Mega Thread The Random Thoughts Thread Part 1

[Burningleviathan]

That explains why I could never find them when I was living in NSW. Best biscuit to have with a cup of tea.

 

[Killer Power]

After all the talk of Kitchener Buns and all things SA on another thread I started thinking of my childhood in SA and wondered about whatever happened to YOYO biscuits.
I looked up on the web and they have only ever been made and sold in SA. I loved them sandwiched with butter; might have to get a few packs next time there so I can share the experience with my kids.

Im here to help! After 5 years at Balfours i have now clocked up 8 years at Arnotts. YoYo is still going strong as one os SA's favourite biscuit (right up there with Tim Tam Original and Shapes BBQ as the 3 leading sellers in the category) and made right here at Marleston. It isn't widely ranged outside of SA by Coles or WW's unfortunately. In Tassie you don't have Coles but try one of your larger WW's and see how you go.

 

[Lagooner]

Even worse than the 'Franchise'?

Haha forgot about them. No the franchise is worse than 100 frogcakes floating in a keg of west end.

 

[Concussion]

Im here to help! After 5 years at Balfours i have now clocked up 8 years at Arnotts. YoYo is still going strong as one os SA's favourite biscuit (right up there with Tim Tam Original and Shapes BBQ as the 3 leading sellers in the category) and made right here at Marleston. It isn't widely ranged outside of SA by Coles or WW's unfortunately. In Tassie you don't have Coles but try one of your larger WW's and see how you go.

Lol, we have Coles.
I do maintenance with WW and Coles, no YoYos.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

After all the talk of Kitchener Buns and all things SA on another thread I started thinking of my childhood in SA and wondered about whatever happened to YOYO biscuits.
I looked up on the web and they have only ever been made and sold in SA. I loved them sandwiched with butter; might have to get a few packs next time there so I can share the experience with my kids.

YoYo were made by a smallish SA baker Menz. Arnotts took them over about 50 years ago and have only sold them in SA. I think Menz is still mentioned on the packet.

 

[Killer Power]

Lol, we have Coles.
I do maintenance with WW and Coles, no YoYos.

Righto, my bad. Not sure why i thought that. Bugger about them not keeping the YoYo. The national buyer for WW's is an ex South Aussie and a big fan of the product. I will keep fighting the good fight for you

 

[Kickpuncher]

Im here to help! After 5 years at Balfours i have now clocked up 8 years at Arnotts. YoYo is still going strong as one os SA's favourite biscuit (right up there with Tim Tam Original and Shapes BBQ as the 3 leading sellers in the category) and made right here at Marleston. It isn't widely ranged outside of SA by Coles or WW's unfortunately. In Tassie you don't have Coles but try one of your larger WW's and see how you go.

BBQ? Pfft it's all about the Pizza flavour

 

[Killer Power]

YoYo were made by a smallish SA baker Menz. Arnotts took them over about 50 years ago and have only sold them in SA. I think Menz is still mentioned on the packet.

True except the part about only ever being sold in SA. In the last 3 years there has been wider ranging achieved. The love for them in SA has been hard to replicate elsewhere however.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

....It isn't widely ranged outside of SA by Coles or WW's unfortunately. In Tassie you don't have Coles but try one of your larger WW's and see how you go.

Had never seen them in Sydney or SE Queensland when I lived outside SA during 1992-2010.

 

[Killer Power]

Had never seen them in Sydney or SE Queensland when I lived outside SA during 1992-2010.

Looks like i have some homework to do and then report back

 

[bomberclifford]

Yo-Yos were good but Bush Biscuits were the shiznit.

 

[spookism]

I miss the original Swing ice cream

 

[Zakk Wylde]

Snips FTW

 

[t0mmO]

Haha forgot about them. No the franchise is worse than 100 frogcakes floating in a keg of west end.

But not as bad as sharing 100 frog cakes floating in a keg of west end, with trigg and rowie at dangerfield's place. (Shudders)

 

[Hooligan87]

Sunny boys > Snips

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Yo-Yos were good but Bush Biscuits were the shiznit.

My grandpa used to always buy them. Always had them when I was a kid and would stay with the grandparents for a week from about 5 to 9 in school holidays. Geez I don't reckon I have seen them for 25 years.

 

[Killer Power]

Yo-Yos were good but Bush Biscuits were the shiznit.

Brought them back in a job lot around 4 years back. Sold like the proverbial. Funny though how peoples minds work. Got a heap of complaints that they were smaller than the originals. They weren't, made with the original cutting tool. Perhaps they ate them as kids when their hands were smaller.....

 

[Kickpuncher]

Does anyone remember the AFL ice creams they had out around the late 90's / early 2000's? I was only about 5 years old at the time, but I remember having one of those ice creams every other day and they were amazing.

 

[Killer Power]

Sunny boys > Snips

Chocolate Snips were the bomb! Cut off a corner and chew away then when melted a bit drink it like a milkshake.

 

[Killer Power]

Does anyone remember the AFL ice creams they had out around the late 90's / early 2000's? I was only about 5 years old at the time, but I remember having one of those ice creams every other day and they were amazing.

Nope. I remember the Kiss and Empire Strikes Back ice blocks though

 

[Zakk Wylde]

Sunny boys > Snips

 

[manureid]

Barney bananas with cricket sticks.

 

[Duck Farmer]

No the franchise is worse than 100 frogcakes floating in a keg of west end.

Sounds suspiciously like the rider in Tippett's contract that got them into trouble.

 

[Duck Farmer]

Export cola anyone?

 

[Kickpuncher]

Another one from when I was a youngin that the older folk would remember.

Does anyone remember that place I believe it was on Port Rd that was the old soft drink place. You'd go there and get a variety of different soft drinks in glass bottles. I remember going with my dad when I was a little toddler