Why Edy's on the east coast and Dreyer's on the west coast?

[miri]

East coasters get

http://www.edys.com/main/index.asp?b=105

West coasters get

http://www.dreyers.com/main/index.asp?b=104

I get their fruit bars all the time, mostly strawberry or the strawberry/banana smoothies but am curious as to why the different names?

 

[TuxDave]

So they don't look like a knock off of the much better brand of Breyer's? Then again I see Dreyer's and Breyer's on the West coast.

 

[miri]

Originally posted by: TuxDave
So they don't look like a knock off of the much better brand of Breyer's? Then again I see Dreyer's and Breyer's on the West coast.

Thats what I thought at first but then I buy Breyer's ice cream here as well.

Edy's/Dreyer's do have the best fruit bars though

Blue Bell icecream is still the best in my opinion, to bad I havent had Blue Bell since I lived in Texas.

 

[Nutdotnet]

There are more companies that do this...my guess is one purchased the other and they decided to not change the name...kind of makes sense if people, say on the east coast, are used to seeing (and buying) Edy's...if they saw "Dreyer's" they may not make the connection and buy something else.

Carl's Jr & Hardees are the same way
Best Foods & Hellmans are the same way

 

[miri]

Originally posted by: Nutdotnet
There are more companies that do this...my guess is one purchased the other and they decided to not change the name...kind of makes sense if people, say on the east coast, are used to seeing (and buying) Edy's...if they saw "Dreyer's" they may not make the connection and buy something else.

Carl's Jr & Hardees are the same way
Best Foods & Hellmans are the same way

Hmm

From

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreyer's

The company was founded in 1928 by William Dreyer and Joseph Edy in Oakland, California.

 

[nageov3t]

I searched for 15 minutes on google and got nothing... maybe it's to honor the original company founders, one of whom was named Edy and the other Dryer.

 

[NuclearNed]

Why "Hardees" on the east coast and "Carls Jr." on the west?

 

[montypythizzle]

They misspelled BOTH!
Dryer's and Eddie's DUH

 

[Nutdotnet]

Originally posted by: miri

Originally posted by: Nutdotnet
There are more companies that do this...my guess is one purchased the other and they decided to not change the name...kind of makes sense if people, say on the east coast, are used to seeing (and buying) Edy's...if they saw "Dreyer's" they may not make the connection and buy something else.

Carl's Jr & Hardees are the same way
Best Foods & Hellmans are the same way

Hmm

From

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreyer's

The company was founded in 1928 by William Dreyer and Joseph Edy in Oakland, California.

Hence, why it was a guess.

 

[Icanoutsmokeany1]

They used to be two seperate companies and Carl's Jr. just kep the name to keep the customer base Hardee's built.

 

[Nutdotnet]

Originally posted by: NuclearNed
Why "Hardees" on the east coast and "Carls Jr." on the west?

This ONE is I do know.

Hardees was purchased by Carl's Jr. ownership.

 

[Dirigible]

Dreyer's HQ (prior to the Nestle purchase - now it's the "home office" or some such nonsense) is 1/2 block from my house. The ice cream they sell there in the ice cream parlor on the bottom floor is better than in the stores. I dunno why. Perhaps it's all in my head. At any rate, now I want to go and get some. Curse you, OP!

 

[Dirigible]

Call 'em up and ask:

Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream
Consumer Relations
5929 College Avenue
Oakland, CA 94618
P Dreyer's (877) 437-3937
Edy's (888) 590-3397
F (610) 871-2275

 

[sygyzy]

Originally posted by: TuxDave
So they don't look like a knock off of the much better brand of Breyer's? Then again I see Dreyer's and Breyer's on the West coast.

I don't think Breyer's is related at all to Dreyer's and Edy's. Not only that, but I think Dryer's and Edy's both came way before Breyer's.

 

[compman25]

Originally posted by: NuclearNed
Why "Hardees" on the east coast and "Carls Jr." on the west?

It's not totally east coast and west coast. Hardees goes all the way to montana and wyoming and Carls Jr goes into texas and oklahoma. So they have some overlap.

 

[Paulson]

We have Hardees here in Minnesota... no Carl's Jr.

We also have Mello Yello at every fast food and restraunt, whereas anywhere south serving coke they don't have Mello Yello as an option.

 

[Dr. Detroit]

Originally posted by: Paulson
We have Hardees here in Minnesota... no Carl's Jr.

We also have Mello Yello at every fast food and restraunt, whereas anywhere south serving coke they don't have Mello Yello as an option.

No MelloYello on the west coast either.

 

[nageov3t]

isn't mello yello the same thing as mountain dew?

I had it once while on vacation in florida as a kid, but don't remember what it tasted like... I've never seen MY anywhere up here in the north east.

 

[ZetaEpyon]

Originally posted by: loki8481
isn't mello yello the same thing as mountain dew?

mello yello = coke
mountain dew = pepsi

 

[b0mbrman]

Established brands. No big deal...