  Daddeeo Member Username: Daddeeo Post Number: 513 Registered: 09-2008 |
Just go to customer service and tell them. Cashier doesn't care. Most are too young to remember the brand. | ||
Pffft Member Username: Pffft Post Number: 1244 Registered: 12-2003 |
Well I'm set, I got my jar of Velvet, I was just trying to be helpful for the next folks who come in and don't find it. I was in a hurry, no time for finding customer service. This was an older cashier too. | ||
East_detroit Member Username: East_detroit Post Number: 2007 Registered: 11-2003 |
Pffft, was it in the endcap with the others in the deli room? When should I stop by your place for a sandwich? | ||
Cozmikdebris Member Username: Cozmikdebris Post Number: 45 Registered: 10-2003 |
I tried to get some last Friday at the Hiller's in Plymouth and the shelves were wiped clean. The lady at the service desk told me it goes pretty fast, and that the Northville Store had a bunch. I subsequently went there and bought 4 jars. I hope some other (closer) grocery stores will begin to stock Velvet. How long have they been putting sugar in peanut butter? My dad used to make it and I don't recall him adding sugar. I have one of those tumblers Velvet used to come in, next to my collection of Michigan dairy milk bottles and a Burger Chef coffee mug. I'm glad to see the stuff back in stores. | ||
East_detroit Member Username: East_detroit Post Number: 2008 Registered: 11-2003 |
http://velvetpeanutbutter.com/ home/?p=216&cpage=1#comment-10 Clamor for more! | ||
Jonesy Member Username: Jonesy Post Number: 554 Registered: 07-2005 |
Never had it. | ||
Pffft Member Username: Pffft Post Number: 1245 Registered: 12-2003 |
Eastdetroit, Yeah the lone jar of Velvet was on the end of an aisle with the rest of the peanut butter, in the "deli room." An operative is going to check out the Bloomfield Township Hiller's, I didn't even know about that one. | ||
Velvet_pb Member Username: Velvet_pb Post Number: 1 Registered: 03-2009 |
I want to take this opportunity to say thanks for your interest and support of Velvet Peanut Butter. We have been working for several years to bring Velvet back and we are overwhelmed by the fantastic response. Hiller’s should have more Velvet Peanut Butter on their shelves next week. In about three week s Velvet will be available in Westborn Market stores and Oakridge Market stores. We are working hard to establish distribution in every Michigan grocery store. We are a very small company and appreciate the kind words and well wishes. Please check out our web-site at www.velvetpeanutbutter.com and please feel free to contact me at my personal email address eric.bruce@velvetpeanutbutter. com. Again, thank you for your interest in Velvet. It is people like all of you who will help us bring back this beloved Michigan brand. Sincerely, Eric Bruce President, Velvet Peanut Butter Company, LLC | ||
Chrissy_snow Member Username: Chrissy_snow Post Number: 492 Registered: 07-2008 |
It's coming to Oakridge???? Please, if you can, post the date when it will be available - there's an Oakridge just a couple of miles away from me, I will be there that morning!!! Thanks for taking the time to update us. LOL @ Pffft and the "operative". | ||
Zimm Member Username: Zimm Post Number: 108 Registered: 10-2006 |
please let us know when "crunchy" is available, as i am not a fan of the smooth stuff, however velvety it may be. | ||
Dave70 Member Username: Dave70 Post Number: 77 Registered: 08-2007 |
OH man, I can't wait to get some! Yum! Brings back memories! | ||
Gazhekwe Member Username: Gazhekwe Post Number: 2902 Registered: 08-2007 |
OK, this is great! Can't wait to find some. I have pix of my son eating out of a Velvet jar in 1973, so I bet he will love some too. Now I want Krunchee Potato Chips back, with that Do Not Eat dessicant packet in the bag. | ||
Chrissy_snow Member Username: Chrissy_snow Post Number: 493 Registered: 07-2008 |
Can we get New Era barbecue chips back too?  Seems like our snack foods back then were less processed and less damaging! | ||
Ferntruth Member Username: Ferntruth Post Number: 761 Registered: 11-2006 |
"Can we get New Era barbecue chips back too? " I second that!!! | ||
Gazhekwe Member Username: Gazhekwe Post Number: 2905 Registered: 08-2007 |
I mentioned Krunchee because I think they were made by the same people as Velvet Peanut Butter. When you toured the factory, you got a little bag of Krunchee chips to take home. New Era chips were good, too, and they came in that cool can. | ||
Ggores Member Username: Ggores Post Number: 551 Registered: 10-2007 |
The Velvet Peanut Butter jars were hard to open, sealed almost like a Mason canning jar. Take a butter knife and tap the lid about its edges, and then give it a squeeze. This is also how we learned to open Coke and Pepsi bottles. Towne Clubs were really hard to open unless you used a "bottle opener". | ||
Gazhekwe Member Username: Gazhekwe Post Number: 2910 Registered: 08-2007 |
My son figured out how to open the Velvet jars when he was about three. He stuck a fork under the edge of the lid and when it went 'Pfff', he could open it. No surprise, today he's an engineer. | ||
Chrissy_snow Member Username: Chrissy_snow Post Number: 496 Registered: 07-2008 |
I did a search for New Era chips yesterday and I see everyone mentioning the can, but I don't remember the can. I only remember them in the little red bags, same logo though. Was the can before the bags, or was that for bigger sizes? I thought I saw Krunchee chips in the store, unless it was some other company with a similar name, I think it was a dollar store. It could have been Kruncheez or something else but I'm thinking it was a snack bag.... | ||
Fury13 Member Username: Fury13 Post Number: 2092 Registered: 10-2003 |
As soon as Velvet brings the crunchy variety back, I'm a customer. | ||
Pffft Member Username: Pffft Post Number: 1253 Registered: 12-2003 |
I don't think we've established yet if Velvet has crunchy too -- does anyone know? That was also my favorite, but let me tell you, the creamy trumps any of the national brands. *Enjoying a Velvet p-butter sammitch at an undisclosed location... | ||
Kimmiann Member Username: Kimmiann Post Number: 73 Registered: 10-2005 |
I'd love to buy some, but this Downriver-ite is not traveling to the other side of the world for a jar of peanut butter, no matter how nostalgic or delicious! I guess I'll just have to wait until it finds me. I'll keep my eyes open! | ||
Ditman Member Username: Ditman Post Number: 68 Registered: 05-2007 |
Did anyone take the plant tour when you were a cub scout?(Pack 275-how the hell would I remember that childhood trivia after only 55 years!) Still can't get Faygo Rock & Rye in the Dallas markets although we can get Vernors. Guess I'll have to order Rock & Rye online. | ||
Gazhekwe Member Username: Gazhekwe Post Number: 2913 Registered: 08-2007 |
I did back in the 50s, but I was not a Cub Scout. I think it was a class tour, second or third grade, Hubert School in Brightmoor. I mostly remember the Krunchee Potato Chip part, with people standing over vats of hot oil, hand slicing potatoes into the oil. We got a little bag of chips and a small sample jar of Velvet. That's my memory and I'm sticking to it. (Message edited by gazhekwe on March 04, 2009) | ||
Lodgedodger Member Username: Lodgedodger Post Number: 1605 Registered: 05-2008 |
Better Made chips ROCK! | ||
Bobl Member Username: Bobl Post Number: 604 Registered: 07-2008 |
Craving a Velvet Peanut Butter sandwich, with a bag of Better Made potato chips, and a Faygo Red Pop. Sanders ••••••••• sundae for dessert. Stroh's beer to soothe the sugar rush.... | ||
Bobl Member Username: Bobl Post Number: 605 Registered: 07-2008 |
Jeez.... I guess "warm" "chocolate" would have been politically correct. Censorship sucks! resubmitted the second entry, which was also censored (Message edited by Bobl on March 04, 2009) | ||
Jerrytimes Member Username: Jerrytimes Post Number: 181 Registered: 04-2007 |
I can't believe it! I've been wanting some Velvet for years! | ||
Bigb23 Member Username: Bigb23 Post Number: 4122 Registered: 11-2007 |
Chrissy_snow - quote: Not to thread jack, but this is for you Chrissy.   | ||
Ed_golick Member Username: Ed_golick Post Number: 976 Registered: 10-2003 |
What does Al Kaline have to do with New Era chips? | ||
Bigb23 Member Username: Bigb23 Post Number: 4123 Registered: 11-2007 |
I just caught that, Ed.  |
