chews.

[matt]

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Hmmm, custard creams...now you are making me hungry. Anyways, here’s a few more from me:

Cartoonies – loved them...why did they stop making them?

Milk Teeth sweets - again, loved them but, apparently, they are no more.


Shreddies Hunger monster with those great ‘...keeps Hunger locked up till lunch’ ads. Sorry, but the current Granny ads are cringe worthy at best and stomach turning at worst.


Honey Nut Loops with Loopy’s ‘Honey Nut Loops...let’s loop together’ ads.


Weetabix Chex cereal with POGS promotion – strangely I have found virtually no references to this cereal online.


Walkers with Tazo’s promotion – yep, I loved my Tazo’s and POGS!


Four-finger Kit Kat: none of that plastic rubbish...foil and paper packaging all the way.


Sun Maid Raisin Bread: This might be one just for me but Sun Maid Raisins were a regular feature of my lunchbox growing up and I love their little box design as much now as I did then. We used to get their bread product quite often but nowadays the shops don’t seem to do it even though it is still listed on the manufacturer’s site.


Regards,

Matthew

[darren]

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Peek Freens biscuits were really nice. You could buy them in packs as well as the variety tins. My favourites were the nice ones! No other company can make a nice as tasty as Peek Freens (IMO)!!!!!

i remember them all tricky.
custard creams of theirs where hard to beat.
yes indeed they where my faves as well the nice ones.

[memoman]

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Coca-cola still exists in glass bottles.Pubs are still serving diet coke in them.But at rip off prices.

[stuckinthe80's]

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Peek Freens biscuits were really nice. You could buy them in packs as well as the variety tins. My favourites were the nice ones! No other company can make a nice as tasty as Peek Freens (IMO)!!!!!

[Trickyvee]

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they do still have the key with the tinned meats rich.

they have it corned beef.

hi tricky what sort of biscuits where peek freens.
om pretty certain they had no chocolate on them.

Peek Freans was a brand. They made all different types of biscuits and the ones I remember most were the variety tins. I can't remember them having chocolate ones though. It was mostly your custard cream, nice, jam ring type affair, but they did have a particular taste.

[Richard1978]

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My Mum kept a Peak Freans Family Circle tin around for years for storing cakes in.

[darren]

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You can still get tinned meats, though I'm not sure if they still have keys, these days many tins have ring pulls.

Crosse & Blackwell baked beans were dropped because they couldn't compete with loss leading beans, "we could sell tinned air at their prices"
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they do still have the key with the tinned meats rich.

they have it corned beef.

hi tricky what sort of biscuits where peek freens.
om pretty certain they had no chocolate on them.

[Trickyvee]

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You can still get tinned meats, though I'm not sure if they still have keys, these days many tins have ring pulls.

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I always though it funny that the ham came in those weird tear drop shaped tins. I think some of them still do, though I can't be sure of the key situation. My parents have bowed at the altar of Pek chopped pork for years. I was put off for life having had my fill of pek chopped pork sandwiches as a child. Never really liked it but their cupboards are still full of it today. I don't even know what chopped pork is.

Another thing I'd like back is tins of Peek Freans biscuits. Whatever happened to them? They've still got them in Canada. Treated myself to a packet of NICE-type Peek Freans biscuits when I was there and I was transported back to the good old days.