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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 11:29 am Post subject: It's back: Pop Shoppe |
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I found it at Zellers. Just the name has been brought back. I haven't seen any of the big box stores open. (I think in some ways Pop Shoppe was the original big box store.)
Cola, grape, pineapple, orange, and ginger-ale (you can call it that now when you're in Canada and not "cider").
Vernors is hard to find, I've noticed. |
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Kimchi Cowboy

Joined: 17 Sep 2006
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Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 2:42 pm Post subject: |
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Are you sure that's not just surplus product from the 80's that they're trying to dump?
I have many fond memories of Ye Olde Pop Shoppe. I even had the jigsaw puzzle of the map of Canada with P.S. locations and goofy characters all over it. Think I sold it at a garage sale. D-OH!
I've pretty much given up on sodas, but man, what I wouldn't give for a case right now. |
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VanIslander

Joined: 18 Aug 2003 Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 6:37 pm Post subject: |
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I was an assistant manager at a The Pop Shoppe store while in college.
I got a free case every week. All legit. The benefits of management.
I loved going to Kelowna and Kamloops making deliveries on sunny saturdays, rocking with the tunes and the rocking cases in the back of the overloaded van. It was like living on the side of a volcano with the bad brakes on that thing. But I was young and it was a hoot! |
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crazy_arcade
Joined: 05 Nov 2006
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Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 7:26 pm Post subject: |
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| wtf...ginger ale is pretty damn different from cider. |
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twg

Joined: 02 Nov 2006 Location: Getting some fresh air...
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Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 8:38 pm Post subject: |
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| Holy crap! I remember that stuff! |
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SarcasmKills

Joined: 07 Apr 2003 Location: Seoul
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Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 9:04 pm Post subject: |
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| crazy_arcade wrote: |
| wtf...ginger ale is pretty damn different from cider. |
You're absolutely right.. I think he confused ginger ale with Sprite or 7up... |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 1:01 pm Post subject: |
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| SarcasmKills wrote: |
| crazy_arcade wrote: |
| wtf...ginger ale is pretty damn different from cider. |
You're absolutely right.. I think he confused ginger ale with Sprite or 7up... |
Where I come from, any clear beverage is "ginger-ale". |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 1:03 pm Post subject: |
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| Kimchi Cowboy wrote: |
Are you sure that's not just surplus product from the 80's that they're trying to dump?
I have many fond memories of Ye Olde Pop Shoppe. I even had the jigsaw puzzle of the map of Canada with P.S. locations and goofy characters all over it. Think I sold it at a garage sale. D-OH!
I've pretty much given up on sodas, but man, what I wouldn't give for a case right now. |
I remember in the 1970s pop wasn't really a household staple. It was pretty expensive. You couldn't get a 2l for79 cents. So yeah, as a kid, a trip to the Pop Shoppe where pop was stacked to the rafters, whoa, that was like being in heaven. |
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SarcasmKills

Joined: 07 Apr 2003 Location: Seoul
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Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 2:47 pm Post subject: |
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| mindmetoo wrote: |
| SarcasmKills wrote: |
| crazy_arcade wrote: |
| wtf...ginger ale is pretty damn different from cider. |
You're absolutely right.. I think he confused ginger ale with Sprite or 7up... |
Where I come from, any clear beverage is "ginger-ale". |
Well, I'm pretty sure we're from the same hometown, and that's just not true..
Last edited by SarcasmKills on Sun Apr 06, 2008 2:55 pm; edited 2 times in total |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 2:55 pm Post subject: |
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| SarcasmKills wrote: |
| mindmetoo wrote: |
| SarcasmKills wrote: |
| crazy_arcade wrote: |
| wtf...ginger ale is pretty damn different from cider. |
You're absolutely right.. I think he confused ginger ale with Sprite or 7up... |
Where I come from, any clear beverage is "ginger-ale". |
Well, I'm pretty sure we're from the same hometown, and that's just not true... |
No. We're not. I was born in Windsor but I have not lived my life there. I don't consider it "where I come from". |
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mindmetoo
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