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Pam
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Posted on Monday, November 05, 2007 - 1:28 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs .dll/article?AID=2007711050364
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Johnlodge
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Posted on Monday, November 05, 2007 - 1:42 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I wonder what that Centennial Soda tastes like.
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Bearinabox
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Posted on Monday, November 05, 2007 - 2:03 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I wouldn't know how to describe it, but it's pretty good if you're into sugary blue beverages.
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Chris_rohn
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Posted on Monday, November 05, 2007 - 2:41 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

It tastes like a popsicle in liquid form.
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Gwyrah
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Posted on Monday, November 05, 2007 - 4:49 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I see a few of the TV stations bit, on the free red pop and cupcakes that they had sent out to the TV and Radio stations. Must have been a slow news day.
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Islandman
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Posted on Monday, November 05, 2007 - 4:56 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)




Grape Faygo..
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Elimarr
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Posted on Monday, November 05, 2007 - 5:24 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

My favorite was the Faygo Rock & Rye. Haven't had any in a long time.
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Detroit_stylin
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Posted on Monday, November 05, 2007 - 5:25 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Centenial is actually good
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Cww
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Posted on Monday, November 05, 2007 - 9:27 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Question to the Detroit emigrants: have you seen Faygo outside of Michigan? I'm living in Baltimore now, and this random chinese restaurant downtown carries it. Very strange, but I'm glad to see my old friend again. The moon mist 1 litre brought a tear to my eye.

(Message edited by Cww on November 05, 2007)
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Dbc
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Posted on Monday, November 05, 2007 - 9:53 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I just put it on another post, but I recently bought some (orange pop and black cherry) at a hole-in-the-wall market in Arlington, VA. But, it seems to go flat very quickly.
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Harpernottingham
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Posted on Monday, November 05, 2007 - 9:59 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Faygo sent my company a package of cupcakes and Red Pop today.

As Norm MacDonald might say, "Hey, uh, happy anniversary there, Faygo ... Thanks for the CRAP!"
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Harpernottingham
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Posted on Monday, November 05, 2007 - 9:59 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

(I KID! ... I KID!)

: )
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Drifterlee
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Posted on Monday, November 05, 2007 - 11:40 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I remember the old commercial when TV was black and white, "Which way did they go???? Faygo." remember that one?
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Reddog289
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Posted on Tuesday, November 06, 2007 - 2:45 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

lots of Faygo 2lts in my house, got teenagers but damned if they don,t drink all the rock&rye. i remember when moon mist was called moonshine.
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Pennst8
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Posted on Tuesday, November 06, 2007 - 6:19 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I've bought some at Publix in South Florida, then again the only flavor the carry is RedPop, and it only comes in 20 oz bottles. Still nice to get a reminder of home every once in a while.
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56packman
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Posted on Tuesday, November 06, 2007 - 7:03 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Any mention of the ICP?
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Islandman
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Posted on Tuesday, November 06, 2007 - 8:56 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Pennst8,

I was wondering if we had it down here. I'll check out Publix.
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Wanderinglady
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Posted on Tuesday, November 06, 2007 - 12:24 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Here are some more messages about where you can find Faygo pop outside of the Detroit area:

https://www.atdetroit.net/forum/mes sages/5/118366.html?1194317583
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Chuckjav
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Posted on Tuesday, November 06, 2007 - 1:17 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Faygo is a big hit - way down here in Dayton, Ohio.

How many old-timers remember Faygo's experiment with non-alcoholic apple beer; the 1969 brand extension known as "Faygo Brau".

Pretty yuckky as I recall
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Catman_dude
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Posted on Tuesday, November 06, 2007 - 1:38 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I one time saw Faygo Ginger Ale in 2-litre here in Virginia Beach VA but later the store went with Canada Dry brand.
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Detroitrise
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Posted on Tuesday, November 06, 2007 - 1:45 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

It's funny, but I can't even find the Faygo Ginger Ale in the stores around Detroit (rather it's the harder flavor to find).
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The_ed
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Posted on Tuesday, November 06, 2007 - 2:01 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Chuckjav:
"Faygo is a big hit - way down here in Dayton, Ohio."

As a child I lived in Dayton until 1967. I used to live on Stewart St. now called Clegg(?) and spent my summers
on my Grandmothers farm on Dayton Liberty Road.
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Gingellgirl
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Posted on Tuesday, November 06, 2007 - 2:28 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

VG's carries Faygo Ginger Ale.
For me, it's Rock & Rye or die!
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Detroitrise
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Posted on Tuesday, November 06, 2007 - 2:29 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

"VG's carries Faygo Ginger Ale."

What's VG's?
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Willmess01
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Posted on Tuesday, November 06, 2007 - 4:16 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Happy Damn B-day you ol stomach ulcer!

I too was wooed by RocknRye!
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Gumby
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VG's is a grocery store based out od Fenton. VG stands for the family's last name that owns it. A good friend of mine is friends with their daughter so I have partied at the VanGilder's ( believe that is their last name) lake house in Fenton a few times.

http://www.vgsfood.com/
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Chuckjav
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Posted on Tuesday, November 06, 2007 - 5:42 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

The_Ed....Dayton is a good old town; where did you go to school?

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