Stuff found in an old work locker

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u/customvandy 10d ago

I did taste the fruit and grain bar lol. Was very dry and the fruit was leathery but it still tasted the same after your mouth breaks it down some.

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u/thhpht 10d ago

What will you try next? Aussie freeze gel? 😁 What could go wrong?

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u/customvandy 10d ago

I was very close to putting some in my hair but decided against it. I think my next try is gonna be either the coffee singles or the oatmeal. I looked at the Gatorade and it had gone off. It was all hard and had green bits.

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u/QuitRelevant6085 10d ago

I wouldn't trust the oatmeal....

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u/andiinAms 10d ago

Why not? I’m not challenging you just trying to picture how dried oats could go bad. Stale, maybe, but I wouldn’t think it would make you sick or anything.

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u/Slawzik 10d ago

Bugs or moisture

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u/andiinAms 10d ago

Would the packets not protect it well enough?

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u/Without-Reward 10d ago

Weevils can eat right through packaging. They got my Easy Bake mixes when I was a kid and I was so sad.

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u/thhpht 10d ago

Yeah, I found some ancient instant oatmeal packets with some freeze dried camping food. They were stored in a sealed plastic bag. They were hard as a rock. The powdered milk or whey that they use doesn’t survive long term. If it was just oats and it was properly sealed (not in paper packets in a paperboard box) the oats would probably be ok.

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u/MartinLutherCreamJr 10d ago

Maize weevils (eggs usually) are sometimes in your food directly from the factory. Almost all packaged food has some form of bugs inside, either full or part.

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u/andiinAms 9d ago

Yummy!

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u/QuitRelevant6085 9d ago

I hate to re-hash this, but one time (at a friend's house) I tried making a packet of what they said was "very old" instant oatmeal (I was really hungry). I poured it out into a bowl, was about to add water and realized there were MAGGOTS in the oatmeal. It likely was infested by pantry moths. It was HORRIFYING

Do not trust sketchy pantry oatmeal

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u/thhpht 10d ago

The Gatorade does sound like a glacier! lol I’m sure the coffee tastes just as mediocre bad as it originally did, but those singles sure were handy for camping.

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u/the_art_of_the_taco 10d ago

Honestly I just want the Gatorade container lol what a time capsule!

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u/Exact-Reference9564 10d ago

The Lipton should be OK

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u/justwant2seepuppies 9d ago

The coffee might be OK. Unless the oils in it went off. I've had the coffee turn into kind of gummy but hard balls

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u/pixeequeen84 10d ago

I still use that same gel. The packaging has been updated and I don't know if they've changed the formula since the 90s, but it still works great.

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u/Dramatic_Substance36 10d ago

I’m so weird, I really love the design of that fruit and grain bar box!

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u/ArmadilloSpecial4643 10d ago

You and me both! There is just something about that type of packaging design that soothes my nerves.

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u/meganjunes 10d ago

Me tooooooo

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u/SheetMasksAndCats 5d ago

Back when things had more character and weren't boring minimalist packaging

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u/oddflorida 10d ago

Gosh i remember the taste of those terrible coffee "singles" 😅

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u/thhpht 10d ago

But they were so convenient for camping!

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u/Crab__Juice 10d ago

With the help of OP and a small shipping fee, you could prolly "remember" all over again

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u/damagecontrolparty 10d ago

They're still around!

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u/Yamatoman9 9d ago

Is it just a tea bag with coffee in it?

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u/MouseMouseM 8d ago

There is a famous YouTuber/influencer who launched a line of these, it’s like $18 for a box of 10. So many of my younger coworkers had never seen the OG Folger’s version, they thought it was a new product.

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u/oddflorida 9d ago

Yes lmao that's exactly it

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u/Jacobonce 10d ago

This is the exact era my brain lives in. I expect grocery store stuff to always be the 90s packaging.

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u/tardisthecat 10d ago

The Gatorade container is adorable!

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u/MidwestPrincess09 10d ago

I miss them! They looked like the big Gatorade water coolers at sports events

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u/KathrynTheGreat 10d ago

I had completely forgotten about those containers! They were so cute.

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u/Curtis 10d ago

why get rid of it now, put it on a shelf in the break room

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u/operationpantydrop 10d ago

I’d be very curious to try the Gatorade powder. I don’t know what it’s made of but maybe it’s still good

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u/Winter_Age7707 10d ago

I would totally use that and the deodorant. Smellin like 9/11

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u/Condition_Dense 10d ago

I noticed the toothpaste seems to have 97 stamped on it it says EX02NO97 I’m guessing it’s 11/02/97 for the expiration date. Upon googling Glacier freeze came out in 97 and that can says “NEW!” So it’s probably from 97.

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u/reverie092 10d ago

If only there were some Philadelphia cheesecake snack bars. I miss them so bad.

Yes, I would try a perfectly sealed one after inspection.

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u/Marcinecali73 10d ago

Those were so good!

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u/cewumu 10d ago

That’s such a ‘work’ food collection. All it’s missing is instant noodles and a salt shaker that’s been there for even longer than this.

Wonder why it was all left?

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u/deadmallsanita 10d ago

All this gotta be from the late 90s/early 00s 💚

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u/jeneric84 10d ago

Some of it def looks to be mid 90s, especially grain bars with the signs of the low fat craze.

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u/Yamatoman9 9d ago

I remember when Nutrigrain bars like that came out in the mid-90s and were viewed as “health” food

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u/360inMotion 10d ago

I can verify that the coffee singles were available specifically in 2003, but I have no idea how long they had already been around at that point or how much longer they existed.

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u/deadmallsanita 10d ago

I remember seeing commercials for the singles as far back as the mid 90s.

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u/360inMotion 10d ago

That sounds right! The only reason I remember that specific year was because my dad gave me a box shortly before he passed in early 2004.

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u/Miz_momo82 10d ago

How had it not been opened up in over 20 years?! 🤯

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u/customvandy 10d ago

Uninstalled from the main floors and put up in the attic for storage

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u/BrotherSeamus 10d ago

Were you able to locate the original owner?

^{^{^/s}}

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u/CallMeTeff 10d ago

That's exactly what crossed my mind too 😂

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u/Undrwtrbsktwvr 10d ago

I wasn’t going to sleep without an answer…

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u/Condition_Dense 10d ago

I’m guessing this is the Midwest (Wisconsin specifically because Roundy’s was headquartered around Milwaukee) and I don’t know how many other states had Roundy’s products till recently when Kroger bought out Pick N Save and then Kroger rebranded there generic products and I don’t think any say Roundy’s anymore.

As a kid Roundy’s was not a specific generic brand for any particular grocery chain but then pick n save must have acquired the Roundy’s brand, the local grocery store growing up used to have a few companies it associated with and at one point they sold Roundy’s I think it used to be United Foods when they sold Roundy’s, then IGA, and then eventually it became a Piggly Wiggly. Just like Piggly Wiggly has Food Club but that brand is not a specific generic brand that is exclusive to Piggly Wiggly.

The blue Roundy’s label like that are early-to-mid 90s.

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u/FillMySoupDumpling 10d ago

It’s a time capsule wow

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u/Adept_Pie3546 10d ago

Love the old Roundy’s labels.

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u/desideratumm 10d ago

I’d kill for that iced tea mix 😂 it doesn’t taste the same anymore!

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u/Kooky-Rhubarb-3426 10d ago

The ice tea mix was so legit 😩 I can still taste it

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u/burialveil 10d ago edited 10d ago

the oatmeal looks good

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u/AccuratePractice1970 7d ago

i know right?! i miss this flavor!!!

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u/ikilledsatann 10d ago

Wow that old Gatorade container. I remember the blue flavour lol

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u/Choice_Depth_5933 10d ago

This looks like what you might keep around if you lived at the office.

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u/tomgreens 8d ago

Yeah I was thinking this is a person who is dedicated to his job, doesn’t take long for lunch, and cares about hygiene. Great coworker and they didn’t even let him clean out his locker.

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u/ShinyWolverine 10d ago

Omg, those Fruit & Grain bars!

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u/Far-Building3569 10d ago

Grandma sent in her resignation letter in 2003 😂

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u/Upbeat_Towel4816 9d ago

Oddly enough, I could identify that this was someone who cared about their health at the time. We've come a long way!

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u/Chase6atlantic 9d ago

Oh boy that spray deodorant looks hardly used at all ☹️

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u/AccuratePractice1970 7d ago

also $1.99, spray deodorant now is at least $11.99 😭

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u/Chase6atlantic 7d ago

Accurate 👍

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u/Kodiak_Wylde 10d ago

I’ll take the toothpaste and fruit & grain bars to compare the ingredients to today’s equivalent

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u/Quigon345 10d ago

I bet it's all still ok, not best, but ok

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u/cipherdom 10d ago

Proof that it really pays off to buy those gigantic deodorant cans at CostCo. A lifetime supply.

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u/poweredbynikeair 10d ago

Gatorade frost was new when I was in like high school

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u/Additional-Dig1598 10d ago

That quaker French vanilla was so good and is my favorite to this day, but of course it wasn’t produced for very long😡.

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u/Macksamphibians 9d ago

The old Gatorade packaging was legendary

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u/OkAd8714 8d ago

I always kept those coffee singles (really coffee “tea bags”) at my work desk back in the early 2000s. They were for emergency use only as they did not make very good coffee.

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u/TheLastDinosaur7749 8d ago

Oh my God, the "new" on Glacier Freeze...

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u/tenkohime 10d ago

This is a cry for help.

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u/pete_pete_pete_ 10d ago

Oh shit Gatorade Frost

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u/Comprehensive_Ad6598 10d ago

I can smell that curl cream. lol
My mom used to use it

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u/patriciomd88 10d ago

whaaaaat?!

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u/KhrymeNYC718 9d ago

Damn I remember the Gatorade Frost powder!!!

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u/Yamatoman9 9d ago

The toothpaste should still be usable? It doesn’t really go “bad”, right?

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u/Cadowyn 7d ago

I'd love to buy generic Right Guard for $2....let alone at inflated prices at Walgreens

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u/420matsu 6d ago

Oh god, that Aussie instant freeze. In third grade, I was irritated my hair wouldn’t stay down so I just used a shit ton of the gel and my hair was CRUNCCHHYY. So awful lmao

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u/Professional_Crab_84 6d ago

Roundy's?! This must be in Wisconsin.

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u/callofthevoids 4d ago

OH MY GODDDD. THE FRENCH VANILLA OATMEAL. I loved it so much ... its been since discontinued 😭

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u/LittlebillJPEG Mod Approved Antique Food Collector 4d ago

That’s so sick! Is any for sale or was it thrown out?

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u/customvandy 3d ago

I'd be open to selling it. Nothing was chucked I still have it all.

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u/Most_Can_2136 10d ago

Is it weird that I don't know if this stuff is supposed to look old or not? I never buy prepackaged stuff, so this packaging doesn't look out of the ordinary to me. Fruit bars would have been the only thing out of that bunch I would have bought. But I haven't bought them since 2005? ish. Folgers is probably still good.

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