Happy 7/11 Day!

July 11th is 7/11 Day, a day in which we celebrate all things 7-Eleven related. The convenience store chain is gracious enough to offer free 7.11 ounce Slurpees at participating locations on this day only.

I enjoyed a Big Red flavored Slurpee and a bag of 7-Select pretzels today.

They seem to put out a new special edition free cup every year. This year's is really nice with a cupcake sporting 7 and 11 candles.

Happy 7/11 Day!

Cheetos Calendar - July 1987

Cheetos Calendar - June 1987

Fruit Of The Month - #14: Hunt's Snack Pack Peaches

Here's my Fruit Of The Month post for June 2011.

This is a flashback for us kids of the 1970s! Hunt's Snack Pack products, primarily pudding and fruit cups, made regular appearances in my lunchbox back then. This month I'm happy to show this great Snack Pack Diced Peaches box from 1974.

There's the Snack Pack kid, who was nameless as far as I know, smiling big and proudly showing us that the lids are now safe for kids. Let's not kid ourselves -- those lids were deadly and everybody knew it! Raise your hand if you ever got cut by one of those lids. (I'm raising my hand from 4th grade.)

I've got a few other Snack Pack collectibles and did a bit of research on the product line. The Diced Peaches were introduced in 1969.I'm fairly certain that this box is from 1974, having found evidence of the Snack Pack kid being used only between 1973 and 1974. Prior to that they had a horse named "Snack Pack", and then by 1975 they brought in a new mascot named "Snack Pack Jack".

The kid here also appeared on the pudding boxes during those years, but I do not have any of them.

Open wide and have a spoonful of peaches! I hope it puts a smile on your face.  :-)

Fruit Of The Month - #13: Trix Funny Fruity Stickers

Here's my Fruit Of The Month post for May 2011.

Right now, on a cereal aisle near you, you can get Trix cereal with these Funny Fruity Stickers inside. There's a wacky assorted bunch of fruit characters to collect -- lemon, orange, watermelon, banana and more!

To me this is an old-school promotion. I love the totally generic premiums like we used to get back in the '70s. They're not promoting a movie or a TV show. It's just good goofy fun, the way it should be.

There are four different sticker sheets, each with three sections. Here's the first one I got, showing the three sections separately here.







Here's the cereal box:

Cheetos Calendar - May 1987

Fruit Of The Month - #12: Burger King Raisin Training

Here's my Fruit Of The Month post for April 2011.

Meet Morris, Doris, Norris, Cloris and Boris! Collectively these little raisins got together to teach us a fun magic trick. Follow the instructions here on the side of the box and put on a show to impress your friends and family with your Raisin Training skills!



I spotted this magical quintet on the side of a Burger King kids meal box -- a Magic Meal to be precise. It's a fun little box dating to 1981. There's the old Magical Burger King mascot on the box, too. He always had a few tricks up his sleeve.

Cheetos Calendar - April 1987

Fruit Of The Month - #11: Gummy Black & Red Berries

Here's my Fruit Of The Month post for March 2011 -- Gummy Black & Red Berries candy.

As you can see, here we have some berry characters putting on a show for us. Conveniently they are black and red, just like the product name says. It looks like the gang is dancing under the spotlight to an audience full of adoring berry fans.

The Cinema Sweets brand comes from China, distributed here in the U.S. by Greenbrier International of Chesapeake, Virginia.

I found this at one of the dollar stores back in 2009.

Cheetos St. Pat Cat

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Here's Chester Cheetah dressed up for the occasion on this Cheetos calendar from 1987.