Am battling an annoying cold/flu thing today, and passing the time by pondering what ever happened to Pepsi? One of the biggest soda brands on the planet - and it's disappeared from NZ shops entirely. I can't find it anywhere. Not that I especially want to, I don't actually drink soda, but it's just once I noticed it's gone I really wanted to know when and why. Did it not sell or was it phased out by the Evil Coke Empire? Did it fall or was it pushed?However, it can still be purchased at one last, loneliest outlet in NZ - KFC, which is really quite random.
So, does it matter that it's not for sale at dairies anywhere now? Not really, I just find it unnerving when food silently disappears and no one notices until a few years later. I got completely obsessed with Pebbles when they disappeared about ten years ago. I didn't actually want to eat them, I just wanted to know where they had gone. And then, lo and behold, they returned! I have no idea why, but now they're for sale everywhere. Which is fabulous - they're the only candy-coated chocolate sweet that comes in pink (M&Ms have a very limited colour range, and it features brown too much. Overuse of brown is inexcusable in my book).
Anyone remember Pacman chips? Chickadees? Caramilk? And of course, the newest member of the Extinct Food Tribe - Snifters, Sparkles and Tangy Fruits. You bet I'm obsessed with them. And that I bought as many packets I could when they were discontinued. Which, if I was the paranoid-conspiracy-theory-seeking-type, I would suggest was an crafty marketing ploy devised by some evil genius at Cadburys.
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