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I rarely buy orange juice so I never would have noticed this, but I read a thread on Chowhound a couple weeks ago about this exact thing. I looked the next time I was at the store and Tropicana's new packaging definately looked "generic". Whether we want to be or not, we are obviously influenced by marketing (*wave* Art Television).
I'll admit, as silly as it is, that I'm really ticked off at PepsiCo's changing the Mountain Dew label to "MTN Dew". It's to be expected that the graphics will change from time to time, but I have been a Mountain Dew drinker since the late 80"s (in, GASP, glass bottles!) and the abbreviation is stupid. My Dad bought me an semi-antique 1940's Mountain Dew bottle with the Hillbilly on it years ago because I love it so much (although I've drunk diet for 8 yrs. or so now).
Hubby and I were watching some variation on the "X-games" the other day and behind Shawn White was a poster for Mountain Dew, still spelled the normal way. I don't know what to make of that, just lagging behind advertising?
Finally, I give any "store brand" a try and if the product is good, I have no problem buying it at all. I just bought a 2 liter of Meijer brand "Diet Rocky Mist" and could barely tell any difference from Mountain Dew. I used to buy Faygo's Moon Mist before I went to Diet and after I did, Wal-mart's "Mountain Lightening" before they discontinued the diet, all passable.
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