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Time For King Korn!

2009-07-03T22:44:00.000-04:00

Do you need some extra dishes or pans or a croquet set? Then try and save up some King Korn trading stamps.

BrandlandUSA.com is the website of business and travel writer and editor Garland Pollard. Contact him about freelance writing and editing; his personal website is at GarlandPollard.com

Complaints over Missing Derby Tamales

2009-07-02T23:00:00.000-04:00

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Derby Tamales

I edit BrandlandUSA where a number of readers have complained about the discontinued brand. I wish I had a better answer for the fans out there for a substitute product.

Topics: tamales

Answered by BrandlandUSA on July 03, 2009

View the entire discussion on Yedda

Philip Morris English Oval Cigs

2009-07-02T09:51:00.000-04:00

A classic brand, kept alive long after necessary by Philip Morris USA. Like?

BrandlandUSA.com is the website of business and travel writer and editor Garland Pollard. Contact him about freelance writing and editing; his personal website is at GarlandPollard.com

Reddy Kilowatt Is Our Shocking Friend

2009-06-29T23:56:00.000-04:00

Do be careful around plugs! Reddy can help you be safe. Brought to you by your local electric co-op.

BrandlandUSA.com is the website of business and travel writer and editor Garland Pollard. Contact him about freelance writing and editing; his personal website is at GarlandPollard.com

Duck-In Seafood Restaurant

2009-06-27T12:50:00.000-04:00

Just thought this would be fun! Look on our main site at BrandlandUSA.com is the website of business and travel writer and editor Garland Pollard. Contact him about freelance writing and editing; his personal website is at GarlandPollard.com

Here a Farmall Tractor

2009-06-11T08:21:00.000-04:00

We found a bit of McCormick-Deering history in Palmetto, Florida at their Manatee County agricultural museum. Here, a Farmall tractor.

BrandlandUSA.com is the website of business and travel writer and editor Garland Pollard. Contact him at GarlandPollard.com

British Leyland Here We Come

2009-06-03T10:47:00.003-04:00

There's not much else to say.

TV Dinner History

2009-05-20T23:03:00.004-04:00

See history of Swanson TV Dinners.

Look at it on our main site, BrandlandUSA.com

Remembering Bell Labs

2009-05-11T21:40:00.002-04:00

We thought this was a very good book idea about the history of Bell Labs, and glad Dr. Narain Gehani wrote it:

Bell Labs: Life in the Crown Jewel, chronicles Narain Gehani's twenty three years at Bell Laboratories. It is a welcome and needed addition to telephone history. Gehani started work in 1978, when the Labs was fully subsidized and owned by AT&T. He left in 2001, after the Lab switched parent companies, split apart many times, and researchers reduced two-thirds.

AT&T's telephone monopoly generously funded Bell Labs from its 1925 creation until the Bell System's 1984 divestiture. Each customer's bill sent something to the Labs; slightly higher rates subsidizing research and development. This excellent arrangement lasted nearly sixty years, Bell Labs contributing mightily to building the world's best telephone system.

Save Duck Head Movement Grows!

2009-04-20T00:04:00.008-04:00

The movement to save Duck Head khakis grows after Goody's goes. You can read about the history of Duck Head on BrandlandUSA, and follow the Save Duck Head Twitter account for the latest news.

Looking for Mr. B branded slacks

2009-04-19T09:46:00.000-04:00

We had a BrandlandUSA reader looking for the brand name of slacks called "Mr. B."

We looked on Ebay, and there are a few items for sale with the name "Mr. B" of California. We are wondering if this is the same thing?

A Google news search reveals that this brand, Mr. B, sold halter type dresses in California at department stores like Prange's and The Bon. We are told that the Mr. B brand was sold at good boutiques, etc.

Look online at our BrandlandUSA forum to read about it and comment. Click below.

http://www.brandlandusa.com/brandforum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=25#p29

SRA Still Around

2009-04-16T09:57:00.001-04:00

Students Using SRA/McGraw-Hill's Reading Mastery Score Highest in Florida Reading Achievement Study

BrandlandUSA.com is the website of business and travel writer and editor Garland Pollard. Contact him about freelance writing and editing; his personal website is at GarlandPollard.com

Calgon Ancient Chinese Secret

2009-04-11T23:19:00.002-04:00

We were thinking how much we missed this commercial.

Sarasota Outboard Club. Classic

2009-04-11T21:52:00.005-04:00

Classic typography from Sarasota Outboard Club. Right out of the Hardy Boys era. Classic. Cool.

Read more about Sarasota Outboard Club on FloridaSnapshot.com.

New Pass Grill, FloridaSnapshot

2009-04-11T21:47:00.003-04:00

We love the signage at regional restaurants. Here, the "World Famous" New Pass Grill. It has been on City Island in Sarasota since 1929. City Island is the key just south of Longboat Key.

Brand identity comes from the unique contributions of business owners. With time, and generations, brands get more interesting. The New Pass Grill benefits from one of the most expansive, gorgeous views in Sarasota, overlooking New Pass, so that helps alot.

Read more about New Pass Grill on FloridaSnapshot.com

Havana, Cuba Brands from Pre-Castro Era

2009-04-04T08:37:00.002-04:00

What were the great restaurants around before Castro came to power? Might be a fun thing to look at. See them on our post on our main site on pre-Castro brand names.

Cypress Gardens Reopens

2009-03-29T20:41:00.000-04:00

Read about Cypress Gardens. It reopened. Read about it at our post, History of Cypress Gardens.

BrandlandUSA.com is the website of business and travel writer and editor Garland Pollard.

Talking About The Greenbrier

2009-03-20T09:03:00.003-04:00

At BrandlandUSA, we write alot about The Greenbrier resort and provide analysis on why it went into Chapter 11. Some columns by us, and anonymous guest writers:

We Miss the Calgonite Monster

2009-03-18T13:23:00.002-04:00

BrandlandUSA.com is the website of business and travel writer and editor Garland Pollard.

The Classic National Invitation Tournament

2009-03-17T06:30:00.005-04:00

On our main site, writer Matt Gottlieb writes about the National Invitation Tournament, a classic basketball brand that doesn't get enough credit for being cool and classic. Read about it at Ode to Classic NIT Basketball.

BrandlandUSA.com is the website home of America's greatest, and classic brand names.

Bring Tropic-Ana back!

2009-03-16T22:08:00.003-04:00

You read it here last October, namely the need for Pepsico's Tropicana orange juice to bring back the mascot Tropic-Ana. We were not sure why she was dropped, especially in the last two decades, when the Hispanic population of the U.S. has boomed.

We assume it was one of those stupid decisions that companies make.

The post is Where's Tropic-Ana? Bring Her Back!

The New York Times mentioned the need to bring back Tropic-Ana today in a Q&A by Stuart Elliott.

BrandlandUSA.com is the website of business and travel writer and editor Garland Pollard.

Chevy 3100, a Great Pickup

2009-03-15T23:28:00.000-04:00

General Motors has a great truck tradition with Chevrolet. Here, a close up of the badge of a Chevrolet 3100 brand truck.

BrandlandUSA.com is the website of business and travel writer and editor Garland Pollard.

Delco-Remy of Dayton, Ohio

2009-03-15T22:30:00.000-04:00

We like Delco-Remy.

Chevrolet Bel Air

2009-03-15T22:27:00.000-04:00

At BrandlandUSA, we sure do like a Chevrolet Bel Air.

BrandlandUSA.com is the website of business and travel writer and editor Garland Pollard.