Other products that are not as good as they once were!

[joeekaitis]

''Affordable pyroceram that is new. The stuff from G

 

 

 

That's why I wait for the "Buy 2, Save 50%" and "All Open Stock CorningWare and VISIONS 50% Off" sales at the CorningWare Corelle and More store.  They usually have Pyroceram and VISIONS pieces that aren't sold online.  I think the current vitroceramic products are made by ARC International because they're all made in France.

 

[petek]

Is it just me or is Heinz ketchup not at all as thick as it used to be? Even accounting for it being in a squeeze bottle I think it's gotten thinner.

The same goes for HP sauce, not to common in the states but very common here in Canada. It was made here around Niagara Falls for decades but about 2 years ago they closed that plant and it now comes from the US and it's noticeably thinner as well.

Pot of Gold chocolates. They were a Canadian company called Moirs Pot of Gold at one time and had great boxed chocolates. Less than 10 years ago they were bought out by Hershey after Nabisco owned them for a while and the brand Pot Of Gold is now widely distributed in the USA and the chocolates are now tiny and waxy and almost tasteless. Nothing at all like they once were

 

[joeekaitis]

 

 

Peter Paul Almond Joy bars originally had 3 whole almonds on each half.  They cut it to 2 and never went back.

 

The original Mars Almond Bar bragged about "6 big California almonds in every bar". Over time, they reduced the number of almonds to 4, then reformulated it with chopped almonds blended into the nougat and renamed it the Mars Bar.

 

[lordkenmore]

"Is it just me or is Heinz ketchup not at all as thick as it used to be? Even accounting for it being in a squeeze bottle I think it's gotten thinner."

I haven't had Heinz experience in years, so I have no idea about how thick it is. But I have bypassed buying it since it appears that they have started using HFCS. I haven't compared recently, but this did seem to be the case within the last year or so. At one point, I think they were selling a limited time replica of their old bottle, complete with the new formula. Sort of like putting "new wine in old skins."

 

[lordkenmore]

One huge change that has hit a number of products that I don't like is the use of high fructose corn syrup in everything. I hate this--there are accounts that a product may not taste as good (like Coke). And I'm concerned about the health risks (which is why I avoid it as much as I can). Shopping for HFCS free products has become difficult and even impossible at times.

 

[58limited]

I miss TV dinners in aluminum trays. I don't like the plastic trays they have now, but I know they do it so the dinner can be microwaved

 

[hydralique]

Spray Starch . . .

Lately I've notice that Faultless spray starch is anything but faultless: it spits and pops and leaves spots on my dress shirts, sometimes to the point that I have to rewash a shirt. I expect this from off-brand starches but not Faultless. I guess I'm going to start buying Niagara and hope they've kept their quality up.

 

[launderess]

Coke Cola

Soda pop is still sold made with pure cane sugar instead of HFCS. IIRC only one or two bottlers in the entire USA produce and it's very difficult to find in many areas of the United States. However it usually more easily found around the Jewish High Holy days as it's Kosher for Passover.

There was an article about this in the New York Times about a year or so ago. They also told of a man who drives from NYC down to wherever the stuff is bottled and buys tons of the stuff. Oh, he returns his empties back to that place as well as I think they still have Coke in glass bottles as well.

Now *THAT* is something one misses; ice cold soda pop in glass bottles.

 

[laundryboy]

I miss YES and SOLO detergent and Lavender Sachet fabric softener..

 

[coldspot]

Here is the meatloaf in sauce yummy. They changed it to gravy around 1994. All tv dinners that had a meatloaf had the tomato sauce in them. I gave a call to one of the companys that still make them and was told taste change and to save money they switched to nasty brown gravy.

http://www.theimaginaryworld.com/tvdin10.jpg

 

[coldspot]

I am not the only one to think it is now just Salisbury steak woth meatloaf stamped on the new box screw the tv dinner company's. lol

http://www.inthe00s.com/archive/inthe80s/smf/1107832150.shtml

 

[coldspot]

'Now I want a tv dinner or a dinner in a hot boiled bag.lol

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kathykavan/galleries/72157623611086381

 

[coldspot]

Another item that has changed before your eye not only name but taste pizza rolls. Use to be Jenos pizza rolls now there nasty Totino's pizza rolls same box differnt name and taste.. I ate them till they changed it in the mid 90's

 

[cfz2882]

bell & gossett

i used to consider bell&gossett circulating pumps and other hydronic parts to be
the best,but after about 2002 they started importing chinese crap and selling this
junk at the same price as the old,good,U.S. stuff-it started with the pump
couplers for the 1/12-1/4 hp range;the chinese ones were so shoddy they were
falling apart in the package as they were sent to me!!later the workmanship
quality was tightened up some,but the metal is still junk and these were flying
apart after only a couple weeks of operation...Have replaced a lot of these with
"woods"or other couplers-original u.s.B&G usually last for years.More and more
once high quality B&G products are now chinese junk and i now recommend Taco or
grundfos instead.
Amazing how companies will destroy their quality and reputation and jobs in
pursuit of higher markup...

 

[coldspot]

Wish I could edit but the name and taste change to pizza rolls is here click the photo of them. It was 1993 the big change came about.,

http://www.totinos.com/history.aspx

 

[magic_clean]

How

about Zest soap. The original scent seems the same however the soap is NOT!

 

[mrcleanjeans]

True about Zest,Procter/Gamble sold the brand. It was a synthetic detergent bar with some soap in it and chelating agent to prevent hardwater film. At one time, it had triclosan,an antibacterial in it. Now it is just a scum-forming soap bar!

 

[petek]

Pepsi with sugar is back, it's called Pepsi Throwback . Haven't tried it yet though

 

[dirtybuck]

Magic:

YES on Zest...100%. Although Dial is still on the market, I miss the vast array of colors it, Lux (now unavailable here) and Camay used to have (I recently saw Camay in one of the supermarkets not far from where I live). And although it's available in other countries, Lifebuoy, which was one of my favorites, is no longer available in the US.

Speaking of colors, how about colored bath and facial tissue, and paper towels? As for quality, didn't these items seem sturdier and stronger in the past (even the cheaper priced ones) than what they are today?

 

[arbilab]

I go through a case of Pespi Throwback every other week. Even though I was brought up on Coke and actually prefer it. But Mexican (sugar) Coke costs $1 a bottle and Pepsi Throwback is regular priced.

If you're old enough to remember REAL Coke, this experiment will curl your socks. Order a Mexican Coke from one of the online exotic soda sellers. And buy one from the store. Have a spouse/friend pour both into glasses without you knowing which is which. Now, just SMELL them. That's all it takes to tell which is which. REAL Coke smells good. HFCS Coke smells like drain cleaner.