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<p>[QUOTE="dwyoder, post: 401127, member: 8565"]I've done a little research on Hires, and in the last 60 years, they (or the brand) have been bought and sold multiple times. According to Wikipedia, the chronology goes like this:</p><p>1960: Hires family sells company to Consolidated Foods</p><p>1962: Consolidated foods sells Hires to Crush International</p><p>1980: Proctor & Gamble buys Crush</p><p>1989: P&G sells Crush to Cadbury-Schweppes</p><p>2008: Cadbury divests soft drink. New unit is called Keurig Dr. Pepper</p><p><br /></p><p>Dr. Pepper also makes A&W root beer, and appears to be slowly killing off the Hires brand. For all I know, it may be 100% dead already. While I appreciate your information, alas, it's doubtful I would find anyone that cares about restoring this thing.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dwyoder, post: 401127, member: 8565"]I've done a little research on Hires, and in the last 60 years, they (or the brand) have been bought and sold multiple times. According to Wikipedia, the chronology goes like this: 1960: Hires family sells company to Consolidated Foods 1962: Consolidated foods sells Hires to Crush International 1980: Proctor & Gamble buys Crush 1989: P&G sells Crush to Cadbury-Schweppes 2008: Cadbury divests soft drink. New unit is called Keurig Dr. Pepper Dr. Pepper also makes A&W root beer, and appears to be slowly killing off the Hires brand. For all I know, it may be 100% dead already. While I appreciate your information, alas, it's doubtful I would find anyone that cares about restoring this thing.[/QUOTE]
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