Woolworth Christmas Ad 1980′s
Published December 22, 2011 | 
Woolworths Group plc was a listed British company that owned the high-street retail chain, Woolworths, as well as other brands such as the entertainment distributor Entertainment UK and book and resource distributor Bertram Books. The Woolworths store chain, which had more than 800 stores at its peak, was the main enterprise of the group, selling many goods and having its own LadyBird children’s clothing ranges, Chad Valley toys and the WorthIt! value ranges. The chain was the UK’s leading supplier of Candyking “pick ‘n’ mix” sweets. It was also sometimes referred to as “Woolies” by the UK media and the general public.
On 26 November 2008, the trading of shares in Woolworths Group plc was suspended and the Woolworths and Entertainment UK subsidiaries entered administration. Woolworths Group plc also entered administration on 27 January 2009. The administrators Deloitte & Touche closed all 807 Woolworths stores between 27 December 2008 and 6 January 2009 resulting in 27,000 job losses.
On 2 February 2009 it was announced that the Shop Direct Group had purchased the Woolworths and Ladybird names and these would survive as a brand within the internet based shopping company.
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Leave a comment1978 Rowntrees Fruit Gums
Published January 5, 2011 | 1978 Rowntrees Fruit Gums commercial
Rowntree’s Fruit Gums are circular sweets formerly made by Rowntree’s, who were later acquired by Nestlé. They appear in different colours, each with a different flavour: strawberry, orange, lemon, blackcurrant and lime. They are primarily composed of glucose syrup and fruit juices and are as a result similar to wine gums. In addition to the traditional roll packaging, they come in a larger volume box, that contains the sweets in the shape of the fruit or part of the fruit that the flavour represents.
An advertising campaign for the gums that ran for three years from 1958 included the slogan “Don’t Forget The Fruit Gums, Mum” invented by the copywriter Roger Musgrave [1929-2007].
Relative to other sweets and confectionary made by Nestlé the sweets are quite healthy in comparison as they have no artificial colours or flavours and are 25% real fruit juice.
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Posted in Food & Drink | 1970s, 70's, blackcurrant, confectionary, flavour, flavours, fruit gums, fruit juice, fruit juices, glucose syrup, Lime, musgrave, Nestle, Strawberry, sweets, wine gums | Leave a commentChewits
Published September 16, 2009 | 80′s advert for Chewits sweets.
Chewits are a British confectionery manufactured by the Leaf Corporation, and were originally launched in the UK in 1965. Chewits are a type of confectionery known as Taffy and come in a variety of flavours including Strawberry, Fruit Salad, Blackcurrant, rarer Orange, Lime and Lemon flavours and also come in an Xtremely Sour range. The limited edition of Ice Cream Chewits, that were released back in 1999, will also become part of the permanent range of flavours in the spring of 2009. Many people are happy about this.
Posted in Food & Drink | blackcurrant, chewits, Fruit Salad, Leaf Corporation, Lemon, Lime, orange, Strawberry, sweets, Taffy, Xtremely Sour | Leave a commentTUNES
Published August 27, 2009 | 80′s advert for Tunes menthol sweets.
Tunes is a brand of lozenge manufactured by The Wrigley Company in the UK. It is marketed as a cough sweet or anti-congestant lozenge, containing eucalyptus oil and menthol. It is a relative of the now discontinued Spangles brand, and shares the same packaging and dimensions of that brand. In the UK, Tunes no longer have the Spangles style packaging.
Posted in Food & Drink, Medical/Health | anti-congestant, anticongestant, cough, decongestant, eucalyptus oil, lozenge, sweets, tunes, wrigley company | Leave a commentPacers Mints
Published August 26, 2009 | 80′s advert for Pacers mints.
Pacers is a discontinued brand of popular mint flavoured confection.
Opal Mints were plain white coloured chewy spearmint flavoured sweets, launched as a sister product to Opal Fruits (now known as Starburst). The product was then relaunched as Pacers. Later, three diagonal green stripes were added to the sweet. The brand was discontinued in the 1980s.
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