Food & Drink
General food & drink ads from the 80′s
Lyons Tea circa 1983
Published December 27, 2011 | 
1902-1999
Lyons Tea is one of Ireland’s biggest and best-loved brands. Anyone on the island of Ireland over the last few decades knows the jingle ‘Extra quality, Extra flavour, Lyons the Quality Tea’ unless you were hiding under a rock.
Our other claim to fame is introducing Ireland to the first ever pyramid-shaped tea bag! Generations of Irish families have grown up with Lyons Tea. For them it will always be entwined with their memories of home and homecoming
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Leave a commentCoca-Cola 70′s Christmas Hilltop Commercial
Published December 24, 2011 | 
Coca Cola Christmas Hilltop “I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing” TV Commercial.
Coca-Cola is a carbonated soft drink sold in stores, restaurants, and vending machines in more than 200 countries. It is produced by The Coca-Cola Company of Atlanta, Georgia, and is often referred to simply as Coke (a registered trademark of The Coca-Cola Company in the United States since March 27, 1944). Originally intended as a patent medicine when it was invented in the late 19th century by John Pemberton, Coca-Cola was bought out by businessman Asa Griggs Candler, whose marketing tactics led Coke to its dominance of the world soft-drink market throughout the 20th century.
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Published June 23, 2011 | 
Monster Munch is a baked corn snack available in the United Kingdom and Poland, produced by Prime Enterprises trading as Walkers.
Although the snack is largely aimed at children, it is enjoyed widely by people of all ages.
Monster Munch was launched in Britain in 1977 by Smiths. Originally called “The Prime Monster” (a play on “The Prime Minister”, and as part of a wider campaign), the decision was taken to rename the snack “Monster Munch” in 1978. Advertised as “The Biggest Snack Pennies Can Buy” – in reference to the large size of the crisps – each pack featured a different monster on the front of the packet. There was even a “Monster Munch Club” available, whose members received a “Monster Munch Munchers” membership pack which included a membership card, pen, several story books, and a story tape which included six “tall stories” and accompanying songs.
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Posted in Food & Drink | baked corn, corn snack, crisps, membership pack, monster, monster munch, munchers, smiths, walkers | Leave a comment1978 Revels
Published June 22, 2011 | 
1978 Revels commercial
Originally, Revels had orange creme, coconut, toffee, or peanut centres, along with Galaxy Counters (Minstrels minus exterior shell) and Maltesers. However, the coconut centres were later replaced with coffee creme, and the peanuts with raisins.
Galaxy Counters were initially available as a product in their own right, but since their discontinuation they were only sold as part of the Revels selection. In 2010, however, Galaxy Counters were relaunched under the Galaxy brand.
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Posted in Chocolate, Food & Drink | Chocolate, coconut, coffee, exterior shell, galaxy, maltesers, minstrels, orange, peanuts, relels, revels, toffee | Leave a comment1978 PG Tips
Published June 21, 2011 | 
In the 1930s Arthur Brooke of Brooke Bond launched PG Tips in the UK tea market under the name of Pre-Gest-Tee. The name implied that the tea could be drunk prior to food being digested. Grocers abbreviated it to PG. After the Second World War, labelling regulations ruled out describing tea as aiding digestion—a property previously attributed to tea—and by 1950/1 the PG name was officially adopted. The company added “Tips” referring to the fact that only the tips (the top two leaves and bud) of the tea plants are used in the blend.
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