Discontinued Foods Bracket: Ecto Cooler vs. Zima Eick April 3, 2013 Discontinued Foods Bracket Voting on this match-up is now closed. Ecto Cooler (83%) destroys Zima (17%). Hi-C’s Ecto Cooler was released in 1987 as a product tie-in with the cartoon series The Real Ghostbusters. It was discontinued...
Discontinued Foods Bracket: Snapple Elements vs. Fruitopia Eick April 3, 2013 Discontinued Foods Bracket 2 Comments Voting on this match-up is closed. Fruitopia (65%) stuns Snapple Elements (35%). Snapple Elements were released in 1999 to seemingly great success. The SVP for Snapple was quoted in 2000 as saying, ”The...
Discontinued Foods Bracket: Mr. Pibb vs. Jolt Cola Eick April 3, 2013 Discontinued Foods Bracket 3 Comments Voting on this match-up is now closed. Mr. Pibb (59%) defeats Jolt Cola (41%). Created in 1972, Mr. Pibb was seen as way for Coca-Cola to cut into the market share of the incredibly popular Dr. Pepper. In...
Discontinued Foods Bracket: Crystal Pepsi vs. Surge Eick April 3, 2013 Discontinued Foods Bracket 10 Comments Voting on this match-up is now closed. Surge (92%) pulverizes Crystal Pepsi (8%). Crystal Pepsi was released in 1992 after performing very well in test markets. With millions of dollars in advertising behind...
Discontinued Foods Bracket: Magic Middles vs. Twinkies Eick April 2, 2013 Discontinued Foods Bracket 3 Comments Voting on this match-up is closed. Twinkies (61%) beats up on Magic Middles (39%) to advance and face Butterfinger BB's in the Elite Eight. Lets stay sweet for the Sweet Sixteen of our Discontinued Foods...
Discontinued Foods Bracket: Crispy M&M’s vs. Butterfinger BB’s Eick April 2, 2013 Discontinued Foods Bracket Voting on this match-up is closed. Butterfinger BB's (55%) sneak by Crispy M&M's (45%) to advance to the Elite Eight and face Twinkies. Our Sweet Sixteen continues, and for this match-up of Discontinued...
Discontinued Foods Bracket: Planters Cheez Balls vs. Dunkaroos Eick April 2, 2013 Discontinued Foods Bracket Voting on this match-up is now closed. Planter's Cheez Balls (52%) edge Dunkaroos (48%) and advance to the Elite Eight to face French Toast Crunch. Snack time! Two strong first round performers face off for...
Discontinued Foods Bracket: Waffle Crisp vs. French Toast Crunch Eick April 2, 2013 Discontinued Foods Bracket 1 Comment Voting on this match-up is closed. French Toast Crunch (62%) defeats Waffle Crisp (38%) to advance to Elite Eight, where it will face Planter's Cheez Balls. Voting on our Discontinued Foods Bracket continues....
Discontinued Foods Bracket: Sweet Sixteen Eick April 1, 2013 Discontinued Foods Bracket 6 Comments Our first round of the Discontinued Foods Bracket has ended, and we're down to the Sweet Sixteen. What did we learn from round 1? The Surge supporters are out in force, with several thousand votes for the...
Discontinued Foods Bracket: Four Loko vs. Zima Eick March 28, 2013 Discontinued Foods Bracket Voting on this match-up is closed. Zima (59%) defeats Four Loko (41%). Just to be clear, Four Loko still exists. But we are talking about ORIGINAL Four Loko. In late 2010, after widespread media attention...
