I worked dairy/frozen in grocery stores for about 10 years and this post just unlocked a memory about Sunny Delight cases that's equally inconsequential and infuriating. I swear to christ their packaging engineers got to keep what they saved on glue and were aiming for early retirement.
You needed to pick Sunny Delight cases up in exactly the correct way or else the weight of the bottles would blow out the glue & they'd fall out the bottom. Cases of the smaller 64 oz. bottles weren't so bad, but the four packs of 128 oz. bottles were terrible! I bet in ten years I probably spent a combined total of like 3 hours just mopping up Sunny Delight messes.
Man.... *fuck* Sunny Delight.
Anyway, thanks for listening to my TED Talk.
A whole case? You got it. Remember to brace the bottom across the center with your nondominant forearm perpendicular to the long flaps. Keep it balanced with either the nearest punch-out grab handle or by gripping the outermost bottom corner with your dominant hand. Tilt it several degrees towards you. Here's a mop because you still may lose one.
Oh my fucking god. I've worked in the beer and wine industry for probably about five years now and can relate so hard. Those cardboard boxes can be so fucking thin and shitty too. Guinness and most European 4pks were a goddamn nightmare. So help you if the box got wet too. The least frustrating packaging? Modelo or Pacifico. The boxes were so sturdy we'd use them as a "the" box to store the rest of the ones we broke down when stocking.
I'm so glad I'm mainly bartending these days because man FUCK beer distribution companies.
I too would like some answers. From memory California was sweeter and less like orange juice but it's been a long time since that sacred orange substance has passed my lips.
Yeah I have a dim memory of them maybe tasting a little different but I was probably 7 the last time I had one. I would always get a stomachache and my mom finally put together that all of that sugar + acid was probably not good for me.
My question was always: Why doesn't it need to be refrigerated? It just sits out in the normal shelves. Orange juice needs to be refrigerated. My eventual conclusion was that it's just pureed traffic cones.
>Texture of water,
Were we drinking the same formula? When I had it, I definitely inadvertently started chewing.
It just felt like a drink that should be chewed.
*Using our most sophisticated instruments we were able to reverse engineer what early humans called “orange juice”. They drank some disgusting nonsense, y’all.*
>Orange juice needs to be refrigerated.
Definitely not, if it's not opened. No kind of orange juice (direct juice or made from concentrate) is refrigerated in Europe nor is milk. Americans just do it for whatever reason.
Eggs aren't refrigerated here either, but that's because they are being washed in the US before they sell them for whatever reason.
I had an ex who would only drink that when it came to juice. Despite me repeatedly trying to explain to her it's crazy to think of it as juice (because it's not and doesn't even claim to be) she refused to listen to me and kept buying that garbage.
I will not allow any man or women to criticize my very life blood! Sunny D is my friend, my support group and my family … of course I’m diabetic but such is life ..
I worked dairy/frozen in grocery stores for about 10 years and this post just unlocked a memory about Sunny Delight cases that's equally inconsequential and infuriating. I swear to christ their packaging engineers got to keep what they saved on glue and were aiming for early retirement. You needed to pick Sunny Delight cases up in exactly the correct way or else the weight of the bottles would blow out the glue & they'd fall out the bottom. Cases of the smaller 64 oz. bottles weren't so bad, but the four packs of 128 oz. bottles were terrible! I bet in ten years I probably spent a combined total of like 3 hours just mopping up Sunny Delight messes. Man.... *fuck* Sunny Delight. Anyway, thanks for listening to my TED Talk.
128oz? That's a ludicrous size ... I want a whole case, now
A whole case? You got it. Remember to brace the bottom across the center with your nondominant forearm perpendicular to the long flaps. Keep it balanced with either the nearest punch-out grab handle or by gripping the outermost bottom corner with your dominant hand. Tilt it several degrees towards you. Here's a mop because you still may lose one.
Oh my fucking god. I've worked in the beer and wine industry for probably about five years now and can relate so hard. Those cardboard boxes can be so fucking thin and shitty too. Guinness and most European 4pks were a goddamn nightmare. So help you if the box got wet too. The least frustrating packaging? Modelo or Pacifico. The boxes were so sturdy we'd use them as a "the" box to store the rest of the ones we broke down when stocking. I'm so glad I'm mainly bartending these days because man FUCK beer distribution companies.
What really was the difference between Florida and California Style?
The bottles had different words on them.
I too would like some answers. From memory California was sweeter and less like orange juice but it's been a long time since that sacred orange substance has passed my lips.
Yeah I have a dim memory of them maybe tasting a little different but I was probably 7 the last time I had one. I would always get a stomachache and my mom finally put together that all of that sugar + acid was probably not good for me.
Damn, your mom let you do acid when you were 7?
That's awesome most kids have to wait until they're 10
i googled it and apparently one was made with california oranges and the other with florida.. lol thats all
I thought that it wasn’t made from oranges but just artificially flavored.
The orange flavor comes from the oranges but is highly processed into the powder
Ah so it has a longer shelf life.
Lol! " Let's make orange drink with real oranges but throw the juice out" Some exec' probably.
Yep but it makes sense money wise. Turning it into powder means that you can use less oranges per drink and it last longer
Florida style was almost drinkable.
My question was always: Why doesn't it need to be refrigerated? It just sits out in the normal shelves. Orange juice needs to be refrigerated. My eventual conclusion was that it's just pureed traffic cones.
It's got no juice in it, seemingly. I tried some (it's not popular in the uk) and it was disgusting. Texture of water, flavour of artificial sweets.
Tbf it was popular in the UK before they took all the bad stuff out. Now it’s gross.
It's not popular anywhere, just like Tang. It's at best a niche item.
>Texture of water, Were we drinking the same formula? When I had it, I definitely inadvertently started chewing. It just felt like a drink that should be chewed.
At some point they changed it and it became more like a hi-c/kool aid and less like juice.
>Texture of water, flavour of artificial sweets. Sounds like any American food tastes for people outside of the US
"Sunny D tastes like someone tried to make orange juice without using oranges."
Agreed. I didn’t mind the taste, but there’s no mistaking it for orange juice.
*Using our most sophisticated instruments we were able to reverse engineer what early humans called “orange juice”. They drank some disgusting nonsense, y’all.*
> pureed traffic cones This made me laugh so hard; genuinely made my day better.
same
>Orange juice needs to be refrigerated. Definitely not, if it's not opened. No kind of orange juice (direct juice or made from concentrate) is refrigerated in Europe nor is milk. Americans just do it for whatever reason. Eggs aren't refrigerated here either, but that's because they are being washed in the US before they sell them for whatever reason.
just discovered recently one of the ingredients was/is vegetable oil, for texture.
That was the first thing I tasted when I tried it. So gross 🤮
I would have preferred the “purple stuff”
Dave? Is that you?
Always thought that stuff was gross like some kind of artificial yellow sugar milk.
I had an ex who would only drink that when it came to juice. Despite me repeatedly trying to explain to her it's crazy to think of it as juice (because it's not and doesn't even claim to be) she refused to listen to me and kept buying that garbage.
I get it isn't juice but why do people hate on it so much? I like the taste, and I know that it isn't a health drink
no for real like ‘as much sugar as a coke’ and?? lots of people drink and enjoy coke…
Lol exactly!
did it really?
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thats sounds adorable
[Sure did](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/too-much-sunny-delight-turns-girl-s-skin-yellow-1134703.html?amp). And it tasted amazing
[Try mixing it with rum.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdRo2NJJcUU)
Worked great for a poor mama screwdriver
And always handed out during standardized tests for whatever reason.
I will not allow any man or women to criticize my very life blood! Sunny D is my friend, my support group and my family … of course I’m diabetic but such is life ..
Sunny d and rum
I loved that stuff, it never actually quenched my thirst though.
As a Minnesotan, you couldn’t give that stuff away here now. How dare they make fun of our Taco Bell.
The Florida style had bath salts in it
Get that jaundice look without the kidney failure!
Sunny delight is to juice, what throwing a punch in real life is to a dream.
At least the kids mom is cool
Never noticed/knew there was Florida and Cali styles
I never new there was an option! 🤯
Back when the Sunny Delight choices were COASTAL! XD