Originally Posted By carribean queen I was too young to remember who made it but it was shaped like an orange and we'd get it at one of the little stands. It had 2 green leaves and I believe the straw on top was green to. I think it was slushy type but I can't even remember I just know I loved it.
Originally Posted By carribean queen I believe it was a frozen citrus drink. sort of like an orange julius
Originally Posted By vbdad55 I remember butdon't thinkit was slushy ? But can't remember whomade- I have to access regions of my brain not used in a while. However I remember clearly within the last 10 years souveneir plastic mugs for Coke - I have one shaped like SSE - and I seem toremember one like the water tower @ the Studios ( but that one is not in my storage ) -
Originally Posted By carribean queen These orange things are going back at least 25-30 yrs. Oof do I feel old.
Originally Posted By A Happy Haunt << I WANT MY FREAKIN' POTATO SALAD!! << The only thing I can suggest is the next time you go is to request it. If they don't have it by then complain, pull out an AK-47, and take hostages. >> Don't laugh my DF is a gun dealer..
Originally Posted By itsme Vbdad, yea I'm not really serious with the Walmart stuff. But the questions I raised in 130 are tough to answer cause they do many things that other companies could and have done, Just for some odd reason Walmart is the only one successful with it. I remember those drinks, They were more of a blended drink but not frozen. I also seem to remember it was only stand alone carts that sold them.
Originally Posted By CarolinaDisneyDad I worked for Wal-mart for a while. We were instructed to go in our competition and price the top 200 items. We would bring those prices back and make ours lower. We used to laugh at the low price leader sign b/c our prices were just following the competitors. The Wal-mart store with the highest margins were the ones in rural areas b/c all the competitors were small businesses and they didn't last long. As soon as competition was gone prices shot up. Imagine you own a business and you get a Wal-mart contract. To fill the massive orders you have to expand your operations. Things are great in the beginning as your merchandise sells from the many Wal-mart shelves. Then a year or maybe 5 later Their buyers come to you and say we aren't going to pay your price anymore. This is the price we will pay. You say but that's below my cost to make it. They say then you need to reduce your costs b/c this is our price. Take it or leave it. So now you as an owner have 2 choices. You can shutter your recently expanded factories or you can outsource mfg. to china. Either way U.S. jobs are lost. Thanks Wal-mart! Not only do they primarily buy from china but they help force the jobs to china.
Originally Posted By danyoung >...your guests aren't nearly as stupid (even the bumpkins from Texas -- that one was for my buddy!)...< Hey, I was just sittin' here, minding my own business, and a shot rings out!!! Actually I've been pretty behind on my online reading over the past couple of weeks. I just spent 10 days up in Idaho saying goodbye to my mother, which was as tough as you might imagine it to be. But I'm back in the saddle, ready to take and give abuse as needed!
Originally Posted By fkurucz <<Then a year or maybe 5 later Their buyers come to you and say we aren't going to pay your price anymore.>> One thing we learned in B school was that doing business with WalMart can be the kiss of death. At first it can be exciting because of all the orders, but after that comes the squeeze.
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub It is hard to use the death word when it is for real. I am sorry for your loss dan.My mother is "away" and I know I will see her again someday. It has been 3 months and her memory is everywhere.I do not want to lose any of her but the pain is not fun.I know you were a wonderful son.
Originally Posted By danyoung Thanks, Mickey. I haven't posted anywhere else about this, nor do I intend to make a big deal over it. But it was great that Mom's 4 sons all were able to make it in time to spend a little time with her before the end. And we're grateful that the end didn't drag on for weeks and months as it does sometimes.
Originally Posted By MPierce I'm sorry for your loss Dan. Losing a parent is always a very difficult time.
Originally Posted By danyoung Thanks, my online friends. I didn't really mean to disrail this thread. So, to get it started, I was shopping at WalMart the other day . . . .
