Was this in major chain grocery stores? I feel like this is a boutique product that does not translate well to major national chains, but I don’t drink milk and I don’t often drink lemonade so I’m not the demo either way.
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It was, but not in the quantities you showed there lol. Not that I remember at least. Both this and the milk were marked up pretty heavily with the assumption you'd return the bottle, but the bottles were really beefy glass.
may 23, 2025, 3:53 am • 1 0 • view
This is so interesting to me. I would expect this from a place that sells at their farm and only has distribution at a handful of very close local grocery outlets. I thought that there had to be nutrition content on the bottles, but very small production probably had some kind of exemption.
may 23, 2025, 3:54 am • 1 0 • view
They've expanded a ton, but they very much had that vibe when I was a kid. All the baseball teams used to go to their bottling facility for ice cream after games, and it's looked like this forever, complete with tanks painted to look like cows lol It's very camp in a very Illinois way
may 23, 2025, 4:01 am • 2 0 • view
it was all over illinois in local chains. though I dont' think I have seen it since he failed in his run for office.
may 23, 2025, 3:50 am • 1 0 • view
The…milkman?
may 23, 2025, 3:51 am • 3 0 • view
Oh yeah, Jim Oberweis. He's consistently tried to run for senate since I was a kid, lol. I think he's won at various levels a few times? I think their main distribution center was in my hometown, but they actually expanded all over the state in brick and mortar.
may 23, 2025, 3:57 am • 1 0 • view
it looks he made state senate a couple times? but lost the GOP nomination for Senate in 2002, 2004, failed his run for governor in 2008, replaced hastert and lost the special election then he tried to replace durbin in 14 and lost to underwood in 2020 but showed up to congress anyway.
may 23, 2025, 4:04 am • 1 0 • view
I think I knew he was Republican, but it never really registered till just now lol He's like one of those figures in my head that's not capable of politics somehow
may 23, 2025, 4:08 am • 1 0 • view
Jim Oberweis was the guy that was selling them in Illnois after looking at his wiki, his failed campaigns earned him the name milk dud, so close? :)
may 23, 2025, 3:55 am • 1 0 • view